Culture

Independence Day
By Terrance Macearlyn O'dhomnaill · 1 year ago
Independence Day What does Independence Day mean to everyone? Having traveled around the world and participated, to a degree, in other countries celebrations of their Independence Day, it can mean something different in every country. ...
The Hustle
By Larry Farmer · 1 year ago
The Hustle Over my life I’ve met some interesting characters. I encountered several of them during my freshman year at Western Kentucky University. I was living in a boarding house, and two of the individuals ...
To begin with
By Eric Forth · 1 year ago
I consistently hear about the negative effect men have on the world. I always hear that men have started all the wars and have all the power. We oppress women and anyone who is seen ...
The Pandemic Has Given Each of Us Chance to Reset Our Lives
By Nick Kossovan · 1 year ago
I’m not a “plant person.” I have a few houseplants in my condo, but they’re working plants that inhabit my domain to purify the air. Only the most hearty and tolerant plants (e.g., aloe, snake ...
Will Social Media Companies Ever Make Fighting Online Abuse a Priority?
By Nick Kossovan · 1 year ago
Is it just me who believes we’ve lost our ability to have civil discourse? Every day, we rely on social media platforms to engage with like-minded people, promote ourselves, our work, and/or business. Unfortunately, the ...
Happiness Catch-22: Wanting More Makes Us Unhappy
By Nick Kossovan · 1 year ago
From 2001 to 2004, I worked/lived in India. I saw firsthand heartbreaking poverty. My takeaway from my experience in India is that North Americans have no real problems, just 1st world problems. Our financial stress, ...
Assessing Socioeconomic Disadvantage in College Admissions
By William Price Payne · 1 year ago
Intelligent recently reported that 34 percent of whites who applied to college falsified their applications by wrongly claiming that they were racial minorities. According to the research, white males lied 48 percent of the time. ...
Win the War in Ukraine Using Hybrid All-Terrain Vehicles (ATVs)
By Bob Cantrell · 2 years ago
The Problem Initially, Russia thought they could invade Ukraine with superior manpower and equipment and take control of the country in a few days. Instead, they encountered a trained Ukrainian army equipped with advanced weapons ...
Antivid-22: The Ultimate Rebellion
By John Doom & Starry Metalcräft · 1 year ago
'Everything that you are about to read is going to happen.' -A single sonic sound Canadian truckers and their buddies brought down the nightmare that had taken over their country. Every lawless restriction was dropped: ...
To: The Brookings Institute, Subject: Eliminating Poverty, Racism, & War
By Rick Osbourne · 2 years ago
CC: Heritage Foundation, Cato Institute, Economic Policy Institute, American Enterprise Institute, Aspen Institute, Center for American Progress, RAND Corporation, as well as any and all other DC based Economic Think Tanks who are interested in ...
Freedom and The Economic Democracy Act
By Rick Osbourne · 2 years ago
George W. Bush, Mitt Romney, and Donald J. Trump (among others, i.e. the 1%) are “independently wealthy.” That is to say, they never DEPEND on an employer or the government for their financial wherewithal. They ...
"AFTER HOURS" by The Weeknd
By Elias Stergiou · 2 years ago
Abel Tesfaye finally delivers on his long-running vision, leveraging a self-loathing villain into an irresistible cinematic narrative with his most satisfying collision of synth, new wave, ‘80s dream pop, and, most and foremost, R&B/Soul. “After ...
One Person One Vote is Not Enough to Rescue America’s Faltering Democracy
By Rick Osbourne · 2 years ago
While Democrats struggle to pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Act, Republican/Trump controlled state legislatures continue to pass laws that restrict and suppress voting rights for people of color. Welcome to America in 2022. But ...
'Keeping in Mind: Social and Scientific Perspectives on Psychiatry'
By Dónal Maceoin · 2 years ago
1 ‘Keeping in Mind: Social and Scientific Perspectives on Psychiatry’. Dónal MacEoin. Dec. 2021. Galway, Ireland. Epigraph “Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything”- George Bernard Shaw. ...
Numerology Effects and Number Meaning
By Tina Sebastian · 2 years ago
Numbers affect each other: they reinforce, balance, and weaken each other’s effects. The predominance and lack of numbers is also a problem. The energies missing from the numeroscope can be imported somewhat with a proper ...
Make Every Citizen an Owner! The Case for Universal Basic Ownership!
By Rick Osbourne · 2 years ago
According to a Federal Reserve 2018 estimate, the American economy, on average, creates $4,000,000,000,000 (4 trillion dollars) worth of wealth producing capital assets annually. That translates into about $12,000 for every man, woman, and child ...
Everything Progressives Want, While Reducing Taxes, Balancing the Budget, and Systematically Paying Down the National Debt!
By Rick Osbourne · 2 years ago
Does this sound impossible? Inconceivable? Totally nuts? If so, check out the following scenario. And when you’re done reading see if you’ve changed your mind about what’s possible and what's impossible. According to a Federal ...
Just Imagine…330 Million Economically Productive American Citizens!
By Rick Osbourne · 2 years ago
The US currently has a total population of about 330 million people including approximately 73 million children under the age of 18. There are over 46 million retired people. And there are 8 million disabled ...
Halloween Fun
By Charlene Harvey-Gallant · 2 years ago
There are plenty of ways to get into the Halloween spirit. Here are 13 ideas that will help you welcome the spookiest time of the year! 1) Make your own Halloween decorations A great way ...
Bernie Would Be President Today If He Had Endorsed Economic Democracy Over Democratic Socialism
By Rick Osbourne · 2 years ago
Words matter. And in the vocabulary of many Americans the word Socialism is a dirty word. In that light, when a politician runs for the Presidency of the United States and describes himself as a ...