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America's Education System: What Is the Correct Use of 'Whoever' and 'Whomever'? Born in a Liberian village, English was not my first language. My mother tongue is Bassa, one of sixteen Liberian languages. (Yes, languages, not dialects.) I was about ten years old before I began learning how to speak English. So... ( added 5 days 17 hours ago.)

What's So Wrong with a Public Option as Part of Healthcare Reform? Back in February 2007, John Edwards was the first of the presidential candidates to make a Public Option Healthcare plan a part of his platform. Discovering that Edwards' idea was popular with grassroots democrats, candidates Barack Obama and... ( added 19 days 14 hours ago.)

I Nominate Helium Balloon Dad, Richard Heene, for Reality Show Award Of course the police swears the 6-year-old in a UFO-like helium balloon flying saucer was the real thing, not a publicity stunt. But millions of Americans are not buying it. CNN's Anderson Cooper says as many as 95% of his viewers think Mr.... ( added 22 days 6 hours ago.)

The Real Questions About President Obama's Nobel Peace Prize On Friday, October 2, 2009, Mr. Barack Obama, the 44th president of the United States, did something any American president has never done: he appeared in person before the Olympic Committee in Copenhagen, Denmark, and made an all-out pitch for... ( added 25 days 6 hours ago.)

The Cost of My Tan Few weeks ago, some Caucasian coworkers were chatting about where in town to find the best deals for a chocolaty tan. I heard figures ranging from $20 to $50. Then I recalled I had noticed a well-placed billboard that featured an attractive... ( added 47 days 7 hours ago.)

I Don't Want My High School Student Hearing President Obama's Speech Today, September 7, 2009, a Kentucky parent with two students in high school received a permission letter with the heading "Request for your child to view President Obama's address to School Children". The link to the president's speech can be... ( added 60 days 21 hours ago.)

Why I Am Replacing My Daily To-Do List With My Daily To-Be List Ever since I attended a seminar eons ago about time management, I have become a fanatic about making a To-Do List as the perfect way to manage my time, so that I don't leave my daily schedule at the mercy of others. But lately, I am... ( added 81 days 14 hours ago.)

The Greatest Gift Barack Obama Can Give Africa When you hear the word "Africa", what comes to the mind of an American or Westerner? Poverty. War. War lords. Malaria. AIDS. Hunger. Unclean water. Orphans. Assistance. Helpers from the West. During President Obama's recent visit to Ghana... ( added 117 days 18 hours ago.)

Lessons From Michael Jackson's Short Life and Sudden Death Emotions about Michael Jackson are so intense on either side. Most of MJ's fans choose blind adoration of the man they call not only The King of Pop but The Greatest Entertainer Of All Time. Jackon's non-fans on the other hand are set on... ( added 122 days 7 hours ago.)

Liberty The Native Language of Life and the Living That freedom is the badge of America's essence first impressed me the most when, as seminary students, we drove in a 14-passenger van from the campus of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky to Washington DC.... ( added 127 days 13 hours ago.)

Hope Your Education Pays the Bills In our high school math class we suspected that we would never need at least 90% of what our math teacher was teaching us, though he kept warning us that our lives would tank if we didn't pass trigonometry. Well, our suspicions were 100% correct... ( added 166 days 22 hours ago.)

The America That Was: Measuring President Obama's Role in America's Decline Recently, I received an electronic message from a friend who, like me, is very concerned about what's happening to the America we knew. The only difference between my friend and me is that he blames President Barack Obama for a lot of America's... ( added 185 days 2 hours ago.)

The Mother I Wanted, The Mother I Got I dreamed of a rich mother who had everything and could give me anything. I got a mother who met all my needs. I wanted an educated mother who could converse with the world. I got a mother who sold all kinds of merchandise to give me... ( added 189 days 2 hours ago.)

Stuttering: My Friend Doesn't Stammer When She Sings; Why? One of the strange things I did for boyish adventure was learn to stutter. My dad couldn't stand hearing me stutter. I never told Dad this, but I admired my first cousin who was a stutterer; I wanted to stutter like Cousin Joe. I almost told... ( added 192 days 14 hours ago.)

Time Management Woes: Losing to the 5 Most Notorious Thieves of Time In a meeting I was never invited to, the civilized world agreed long ago that I should have no more than 24 hours in a day 12 hours of daylight and 12 hours of nighttime. I can't even add a single hour to my day. Then sleep experts... ( added 200 days 3 hours ago.)

Rick Warren: Three Things That Usually Go Up When the Economy Goes Down Since he was criticized and condemned from all sides for being invited and for accepting the invitation to pray at the inauguration of Barack Obama, Pastor Rick Warren has largely avoided the media. But on Tuesday, April 14, he did... ( added 206 days 2 hours ago.)

Why Pay for Microsoft Office When You Can Own Open Office for FREE? On April 12, 2009, I visited the official Microsoft website and found this Microsoft Office offer: "Buy Office Home and Student, $149.95". I was just curious, because the other day, I received an email offer to pay $99 for Microsoft... ( added 208 days 20 hours ago.)

Questions and Answers about Willpower: What To Do When Willpower Fails? What is willpower? Wordnet defines willpower as "the trait of resolutely controlling your own behavior." Wiktionary calls it "the unwavering strength of will to carry out one's wishes". Other words that entail or include willpower are discipline... ( added 214 days 22 hours ago.)

When Was Jesus Crucified? On Good Friday? "I'm going on a trip. I will be gone for 3 days. I will be back before dawn on Sunday." If a company manager were to say those words to his management team, do they have enough information to find out what day of the week their boss... ( added 220 days 1 hour ago.)

The Preacher's New Wife: A Short Story Rev. Shedrick Willie visits a friend at the hospital, where he finds Alesha Sanders, a faithful church member visiting the same person. Before praying with the sick man, Rev. Willie takes a moment to express his deepest appreciation to... ( added 225 days 1 hour ago.)

How ArcLoan is Better Than Fixed Rate Mortgage: A Different Kind of Home Loan Until I heard about this mortgage company, I knew only of three kinds of mortgage loans for the home buyer in America: (1) Interest Only Mortgage, (2) Adjustable Rate Mortgage, and (3) Fixed Rate Mortgage. In an Interest Only... ( added 228 days ago.)

AIG Bonus Scandal: Why Timothy Geithner is the Wrong Man to Make AIG Pay Thanks to New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, who issued subpoenas to force AIG to cough up details on the $165 million of bonuses, there were 73 executives who received bonus payments for performance and retention. On average, each recipient... ( added 234 days 4 hours ago.)

Marriage Makers or Marriage Breakers: Five Major Areas of Marriage Are you married? Do you counsel or coach soon-to-be married couples? Do you mentor newly weds? Do you help the long-time-married work through their problems? Do you lead or want to start a marriage enrichment group or service? If you... ( added 236 days ago.)

Business Ethics: What General Steel and Bernard Madoff Have in Common This is my longest article yet, because of much-needed background info, which forms a case study in American business ethics, or the lack thereof, as we have it in the marketplace of modern America. Burdened by the racial division a former... ( added 242 days 18 hours ago.)

When the Bailouts Fail: Can Generation Soft-Bottom Handle the Economic Hard Landing? From what we expect of our government and of our marketplace, it seems we Americans consistently prefer to plan our lives around three concepts: convenience, insurance, and deliverance. Our convenience attitude has little patience for anything... ( added 248 days 2 hours ago.)