I'm going to turn over a new leaf, which is an old American idiom meaning "I'm going to make changes in my life for the better."

This & That With Kovacs

If you are fortunate to be a part of a fantastic Thanksgiving dinner this year, how in the world can you enjoy it and yet not get fat! There are many ways. Some ways take planning and assessing exactly what is available at your feast and then only eating the healthy stuff. Doesn't sound very Thanskgivingish does it? Others tell us to eat a breakfast and a light lunch before the big dinner....

All True

In yesterday's historic vote in the House Of Representatives backed a healthcare bill, moving the US one step closer to a reformed healthcare system. This is great news, and brings the US closer to a fairer, better regulated and more accessible healthcare system. However, the vote was close....extremely close in fact. The bill needed 218 votes to get a majority.... it got 220. 3 fewer...

The Delusion Thread

So, using my three main reasons for going to war (natural resources, ego, pre-emption), let's now look at some reasons countries are not technically at war yet who are not at peace. These countries at Non-war include Isreal and Syria/Jordan/Egypt/Palestine (or at least the Palestinian people), and the United States and Afghanistan. Outight war is horrifying and terribly costly. The...

Medicine can do wonderful things. Our lives are better in the last 50 or so years because of medical advances. We have birth control pills, vaccines for childhood illnesses and medications for blood pressure and cholesterol. These are only a few of the "miracle drugs" that now are life-changing and sometimes even save our lives. However, because there are now so many different types of drugs...

Mogama's Random Rants

Sixty (60) million dollars that's what Sony Pictures paid to buy the rights to the documentary film; I thought that was cheap too. In its opening weekend, the film grossed $23 million; that makes it the 5 th highest-earning film for Halloween debut movies. "With the film's current worldwide revenue gross of over $144 million, the film is the highest grossing concert movie in...

I recieved this email today from a dear family member. It makes me sad that these things are being passed around as some warped kind of truth. Let me see if I understand all this. IF YOU CROSS THE NORTH KOREAN BORDER ILLEGALLY YOU GET 12 YEARS HARD LABOR IF YOU CROSS THE IRANIAN BORDER ILLEGALLY, YOU ARE DETAINED INDEFINITELY IF YOU CROSS THE U.S. BORDER...

Elephants in the Room

We've just begun a new writers' contest to see who can write current events articles which attract the most readers from outside of SearchWarp. For many people this will bring up the issue of how to write for the Internet . It's fascinating to me how there can be so much difference in writing for print as opposed to writing for the Internet. I've known many writers who excel at writing for...

Rhymes Reasons

Introducion We begin the third installment with the remainder of the war years and the beginnings of the modern Hispanic/Latino Civil Rights movement. We will conclude with the raw numbers in terms of the Hispanic/Latino populations; the politics and social realities up to and through the 1990's. Postwar Hispanic/Latino American History In 1943, prompted by the labor shortage of...

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