It’s not easy being the good guy About six years ago I was speeding down the road trying to get to work on time. It ’s a common occurrence for those such as myself who like to wait until the last minute to leave home. As I was driving and trying to eat a very […]
A military deployment can be hard for anyone. When your soldier gets orders with the term, “Active Mobilization”, what is supposed to be just a piece of paper suddenly becomes the screaming images of mass chaos in your mind. A deployment, especially, can be at it’s most terrifying when it’s the first on the list […]
Everyone knows when you have been working hard towards getting promoted in the Army, the cut off scores can’t be posted soon enough. You can use the Army Promotion Point Trend Report to predict what the cut off scores is going to be. The trend report comes out around a week before the cut off […]
Introduction Chickens are big business. There are far more of them in the world than any other bird – approximately 26 billion in 2008 (don’t ask me who counted them, I certainly didn’t….) They are a large and important source of protein in human diets across the world, both for the meat and for the […]
What You Didn ’t Hear About the Love Canal Disaster. We all have heard some version of the famous story of the Love Canal Disaster? About the insidious, greedy corporation who dumped chemicals into an abandoned open pit as an easy way to unload their toxic waste baggage? They all took a stance, whether they […]
Against The Person Ad Hominem is a Latin phrase which means, “against the person ” or “against the man .” This is a form of argument or an argument tactic that can lead to a number of detrimental effects as well as conclusions. Firstly, Ad Hominem arguments and statements are a direct attack on a […]
I thought I ’d research a bit more about paedophiles, and perhaps find some human interest stories to remind me of the many times paedophiles have re-offended on release from prison. Instead I stumbled across site and after site outlining paedophilia involvement at the highest level of the British government. Thomas Hamilton It all seemed […]
Racism In America Continues……. Before addressing the issue, let me lay out some key terms- inequality, racial profiling, white racism, Asian racism, racism today, racists, racial inequality racism in America today, American racism, individual racism, and prejudices. Each term will be addressed in this hub and you will learn the direct cause for each. You […]
Why Successful Black Men Gravitate Towards Light-Skinned Black Women Despite the immense advances made by Blacks in academic and socioeconomic spheres, there seems to be a preponderance of successful Black men either dating, cohabiting with, or marrying light-skinned Black women. Why is this? Aren’t there any highly successful and upwardly mobile darker-skinned Black women? Of […]
This is the third time this week that we will have to fill up the gas tank and it won’t be the last time in the days that follow. That’s pretty annoying considering the miles per gallon that we now get and the cost of the gas it takes to fill up the tank just […]
Women Changing the World There are of course countless women who changed the world. This article gives my personal top ten – these ten women are not only amazing human beings, but they have made a real change in the world for the better. In the field of politics, science, art and media, these ten […]
The Tibet-China Conflict This is part four of a series of articles giving an overview on the Tibet-China conflict. “Is Tibet part of China?” is a sensitive question. Here are links to Part 1: Overview and History , Part 2: Why China wants Tibet , and Part 3: Current Policies and the Dalai Lama. This […]