How One Enterprising Woman Struck Gold Rush Riches
Remember the gold rushes in California starting in 1849 and elsewhere in the Old West? If you thought precious metals were the source of gold rush riches, you would be wrong. Many who struck ric...
Plain Old-Fashioned Harassment: Part #2
Cyber bullying is the new way that bullies target their victims. It can involve tricking someone into divulging personal or potentially humiliating information and then sending it to other people o...
Plain Old-Fashioned Harassment: Part #1
"Griefer" is a slang term used to describe a player in a multiplayer video game who plays the game simply to cause grief to other players through harassment. Griefing is a malignant form of emergen...
Impressions From a Friend in Florida
One of our acquaintances moved to Florida a couple of months ago, and some of his impressions from his Danish blog on “Coming to America” inspired a few thoughts. Could perhaps be rather thought-pr...
America Greatly Divided
The Republican and Democratic campaigns are running wildly opposite strategies, and the people have some difficulty in identifying the actual issues and discerning what is really at stake. In this ...
Conducting Background Checks at Gun Shows
What a lot of observers have come to call the "Gun show loophole" is a term coined to describe the legal sale of firearms between private individuals at gun shows in states where this is legal.
US Courts Fall for “CSI Effect”
When I was young, my mother used to tell me not to believe everything I saw on TV. It turns out that many people around me need to hear that advice again. The popularity of “CSI: Crime Scene Invest...
The War in Iraq
As is the case with Afghanistan (which the former Soviet Union couldn’t beat), so the war in Iraq is proving to be the Achilees’ heel for western society. We claimed we fought for democracy but we ...
Keeping Your Christmas Tree Safe
We are getting into the Holiday Season. As such it is time to start thinking about the Christmas tree. At this happy and festive time of year we do not want to have an unpleasant surprise of a disa...
Looking for a new job? Become a BodyGuard!
Getting sick of the 9 to 5 day job routine? Still Physically fit and want a job that will pay to to stay fit? Did you ever think about becoming a bodyguard? Not all bodyguards are hulking giants. A...
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