You probably work for one and America is founded on them. Well okay, America was founded on anti-tax sentiment but the corporations were right there too. Corporate-friendly tax and law principles insure they stick around. Did you know that the last hundred years have seen the larger portion of the tax burden [...]

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Aspirin, the wonder drug. Someone once said that if aspirin had to undergo FDA testing today that there is no way it would be available over the counter and it was questionable whether it would even be available for prescription. It kills about 2,000 people per year; approximately the same number of people [...]

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I spent several months in The Netherlands a couple of years ago was simply amazed at the engineering involved in the construction of this land reclaimation project. Such ingenuity is not often found. That any group of people would envision such a project and actually follow through - simply amazing.

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My grandfather was born in the era of the The Great Depression. He was born on a farm and was raised with farm values. Sadly, he is no longer among the living but he did impress upon me the value of being self-reliant. He grew his own vegetables and had a [...]

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Praised by many, reviled by others, the Masons have a long and industrious history. Some view their activities as cultic and even satanic. I am not a Mason but I have seen the power of the Masons. They get things done! Though membership has steadily declined in the past several [...]

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Beautiful pictures and a wonderful lesson in the geology of the Bryce canyon area - what more can I ask for?

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The following link will lead you to a cautionary tale about eBay and shipping things internationally. It involves a Powerbook, a not so smart scamster, a really bad web forgery, and a happy ending. Unlike most stories involving scams this one ends with the scamster getting his due. Be advised, you will [...]

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While many herald his virtue as a sci-fi author, Asimov’s ability to take complex topics and explain them in lay terms is still unapproached by other authors in the non-fiction arena. His fiction strikes me as sparse, utilitarian, and his characters somewhat two dimesional today but every ten years or so I go back [...]

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I have always enjoyed learning about various Christian denominations, churches, and even cults. It simply amazes me that the foundation laid by one man has led to the hundreds, perhaps thousands, of religious paths we have today.

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Where you find humans, you will find rats. We have a unique symbiotic relationship with rats. We generate waste and the eat much of it. There is a great book by Robert Sullivan about rats filled with wonderful information and anecdotes. Check it out.

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