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Why Conservatives Hate Social Security

By Bruce WebbPGL raises and answers this question over at Econospeak Health Care Debate: So This is Why Conservatives Hate Social Security. Or rather he allows Conservatives in the person of Michael...

Sun Valley Collaboration Creates One of the Country's Most Extensive Nordic Skiing Areas

Sun Valley, ID - The Sun Valley area is not just about world class alpine skiing. It is also home to some of the nation?s most varied Nordic ski trails and amenities.

JFK Blown Away 45 Years Ago Today...Teixeira Christmas Wishes

Before I start with the baseball stuff, I wanted to mention this. Today marks the 45th anniversary (if you can call it that) of John F. Kennedy's assasination on that street in Dallas, Texas, a cold...

Bookkeeping and You: Personal-Finance Propaganda from 1947

“Let’s look in on a high-school bookkeeping class,” begins this short film from 1947. And when we do, we’re introduced to a variety of students who have decided that...

15 Awesome Tutorial Websites You Probably Don't Know About

If I were forced to choose an aspect of the internet that made it simply indispensable, it would definitely be its availability as a huge learning resource. 20 years ago, who would have thought that...

Kennedy's assassination horrifying memory

Bopping along singing what words I could understand of the Kingsmen's "Louie Louie" while headed to my 12th-grade English class at Academy High School at 1:55 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 22, 1963,...

Is Your Child Hyperactive? Is it ADHD Or Snoring?

If you are finding that you are at the receiving end of school complaints about low attention span, daydreaming in the class or even hyperactivity, you may be surprised to know that the main culprit...

Be Heard. Speak Plainly.

Every semester I get a handful of students who have settled on the idea that the more big words they use, the better. Regardless of whether they know what those words mean or not. So I get papers...

Back to Basics: Reference Filing

One of the greatest sources of clutter in just about any office environment is unfiled paperwork. I think everyone suffers at least a little from Keep-It Syndrome, that horrendous affliction that...

4 Big Reasons to Jump Into Your Life with Both Feet

They say that life is for living, but we all know that when the going gets tough it’s hard to keep that enthusiasm and passion going.  It takes real guts, determination and confidence to live a...