Freedom

Quote from the movie "Instinct" starring Anthony Hopkins: Freedom is not a dream. It exists outside the walls we build around ourselves. And from a thesis I wrote many years ago: Freedom is scary...

Smoking and Unemployment

The unemployment rate in the United States is now 9.5% What happens when laws and taxes completely eliminate smoking in this country?There will be thousands, if not millions left without jobs:...

Learning A New Language

I taught Coversational Spanish and English as a Second Language for 14 years. All my students were adults and learned the new language within six weeks and surprised themselves when they were able...

Night Workers and Sleep

As a bail bond agent most of my work is at night. There are very few people who get arrested during the daylight hours. Sometimes i don't get to bed until 5 or 6 AM. Even though most people know...

Children running amok

How many of you get annoyed at out-of-control children in places of business? Yesterday I went to four different places: supermarket, department store, laundry, and library. In all these places there...