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Writing Responsibly for Other Universes

Society 2ndClassCitizenPundit - February 19, 2011 16

What is so challenging about writing fiction? How could that be hard? That was the question an acquaintance asked me recently. I was mildly annoyed...

Proud To Be Liberal By Brian Elroy McKinley

Activism ASmom - February 18, 2011 34

Why Liberal values are American values "You are a contentious person....and probably a Liberal," started a recent response to an article I published on abortion...

Edumacation

Society Chernynkaya - February 18, 2011 34

I am the product of a California public school education, from the day I entered kindergarten in Los Angeles to the day I graduated...

Mid-Atlantic Trip Part 15: D.C. by Night

Society Khirad - February 18, 2011 56

Whether an old fellow virtual traveler or joining me late, come, come, do we have a date?

J’accuse…!

Society ghsts - February 18, 2011 10

Émile Zola wrote an open letter to then president of France in 1898 that was published on the front page of L'Aurore, a liberal...

An Avatar by Any Other Name

Society ChrisR266 - February 18, 2011 319

Well, the time has come to ask, since I have been unable to discern an answer on my own. I have conducted some serious...

Doing Business – The Right Way (Part 7)

Business Corner PocketWatch - February 18, 2011 12

More on Understanding the Past... Costs of Goods Sold (COGS) as it relates to sales... Sales, COGS and the time shift...

The Disposable Daughter

Society 2ndClassCitizenPundit - February 17, 2011 20

When I went to find my sister's grave, I didn't expect tot get a lesson in my family's dysfunction.

Invite For collaboration

Corporations deygirl - February 17, 2011 313

Sell out. Troll central. Rag. Real Posters of Huffington {{spit}} County. Whatever you want to say about HP {{spit}} and what it was/is/is becoming, it...

Doing Business – The Right Way (Part 6)

Business Corner PocketWatch - February 17, 2011 6

A Brief History of Sales - Understanding the past... If you already have a business, it's time to gather all the information you can before you start.

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