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Love, Marriage and Sex – Separate But Equal?

Speakers' Corner AdLib - March 9, 2011 76

As landmark wedding anniversaries arise, the husbands' thoughts may turn nostalgically to the amount of hair they had in their wedding photos, the lovingly...

A Little Truth About Business and Taxes

Activism PocketWatch - March 7, 2011 13

Here is a little ammunition and something to think about the next time you hear that raising taxes on "business" will stop them from hiring or squash their ability or willingness to invest or to upgrade their equipment or infrastructure.

A Brief History of Poetry

Speakers' Corner ADONAI - March 7, 2011 80

Breathe-in experience, breathe-out poetry. Muriel Rukeyser Poetry, in a sense, is the art of making nothing mean something. Famed French poet and playwright, Jean Cocteau once...

Will China Collapse?

Speakers' Corner Caru - March 6, 2011 24

Will China Survive a contraction?

Transcript Theater SpecialEdition: Off Camera Moments from Charlie Sheen’s ABC Interview

Speakers' Corner ADONAI - March 4, 2011 6

Charlie Sheen: I'm totally aware of my tongue right now. Andrea Canning: I'm sorry? Charlie Sheen: Like.... I want to taste an orange, ya...

Tribes

Speakers' Corner DawgBone - March 3, 2011 23

I watched Dances With Wolves again last night. Has it really been 21 years? Costner and McDonnell have aged a bit since then. Boy,...

The View From Here: An Open Letter to President Obama

Speakers' Corner NanaMex - March 3, 2011 221

While Australia is my home of choice, and I love her dearly, I was born in and spent my first half century (was 51...

Doing Business – The Right Way (Part 11)

Business Corner PocketWatch - March 1, 2011 8

Describing and enacting a rational and balanced Employee Incentive plan that will result in a self-running business.

Hate Housework? You are not Alone!

Speakers' Corner jkkFL - March 1, 2011 15

Is housekeeping a pain in the ass? Do you feel guilty when you let it go until tomorrow? Do you keep stuff...

An Ill-advised Rant on the Nature of Arguments

Speakers' Corner Caru - February 27, 2011 28

I reject your reality and substitute my own.

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