I like to read historical fiction because it not only entertains but I learn at the same time. This book, The Winds Of Fortune is set in 1882 in a place called Fayette, in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Fayette was, and still is, a real place. Only now it's a ghost town and a Michigan State Park. The town was found in 1864 to turn raw iron ore from the rich Mich
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You're pro-life for everybody but the mother. That makes women less than equal, doesn't it?
After I've rearranged the furniture, I like nothing better than to sit in each chair, one by one, and admire the view from there. This is when I can see if the arrangement of candles on the coffee table is just right or needs more, or less, balance. I can admire the way the afternoon sun slants through that window to bathe my white figurine of Athena (garage sale, old
That immigration of non-Europeans to the United States should be strictly limited and only English used in schools and government. That the intrustion of government into private life in the bedroom should be banned. (Isn't it already?) That any law that takes away a woman's full control of her body and reproduction functions is wrong and is essen
Congress tried that and the court shot it down.
Thank you for telling me how the constitution can be amended. I had it on my list to look up. I am an idealist, no doubt about it. I was thinking along the lines of the grass-roots ballot items all the states have. Wouldn't such a campaign force the states to put the issue up? Tendril
The U.S.Constitution, Acticle I, Section 5,gave congress the power to make its own rules of how it will operate. “Each House shall be the Judge of the Elections, Returns and Qualifications of its own Members, and a Majority of each shall constitute a Quorum to do Business; but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day, and may be authorized t
My list is almost a parallel to yours. I too think Bush II is likeable, but I also think he is mis-guided and stupid.
My list is almost a parallel to yours. I too think Bush II is likeable, but I also think he is mis-guided and stupid.
You can start writing, or thinking, about one thing and end up on an entiirely different topic. Sometimes I just need a place where I can be honest about what I think. Sometimes if I write it down, I realize I don't really think that way, but needed to express some anger or something before I could really see what I thought. For instance, I can't understand how people can