Bankruptcy as a Debt Management Solution: Why Do so Many of Us Have so Much Debt?
In 2004, 1,562,174 Americans sought protection from creditors through bankruptcy court a per capita rate over ten times higher than during the worst years of the Great Depression! According to the Consumer Federation of America, in 2003 alone over 9 million consumers made initial calls with a ... more...

Behold: The Prince of Persia. . . the War in Iran has begun!
DJ VU (Where have I heard this before?)(Note: May I warn you from the outset . . . this treatise may commence with the levitas of “secular” indiscretions, comments and analysis . . . but it will culminate with relevant theological gravitas . . . bear with me; and, oddly enough, the ... more...

How To Be the Ultimate American Consumer
Feel like a lemming lately? Ready to follow the crowd into the great plunge of Ultimate American Consumerism? Just in case you need a little help, here is a tongue-in-cheek look at how to continue the process of becoming the Ultimate American Consumer!1. Always spend right at the level of your ... more...

Propaganda and American Journalism, Born Joined at Birth
Passion was the main stuff of journalism long before the Civil War, the birthplace of modern American journalism. The Press of the American Revolution during the War and before it, was borne of it. Newspapers then were not as we know them today. Weekly advertising mediums they were, but they were ... more...

Assimilation or Resistance: A Comparison of Two African American novels
These two novels are divergent in regards to time frame, family relationship, and class. The female protagonists are both young, African Americans but their lives are complete opposites. Before reading these texts, the only African American literature that I had read and studied have been slave ... more...

Capitalizing Small and Medium Businesses; A new idea
Here is an idea to capitalize small businesses using Financial Markets instead of SBA loans and Small Banks. There is a break down in the system. First the process is too bureaucratic since it is supervised by a government agency. Often taking 30 plus days with all the required paperwork. Typically ... more...

Young and Beautiful
A generation ago they defined their generation. You have only to look at the latest AARP Magazine to know theyre still at it. Tell a Baby Boomer theres nothing wrong with aging naturally and hell flash you his whiter than Whitestrips smile. Aging is not an option in a society that worships ... more...

American Consumer Debt Issues
Many consumers in America have substantial debt. In the average case a consumer has 1.5 times annual earnings in short-term debt; credit cards and car payments. This is frightful as many Americans if they lose their jobs they will be out of cash to live within 2.3 months. In a wise America citizens ... more...

Project: Space Tomb [Now in SPANISH and English]
Project: Space Tomb [Launch pad: Cibara-#17]It looked like a traveling prison, a space tomb to the observers; a heavy bulky projectile for the most part, as if it was shot out of a cannon, a hundred-thousand years ago; rustic and ancient with a technology unknown to scientists on earth. It was in ... more...