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Iron Triangles: America’s Dirtiest Secret

Analysis, Nonfiction, Writings, Writings / By a featured contributor

Iron Triangles represent a nefarious political game. When we study our government’s behavior in minute detail, we see clearly that under-the-table dealings and gentlemen’s agreements contribute to the majority of American political decisions. Although corporations don’t have true political designations, the more influential and wealthy of these companies have a hand in setting the political, fiscal, […]

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Princess Night

Creative Nonfiction, Nonfiction, Writings / By a featured contributor

Twelve years ago, Pastor Paul Palmer and his wife felt the nudge to move their family from California to Atlanta and plant the Atlanta Dream Center in one of the poorest, most desperate parts of the city. As a younger man, Pastor Paul had lived through a painful history of drug and alcohol abuse, violence,

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Guessing the Fate of the Cosmos

Analysis / By a featured contributor

The hope that humanity will one day expand beyond its solar system, drift in space on self-supporting vessels, and explore other planets is almost universal. The theme occupies a central place in science fiction. We know that one day the earth will be consumed by the sun as the latter becomes a red giant. And

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Academy “Business”

Analysis, Nonfiction / By a featured contributor

Due to challenging economic realities over the past decade, Higher Education has been forced to make itself more attractive to prospective students in order to remain functional, resulting in a transactional business environment between students and colleges. An ever-expanding corpus of mission statements and neatly manicured advertisements refers to students as “customers,” clients,” or “partners” in the learning process. To add to this pathetic misery, university brochures

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Dick & Rosie

Dick & Rosie, Nonfiction / By a featured contributor

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An Open Letter to the Library On My Electric Car

Creative Nonfiction, Nonfiction, Perspective for Hire / By a featured contributor

Good day (Pikes Peak Library District pooh-bah), I’m Tom Preble, that guy with the Leaf electric car that had been plugging in on 1Kwh /120 volt trickle charge at your Falcon branch – High Prairie, whilst using the facility. First, do understand that I had asked permission for open-ended trickle charging. Permission had been granted

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