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The American Great Depression of the 1930’s was the greatest crisis of capitalism ever to occur in the world. Twenty five percent of the American workforce was unemployed. Small farmers were struggling to make ends meet, crops cost more to produce than they could be sold for. More than 9,000 banks had closed their doors and their depositors had lost more than 2.5 billion dollars.  Read More »

In order to understand the creation and development of the League of Nations it is important to have an understanding of the leagues architect Woodrow Wilson. Wilson was the son of a Presbyterian minister, born in a pre-civil war south. His father would instill in him a strict moral code which allowed no compromise with wrong.  Read More »

During President Lincoln’s second inaugural address in March of 1865 Lincoln spelled out a very concise plan for reconstruction without expanding on many of the details. His primary objective was to heal the nation and to bring the southern states back into the political process with as little retaliation or hard feelings as possible.  Read More »

Nine third graders in Georgia were just suspended from their school for plotting an attack against their teacher. From the reports this was a well organized plan with different children responsible for different phases. Some were supposed to cover the windows so they couldn’t be observed while others were on clean up detail.  Read More »

Exotic Foods of Latin America

Modern day Latin America consists of distinct regions and cuisines. This is likely due to its development from three separate groups of people; the Indigenous Population, the Spanish Influx, and the African Influx. Each group brought a unique blend of culture and cuisine to the region, creating what is today’s Latin America.  Read More »

I joined the United States Army in March of 2001 with an enlistment of six years in the Army Reserve and two years in the Inactive Ready Reserve. Just this past week my term in the Army has been reduced to just one more year. With that date crossed off I began reflecting upon some of the events that have affected me due to my participation in the Army.  Read More »

The war on drugs in America is an outdated idea that is wasting billions of taxpayer dollars every year. According to the world drug clock America has spent over $12,500,000,000 so far this year combating drugs and it is estimated that the total will be nineteen billion for all of 2008. There have been nearly 460,000 arrests made so far this year and estimates exceed 1.8 million this year.  Read More »

Recently the Catholic Church in Rome has added seven new sins to the list after fifteen hundred years of making due with the original and very reasonable standbys. The original offences and their punishments are as follows:

Pride Broken on the wheel
Envy Put in freezing water
Gluttony Forced to eat rats, toads, and snakes
Lust Smothered in fire and brimstone
Anger Dismembered alive  Read More »