Guest post by Jasbir S Jagdeo, author of The Shreds of Character It has always been said that we are slaves to our stomachs. We do whatever we do, basically, to insure against hunger. No matter how much a man has, he needs more to keep his anxiety in control. The fear of that day […]
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Poverty in Other Times
Guest post by Angela Rosemary, author of Dating Calamity Most of us have lived in times of excess. My parents did not, though life had changed dramatically by the time I came along, when my parents were in their 40’s. My mother was quite young when her father took a job with Inter Mountain Coal […]
Alternate Energy Means More Milk for the Poor
Guest post by Charles Vrooman, author of The True Virus You’ve seen the ads saying “Got Milk?” well cows can give us much more. How about “Got Watt?” yes we can get electricity from cow manure. Dairies are using methane digesters to collect gas from manure to produce electricity. This means that dairies can cut […]
Feats of Imagination
Guest post by Ted Kelsey, author of OLGA I haven’t been back for a year. Yes, a year. I volunteered distributing food, and it was exactly a year ago at Thanksgiving when I handed out my last turkey. I stopped for reasons outside of my control. My wife started working on the weekends. I needed […]
Is it okay to steal food…if your starving?
Guest post by Nicholas Brookland, author of No Rest for the Weary If a certain individual has exhausted all possible means of obtaining food (this could also apply to medical equipment, shoes, tools etc) and is in desperate need of food, without which they will die, is it okay to steal the food to survive? […]
Talk to the hand casue the palm ‘aint wanted.
Guest post by Carol Jackson, author of Julie & Kishore I clutch my mum tighter but she does not hold me back. The noise of a fire crackling close by is scary and the smell of smoke fills my nostrils. Cowering, I bury my nose into her hair. I can still hear loud bangs in […]