We aim to be completely prepared for every eventuality that we can, and lingering on many of our minds is preparing for the day when countries choose to deploy nuclear weapons. The best first step to preparing for those events, ...
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Bringing Them Down To Earth: The Entitlement Mindset In American Youth
Researchers and parents alike are agreeing that today’s adolescents and young adults are more self-absorbed than ever, perhaps accurately named Generation Me. While today’s fifteen-to twenty-five-year olds are the first to grow up with advanced technology and the Internet at ...
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Your seed trays and hoes are tucked safely away in the shed and your garden lays fallow under six inches of snow. Although the most active season for gardening is over, you needn’t lay aside the gardening habit completely. Winter ...
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by Jessica Whited, R.N. With hospitals mandating the flu shot and government agencies recommending it to be given to children as young as six months old every year for the rest of their lives (1), many would assume it must ...
Read More »The Hidden Advantages of Swiss Chard
For me, the weekly shopping trip is a daunting task, especially when you reach the vegetable aisle. Leafy greens loom above you, stacked to the ceiling. Daunting rows of foreign vegetables stretch across the length of the grocery store. With ...
Read More »Talking To Those People: Constructive Conversations On Controversial Issues
People often hate each other because they fear each other; they fear each other because they don’t each other; they don’t know each other because they cannot communicate. —Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. It’s widely acknowledged that we live ...
Read More »Estate Planning For Gun Owners
Estate planning can be a complex task for every adult in America, regardless of your net worth and your background or expertise in finance. This issue depends not only on the amount of land and property that you may need ...
Read More »The Nature Of The American Problem
Nature is all that IS, or WAS, or EVER WILL BE. —The Berenstain Bear’s Nature Guide (1975) Nature Worship The twentieth century saw the rebirth of nature worship in the West. Nature has been promoted in the realms of both ...
Read More »Growing Spring Bulbs
Nothing heralds the arrival of spring earlier than flowering spring bulbs. These perennial flowers bring beauty, fragrance, and color wherever they’re planted. With proper planning and minimal care, these perennials are sure to come back every year with bursts of ...
Read More »Exercise Is For Girls
As I sit in my chair today, my back is sore, my legs wobble, and my arms feel much heavier than they did yesterday. Today I will be confined to the home, drinking tea and licking my wounds. All because ...
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