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Many would think the primary goal in a survival situation is to find your way back to civilization or to be rescued or found. But is...

The Occupy Wall Street movement started without much fanfare.  Early on, protesters were more or less mocked as a giant joke.  Who were these yahoos sitting...

“The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no...

Stroke is the third most prolific killer of Americans and perhaps the most feared. Strokes can strike without warning, attacking and damaging the brain irrevocably. Strokes...

Readers have been eagerly awaiting the launch of library lending for Kindle books since Amazon first mentioned looking into the program. While Barnes and Noble's Nook...

There is a popular aphorism that says, “Be careful what you wish for.” This could apply quite well to the relationship between the off-the-grid lifestyle and...

Forget four and twenty blackbirds — chicken pies are in order. Rising food costs don't mean you have to live on skimpy meals. These hearty pies...

American expansion was relentless after the American Revolution.  From 1776 to 1850, settlers pushed into the Mississippi River Valley and then set their sights on Texas...

Preparatory work to get your goats and sheep ready for winter is relatively easy. However, the two species are completely different in their ability to handle...

“Sister,” she said, “What’s wrong? I mean about me…. Why do they call me the Accursed?” —Psyche in C. S. Lewis’s Til We Have Faces (1956)...