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93The Greenhouse Effect Explained
By Chef Jeff There is much talk about the greenhouse effect, greenhouse gasses, and global warming/global climate change. I wanted to take a moment to explain as best I can what the greenhouse effect is, and how it has been seen to work on planet...
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85Global Warming: Fact or Folly?
There are basically three ideas people have about our climate. One group believes that whatever changes that occur are all a part of a cycle as old as nature itself. They really can't see what all the fuss is about. Warming and cooling cycles have...
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82Hoovervilles
By Chef Jeff I am a veteran, and a historian. I often have read lots of pages on various subjects and I often formulate my own opinions about things. In this article I do not pretend that I am not biased in favor of vets. This is a story of how...
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79Overview of The Scientific Method
Science remains one of those areas in which many people remain unfamiliar. Science is not an entity; neither is it a monolithic organization of same-thinking people. Science is a method by which we human...
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76Good Night and Good Luck - Edward R. Murrow
Edward R. Murrow People throughout the ages have struggled to gain freedom. Our forefathers and foremothers fought for independence. In our own times we Americans have struggled to define what it means to be an American. Sometimes we have stood...
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78Dr. Aung San Suu Kyi
Dr. Aung San Suu Kyi is the daughter of General Aung San, who was considered by many to be the founder of modern Burma. He negotiated the freedom of Burma from the British in 1947. General Aung San was assassinated shortly after that. Dr. Aung San...
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75Don't Trickle on Me!
Ever since the days of Ronald Reagan's presidency we have heard the term Trickle Down applied to economics. The actual theory is called Supply Side Economics Theory, and it is an idea that if you cut or...
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75The Foods We Eat Today
We all know that when you buy organically grown food, generally you are buying the best there is to buy. But, all food is actually organic; some gardens just have cleaner, healthier soil than others. For...
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75The History of The Pledge of Allegiance in the United States
Norman Rockwell's The Pledge of Allegiance Having taught students from other nations, and having visited other countries, I know that the idea of a Pledge of Allegiance in not peculiar to the U.S. But in the U.S. many of us do not know the long and...
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76Elected Officials - What Do They Owe Us?
One of the greatest things about the way the Founders of the United States set up the functioning of our government was the idea that the government acts as our servant. Some will argue, and I tend to agree,...
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