The usual cynics choice is to ask, what would you rather have, fame without power or power without fame Yet even a cursory look at contemporary society reveals that celebrities have managed to devise a third choice: fame with power. There is no shortage of for instances. Take Ronald Rega ...

At last, we came to the final meeting. It was time to invent details like gravity and magnetism. Then we were scheduled for a final question and answer period. I was waiting for the right moment to bring up my idea that every planet that would have life that can read should come with an ...

Although John Kerry was not very merry when he lost his bid for President, he continued to maintain that he deserves a second chance. He might have had one if it werent for two very significant obstacles: Hillary Clinton and John Kerry. There is little he can do about the allure of Hilla ...

Shhhh....if you're in Texas, watch your mouth or you could be arrested. No, I'm not talking about yelling fire in a public place or threatening someone. I'm talking about having a private conversation in a private home about a private matter. Whatever you do, don't tell anyone in Texas h ...

Hardly a day goes by that we dont hear diminutive Iran roar like a lion about its nuclear ambitions. Or growl about its mighty power by launching yet another flight of missiles. Yet among the worlds most powerful nations Iran remains inarguably diminutive. So, regardless of all the blust ...

Now, heres a radical idea. As we see the body count pile up in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Africa, along with the daily occurrences of murder worldwide, including right here in the gun-toting USA, we ask ourselves, wouldnt it be wonderful if everybody would promise not to kill anybody for jus ...

As the body count mounts in Iraq, it has become evident that the terrorists, along with the homicidal sectarians, have developed a new form of argument that is not found in Aristotles Rhetoric. The philosophers civilized inclinations never prompted him to include, among such acknowledge ...

It definitely looks like its time for everyone to lighten up. Yesterday General Electric the parent company of NBC, fresh from their success with the Madonna concert at Wembley Stadium in London announced that it had instructed its news anchors to now refer to the conflict in Iraq as a C ...

Ousted by the Republican party after a closely fought referendum(51%) in which the Monarchy is declared an anachronism, the Queen and Prince Consort decide to live out their exile in Italy. The former UK is now known as New English Republican Dominions (NERD). Follow their daily adventur ...

Read the humorous adventures of the exiled Queen as she learns to cope with Italian social mores and a complicated political scenario. Ousted by the Republican party after a closely fought referendum(51%) in which the Monarchy is declared an anachronism, the Queen and Prince Consort deci ...

Mergers have taken over the world. My very first bank Bell Federal - has long merged with LaSalle Bank, and now if I want to talk to someone about my mortgage, I have to call a place I never even heard of before Troy, Michigan! Here in Chicago, Marshall Fields has been swallowed up loc ...

Many of today's work environments are rife with moody bosses and co-workers, repetitive tasks and unpredictable market pressures. Stress abounds. Managers often tell me they cant afford the time or cost for my humor workshops; how can they afford not to address workplace stress. We know ...

Most agree that humor in the workplace can have beneficial effects. Yet not all humor is good humor. The challenge: how to interject appropriate humor and fun into our serious jobs without hurting others or seriously undermining the company. When used appropriately, humor can work for yo ...

But, sir, the trembling orphan dared to utter, I dont want to go to war. What Master Cheney shot back, and cuffed the child with the ladle out of which he had been serving gruel to the youthful and famished populace of his orphanage. Please, sir, the child had the inexplicable temerity ...

Venezuela has recently become the largest arms purchaser in Latin America. Since Hugo Chavez, as the President with dictatorial powers, gets more of the arms shipments than anyone else, he now looks like a king crab. The crab-like impression is increased by how red-faced he becomes when ...

In an alarming development, male tadpoles, when exposed to pollutants that either are or resemble estrogen, frequently grow up to become female frogs. Apparently, the transformation is occurring with such frequency that it partly accounts for the dramatic decrease scientists have recorde ...

President George Bush, noting the large number of presidential candidates, particularly Democratic ones, is rumored to be thinking of asking for a constitutional exception that would allow him to run for a third term. How come so many other people can run for President and I cant, he ask ...

Hollywood reverted to type at this years Academy Awards, presenting its Oscar for best picture to yet another gangster movie, while passing over that rare production, a charming, if offbeat, piece of innocent merriment, Little Miss Sunshine. Of course, there were militating factors. The ...

When a genealogical search indicated that Al Sharpton was related to a slave who was in the service of the once flaming segregationist-Senator Strom Thermond, he exclaimed the news was the greatest shock of his life and demanded another investigation. The second genealogical check revea ...

My name is Steven Parks and I live in Denton, Texas. I am the creator of The Eat Less Diet. I came up with this concept years ago and copywrited it because I really think it has potential as a book, a calendar, an e-book, or just a simple common sense idea. What I am really trying to do ...