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October 21, 2006 02:35 PM EDT -- Ok Just want to know your feelings on this. A lady is dyeing she has only a few hours to live. I walk in her room as her care-giver but she thinks i'm her son. Do I tell her no I'm not johnny? . . . more
September 12, 2006 10:24 AM EDT -- As the Iraq war grinds deeper into its fourth year with sectarian strife increasing, not abating, and with more and more U.S. servicemen and women dying in -- not departing from -- that nation, I find . . . more
October 25, 2006 02:05 PM EDT -- This year's graduating seniors at Northwestern University heard three great leadership lessons from their commencement speaker, Illinois Senator Barack Obama. The lessons came from his own extraordinary . . . more
September 06, 2006 09:05 AM EDT -- Some years ago, my friend Peter Drucker wrote about the unnoticed magnitude of the volunteer economy in the United States. How many of us are involved in charitable activities or other social causes, even . . . more
September 18, 2006 10:40 AM EDT -- By 1962, Sam Walton, the late and legendary founder of Wal-Mart, had a total of six Ben Franklin stores in Arkansas and Kansas, but his ambitions were far from satisfied. Against opposition from his franchiser, . . . more
September 10, 2006 04:33 AM EDT -- Where's my classroom? I think I should have that printed on a sign and hang it around my neck. Last Monday was the first day of classes for me. I got to share the other teachers' classrooms. It . . . more
An Examined Life
by Rory M.
views: 49 | rating: 10 | comments: 25
July 29, 2007 11:04 PM EDT -- "Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans."                                      . . . more
October 30, 2006 10:07 AM EST -- When Barack Obama graduated from Columbia University in 1983, he could have done anything he wanted. His mother and grandparents advised him to go to law school. His friends were landing jobs on Wall Street . . . more
Why did you join Gather?
by Tamara W.
views: 73 | rating: 8.8 | comments: 38
October 27, 2006 03:45 PM EDT -- After an "interesting" comment regarding a post I made earlier this week, I got to thinking....why do people join Gather? What are they looking to get from this site?   Would love to hear . . . more
June 13, 2006 06:42 PM EDT -- Digging At The Roots of Grammar George Corneliussen BTW, LOL, 24/7, correct grammar or popular usage? When did grammar begin to morph into the self-defined format it occupies in today's world of . . . more
November 01, 2006 01:50 PM EST -- When Barack Obama challenged himself by becoming a community organizer in the Chicago slums rather than go to law school, he very nearly lost the challenge. In the end, he won through, and his risky path . . . more
September 07, 2006 07:43 AM EDT -- Nothing seems to win our support more than an unselfish battle against some unjust deprivation of human dignity. We have always celebrated such causes, ranging from the creation of Greek democracy in place . . . more
October 20, 2006 03:40 PM EDT -- This actually lead to a very interesting discussion in the office today. Should a person's license be revoked when they reach a certain age? LOS ANGELES. California (AP) -- An elderly driver who . . . more
September 16, 2006 02:11 PM EDT -- In business, as in all fields, those who claim superior knowledge may impress some people some of the time. But those who never stop learning are the ones who wind up winning. Consider, for instance, the . . . more
July 18, 2007 12:26 AM EDT -- "I know that God is always on the side of right; my concern is not whether God is on our side but whether or not we are on God's side."                                                                                                                      . . . more
September 25, 2006 08:43 PM EDT -- No matter how much things have changed through the ages, much remains quite the same. We still live in a time when Christian conservatives would like to legislate their religious beliefs on the rest of . . . more
What is reality?
by Rory M.
views: 47 | rating: 10 | comments: 22
August 07, 2007 02:01 PM EDT -- I was pondering the question which serves as the title of this piece, after participating in another conversation string here on Gather in which the idea of "common sense" was thrown out.  My . . . more
August 28, 2006 04:48 PM EDT -- "It is the dull man who is always sure, and the sure man who is always dull." H.L. Mencken, Prejudices more
August 31, 2006 12:04 AM EDT -- "The reward of a thing well done is to have done it." Ralph Waldo Emerson, Essays more
October 22, 2006 11:08 AM EDT -- I walked into the Hallmark store yesterday to pick up a sympathy card for a friend. I was already in a somber mood but as I walked in, I was thrown into holiday music and all the Christmas decorations . . . more
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