America

It's easy to watch the carnage and think it doesn't affect you. The hard part is to get your mind and body into the 'game' and actually do something about the problems at hand. Too many American's have simply washed their hands of the po

A survey of 30,000 people in 15 nations by the social networking site Badoo.com has found that America ranks as the world’s “coolest nationality.” Other countries singled out for their hip nature were Brazil (second coolest overall) and Spain (coolest in Europe.) Belgium edged out Poland for least coolest nationality status.

I'm not a broker.  I'm no financial guru.  But I can read the writing on the wall.  I try to see the forest beyond the trees.  But I'm baffled, I must say.  I thought all the urgency to raise the debt ceiling and avert a default (which is going to happen, sooner or later; sorry Timmy Geitner) was to stop this very thing from happening: wetting down what little confidence there was and bringing the

I know the issue of flag burning sparks some pretty heated debate.  It should.  Our flag stands as a symbol of our nations independence and resilience.  For some other nations around the world, it has been a symbol of hope, for others , a symbol of fear...

I originally published this article back in February.  Given the state of affairs in Washington and a recent poll that shows that 46% of us think all congressmen are corrupt, I thought it would be appropriate to revisit the ideas set forth...

Remember the American dream? Well, it might be a distant memory, if one survey is to be believed. A new poll of 600 Americans found citizens are upset about several issues.

We've come a long, long way from Beaumont, 1901.  That first gusher in the state ushered in an era of change unlike anything we'd seen since the Alamo.  It was a pivotal moment where that which we knew was displaced by the promise of great wealth and expansion...