i have always wanted to write. up til now i had always thought i would write science fiction stories, but let's face it, there has been no progress in that area so far. there may never be. in the last year or two i have become more interested in politics and watching the news. with that there are a ton of issues that i know next to nothing about. i would like to be able to say more than my opinion on the issues. i want to spend more time researching and learning. i hate to admit it but the last thirty years i have been living with blinders on. i simply did not care what was happening in the world outside of the tiny bubble that was my life. now i have children, and i don't think that's enough anymore. i want to be an informed citizen.
watching the news on television or cable networks is not enough. you really need to get out there and do your own research. that is what i am goiung to do here. i am going to start a series of articles on issues which interest me. i am talking about politics, history, philosophy, science, and frankly, whatever else i feel like writing about. with these serious articles, i'll do my best to include as much factual information as possible and include scholarly references. don't worry though, i'm sure there will be plenty of the usual ranting and raving as well mixed in. once i get a few of these article/essays completed i may decide that this is not the appropriate venue. at that time time i may have to find some other place to host them (i'm mostly worried about length here). the one thing i will try to avoid is creating some teenage-girl like online diary which is a great way for me to waste my own time however i don't think anyone else would be interested. then again, vh1 and the e! channel seem to be doing well with that kind of trash.
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