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Being a liberal to me (Democrat for USA and Labour for UK) means I believe in fairness and equality for everyone. After learning a great deal about ancient northern Europeans and ancient British (in the larger sense of the group of islands) in particular as part of the research on my books “Boudicca: Britain’s Queen of the Iceni” and “Mary Queen of the Scots” I really came to appreciate how completely different our ancestors’ cultures were from their conquerors. An artist con

Dear Congress of the United States of America and Parliaments of the western industrialized world: Count your blessings for your home — then do anything and everything you can to help those without food, shelter, and warmth. Yes, I know this is difficult for you.  You cannot relate to the rest of us.  You have more money than any single person can ever spend.  You do not look like most of us nor do you have the same life experiences as most of us.  So I can see why you have a

This was another one of my Yahoo Voices articles where the trolls lingered. Shaming Poverty: One Person’s Stereotypes Leads to Personal Humiliation While Buying Food Myths Concerning Unemployed, Poor Persist Despite Prolonged Great Recession November 3rd, 2013 Saturday October 26th. After working all week at my holiday temp job, I go to my neighborhood Dollar General to buy some milk and a couple frozen dinners for work. Earlier this month I stocked up on groceries, knowing m

More about poverty.  You see a theme going? Less Than Human: Complacency, Poverty, and Human Rights A Look at Conditions Face by and Attitudes Regarding the Poor and Unemployed September 16, 2013 Sunday September 1st was a beautiful day. A friend came over and together we went to an area golf driving range, my first opportunity to leave my home for a reason other than grocery shopping or job interviews in over six months. After a full year of not practicing, my hits were off,

Forest lake in summer (Photo credit: Axel-D) Food forests are the latest urban trend designed to combat global warming while offering free, fresh food to the food insecure.  The concept is simple:  provide an urban oasis of fruit and nut trees, fruit-bearing bushes, herbs, and other edibles which are free to harvest and eat to any and all visitors.  In 2013, Seattle became the first municipality to offer its residents food forest, starting a new trend which promises to provid