The phrase "separation of church and state", is one of the most well known and least understood phrases in modern American lexicon. A majority of Americans are certain it is contained in... More > the Constitution but the dirty little secret is the term is not mentioned anywhere in that revered document.The phrase entered the American political environment when President Thomas Jefferson responded to a letter he received from constituents.Why could a portion of a single letter trump the United States Constitution? Why would a metaphor be taken literally and used for settled law?
Jefferson was not even in the United States while the amendment was debated and adopted. Jefferson and Madison comprise less than 6% of the total number of founders cited, but their words are used by Supreme Court Justices more than 79% of the time. Heck, eight percent of Americans think Elvis is alive. Founders such as, George Washington, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Samuel Adams, Alexander Hamilton and Patrick Henry are virtually ignored.< Less
I went on a mission for the Mormon church
A different way of life for a boy to enter
It wasn’t long after my 19th birthday
When I spent 2 months in the training center
Then I spent 22... More > months in Guatemala
Where I had to get used to the cultures
Instead of hamburgers and eagles
It was black beans and vultures
On the back of one of the first envelopes
Of a letter I sent home to be read
I wrote the first of what would be many poems
That came off the top of my head
I didn't start it thinking I'd always do it
But I ended up putting a poem in every letter
I made sure to try to make each one funny
As my wittiness and creativity got better
GO ON! PREVIEW SOME OF THE PAGES!< Less
Vivre et travailler en Russie constitue une expérience unique et enrichissante.
Nourri par son immersion de plusieurs mois dans ce
pays-continent et sa confrontation avec ses femmes et ses... More > hommes, l'auteur nous livre ici une série de nouvelles très différentes les unes des autres où la Russie, bien sûr, et l'art (musique, architecture, littérature, sculpture,
etc...) sont omniprésents.
Les hauts-lieux culturels moscovites, les splendeurs de Saint-Pétersbourg mais aussi des lieux de passage, tels que l'un des aéroports internationaux de Moscou, offrent un cadre propice au développement d'histoires amusantes ou à d'insolites rencontres.
Une invitation personnelle à découvrir ce pays, aussi riche et divers dans son patrimoine culturel, que dans ses paysages ou ses mentalités...< Less
Vivre et travailler en Russie constitue une expérience unique et enrichissante. Nourri par son immersion de plusieurs mois dans ce pays-continent et sa confrontation avec ses femmes et ses... More > hommes, l'auteur nous livre ici une série de nouvelles très différentes les unes des autres où la Russie, bien sûr, et l'art (musique, architecture, littérature, sculpture, etc...) sont omniprésents. Les hauts-lieux culturels moscovites, les splendeurs de Saint-Pétersbourg mais aussi des lieux de passage, tels que l'un des aéroports internationaux de Moscou, offrent un cadre propice au développement d'histoires amusantes ou à d'insolites rencontres. Une invitation personnelle à découvrir ce pays, aussi riche et divers dans son patrimoine culturel, que dans ses paysages ou ses mentalités...< Less
Breve epistolario in cui vengono toccati tutti gli aspetti della vita di una donna nell'arco della vita, "condito" con gustose ricette di cucina sarda. Una per ogni lettera.
Breve epistolario in cui vengono toccati tutti gli aspetti della vita di una donna nell'arco della vita, "condito" con gustose ricette di cucina sarda. Una per ogni lettera.
Incipit of a new erotic novel: Alma and Andrew, she is devorced, he is virgin. She will teach him the world of eros slowly. Accompanying and shaping him in his ideal lover. But he will prove to be... More > more imaginative and less submissive than she expected. Andrew will soon bring his mistress in places she had never even imagined, taking the control in a spiral of fine games. Alma wants to escape, but now something too strong binds her to this mysterious boy, first disciple and now mentor. Curiosity? Lust? Perhaps the desire to understand how far one can go.< Less
