Well, tomorrow I leave for Lincoln, adulthood, and destiny. I've been doing some packing: books, clothes, pens and pencils. It's like I'm getting ready for a big game. Finally, though, I can go in with a gameplan. This summer I have learned a lot about life. In the coming years, I plan to show my real self to others. I need to open up, but ( Read more... )

I have run into unforeseen problems, and have not been able to sufficiently post my election analysis. In economics, I can only display my final analysis ( Read more... )

Kerry and Bush share many points in their health care plans, such as legislation guarding against malpractice premiums. However, they have some underlying fundamental differences ( Read more... )

Final Judgement

Both candidates do not have a definite education plan that is guaranteed to succeed.  Bush's plan has good intentions, but seems shallow-minded and does not address the root problems, leading to unforseen consequences when schools and students pursue their own interests rather than the interests of the collective nation.  Bush ( Read more... )

John McCain regarding Mike Dye ( Read more... )

I have modified the entry of the 24th and deleted the entry of the 25th. I was in a bad mood and obviously overstepped my bounds. I don't believe that friendship is fake, I was only trying to get people to look at how they treated others and trying to expose the side of me that I wish to change. The truth is, I feel like I have a dark side, and ( Read more... )

I have many items of news to report. Firstly, I finished reading the novel "The Bridges of Madison County." It's about this affair between a farm wife and a photographer. It's a good novel, I guess. It's one of those books that you think is pretty bad while you are reading it, but you appreciate what the guy meant when it's over. It's also a ( Read more... )

The non-fiction segment went by faster than I had anticipated, so I have selected another novel for reading. I don't think I will like it very much, but it is nice and short. There was a movie made from the novel. It is called "The Bridges of Madison County ( Read more... )

Today is a very boring day. Every day of the summer is boring ( Read more... )

Today I finished reading The DaVinci Code. It was an interesting experience. Like every book I have read this summer, it gets better as you move along. In the beginning, it seems like the author (Dan Brown) keeps inserting random useless facts to look smart. However, later in the book, he inserts facts that are indeed relevant. One of the reasons ( Read more... )