Choose from major topics written on by Andy Arthur.
I've probably written a billion words over the past decade on the many issues of concern.
I continue to search my soul to find new words to express the world around me, and the great color that even the best camera can't capture.
Most weeks I try to post three new fodder articles to the collection on timely events in our changing world, and my changing self.
March 6, 2008 — There is a lot of rural New York out there. While rural people are sometime dismissed as simpletons and rednecks, we can learn a lot from their culture and lifestyles even if we live in the big city.
May 12, 2008 — We all live in a natural world even if we spend too much of our lives indoors. The products of the world come from nature, we depend on nature for both physical and spiritual health.
March 28, 2008 — What is freedom? For some it's the right to speak your mind. Maybe it's all those things you can do in the boondocks like ride your quad nude at midnight. Others think it's about sexual liberation. Or maybe it's simply a lack of restraint of any kind.
May 13, 2008 — We all are individuals. What makes us individuals, so special and so different from everybody else? How does the social environment around us influence us and make us choose certain actions over others.
April 11, 2008 — There are many issues in front of us today—from media concentration to the problems of education to poverty to the war. Here we discuss those issues.
February 27, 2008 — There are many places out there that make us think, inspire. These are a variety of writings with a sense of location and place.
May 2, 2008 — Things are changing in both the nation and the state. There are new battles to fight and victories to mull over. We have to question what it means to be in politics today, and how we can do more to improve the political scene.
April 14, 2008 — Media can portray powerful messages that open minds and encourage people to think—particularly the non-mainstream media. Sometimes those messages aren't obvious without careful analysis.
April 16, 2008 — Thoughts on the Afganistan War, Iraq War, and the many other issues surrounding the War on Terror that our country is increasingly involved in.