On Teen Internet Pornography: If you Yahoo 'free teen sex pictures' Yahoo gives you 142,000,000 pages to enjoy...two right clicks of the mouse and you've got a free porn collection! On Creation and Evolution: The debate about creation and evolution is fair game. What is not fair is the efforts of one side to silence the rights of the other to their beliefs and opinions, a wrong historically committed by both sides. On Homosexuality: Let the debate continue, but let it be infused with truthfulness instead of lies, starting with the scientific fact that people are not born gay. On Suicide: There, in the middle of the gray, dead cement basement room, a boy hangs from a floor joist above by a length of shipping strapping, its length stretched to its limit, its form cut deeply into the boy's neck...We learn later he was bullied at school. On Faith: All the arguments in the world for or against Christ don't matter... It all comes down to this; either you want to believe or you don't. And then you live your life accordingly. Readers of Andrew McIntosh's regular op-ed columns in The Californian-a San Diego area daily newspaper-will instantly recognize the witty, biting prose he uses to drive his points home in his first book, The Two Suggestions. Teens and parents will deeply relate to McIntosh's personal and professional experiences as he shares his orphanage and adoption story, his big city paramedic career, and his various youth advocacy experiences spanning several decades. The Two Suggestions should be mandatory reading for every teenager, parent and youth advocate in America and Canada today. In the new America-secular, immoral, addicted and violent-The Two Suggestions offers today's youth powerful tools to thrive in the face of confusion, anger and social chaos.

"You can't argue with success. Charles L. Fahy, one of America's most successful stock brokers, knows Wall Street from the inside out. He has seen fortunes made and lost; investment fads come and go; and ever more facile advertising campaigns hyping Wall Street's latest, sure-fire investment." "And now, in The StreetWise Investor, Mr. Fahy, with Sydney LeBlanc, a veteran financial writer, takes you inside the controversial world of securities marketing where Wall Street meets Madison Avenue. He strips away layers of hype - revealing the truth behind outrageous claims about certain "safe, high-yielding and tax-exempt" products. His observations will surprise, if not downright shock you. You will learn why bonds don't work, why tax-exempts are not safe investments, and why you might not be the conservative investor you think you are. Dubbed "The Will Rogers of Wall Street," Mr. Fahy offers real-life case histories, analogies and humorous stories that span his 20-year career as a professional stockbroker. Examine the wisdom behind his decision to change his entire method of doing business mid-way through his career so that both he and his clients could become more successful. His solutions to investment problems may anger some on Wall Street and in the financial planning industry, but, according to Mr. Fahy, "You can't argue with success."" "Whether you are a beginner or a seasoned investor, The StreetWise Investor gives you valuable information from an insider who dared to challenge an entire industry on its methods of operation, ethics and integrity - and won."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

In the modern era, there arose a prolific and vibrant print culture--books, newspapers, and magazines issued by and for diverse, often marginalized, groups. This long-overdue collection offers a unique foray into the multicultural world of reading and readers in the United States. The contributors to this award-winning collection pen interdisciplinary essays that examine the many ways print culture functions within different groups. The essays link gender, class, and ethnicity to the uses and goals of a wide variety of publications and also explore the role print materials play in constructing historical events like the Titanic disaster. Contributors: Lynne M. Adrian, Steven Biel, James P. Danky, Elizabeth Davey, Michael Fultz, Jacqueline Goldsby, Norma Fay Green, Violet Johnson, Elizabeth McHenry, Christine Pawley, Yumei Sun, and Rudolph J. Vecoli

Cities are the world's future. Today, more than half of the global population--3.7 billion people--are urban dwellers, and that number is expected to double by 2050. There is no question that cities are growing; the only debate is over how they will grow. Will we invest in the physical and social infrastructure necessary for livable, equitable, and sustainable cities? In the latest edition of State of the World, the flagship publication of the Worldwatch Institute, experts from around the globe examine the core principles of sustainable urbanism and profile cities that are putting them into practice. From Ahmedabad, India to Freiburg, Germany, local people are acting to improve their cities, even when national efforts are stalled. Issues examined range from the nitty-gritty of handling waste and developing public transportation to civic participation and navigating dysfunctional government. The result is a snapshot of cities today and a vision for global urban sustainability tomorrow.