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89The Greenhouse Effect Explained
By Chef Jeff There is much talk about the greenhouse effect, greenhouse gasses, and global warming/global climate change. I wanted to take a moment to explain as best I can what the greenhouse effect is,...
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80The Year Lorraine Brought Home Coal for Christmas
Chicago was extremely cold that year when Lorraine walked home from school. She watched the coal trucks passing by, stopping at times to dump a load of coal into some family's basement, some lucky family...
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85Global Warming: Fact or Folly?
There are basically three ideas people have about our climate. One group believes that whatever changes that occur are all a part of a cycle as old as nature itself. They really can't see what all the fuss is...
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79Hoovervilles
By Chef Jeff I am a veteran, and a historian. I often have read lots of pages on various subjects and I often formulate my own opinions about things. In this article I do not pretend that I am not biased...
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78Arctic Ice Melt
By: Chef Jeff There have been many people wondering about whether or not the Arctic ice is melting, and if it is, what does this mean to the world? I have been researching this topic for a few years and...
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76Unusual Holiday Treats
Cherry Soup is one of those recipes most people have never heard of, so I am going to give you my personal favorite, one which we used at our Christmas Around the World dinners at the Kingston Inn...
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76Who speaks for the Veteran?
VoteVets.org The Voice of America's 21st Century Patriots. Veterans of Iraq, Afghanistan and other eras, military families and patriotic Americans for a stronger America. By Chef Jeff Just the other day I...
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74Hermann Goering and American Politics
From the Santa Barbara War Memorial "Naturally, the common people don't want war ... but after all it is the leaders of a country who determine the policy, and it is always a simple matter to drag the...
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73Garbage in - Garbage out.
Glenn Beck is but one of many entertainers posing as serious broadcast journalists. There have been several hubs as of late talking about Glenn Beck, the popular if controversial host of The Glenn Beck Show...
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74Tom Lehrer
In the earliest days of my life things in America were not as they are now. On our tiny black and white TV tube images of Joe McCarthy interrogating people as if they were convicted felons filled the day....
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