Poverty is not simply a word, it is a complex system of existence.
As I see it there are four types of poverty:
1. By birthplace.
2. By circumstance.
3. By choice.
4. By mental inability to survive in a social setting.
Taking the first case, poverty by birthplace. There are children who are born into areas that have had their [...]
When I was a kid in junior high school I stocked shelves in a small neighborhood grocery store. The owner, Harry Levine, was a quiet, honest and wise man. I remember him telling me about his coming to America.
WWII had ended that summer and the Russians were occupying Eastern Europe as a reward for their [...]
We have heard over and over that there is no such thing as a ‘free lunch’. We, as a people, are losing our ability to survive on our own. We are all expecting the governments-local, state and federal to supply us with everything to make our lives comfortable. We are becoming dependent on someone else [...]
