http://problemsolving.gather.com Recent Articles on Gather by Using the "Wisdom of Crowds" en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 Wed, 30 Dec 2009 12:51:15 GMT 2009-12-30T12:51:15Z en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 http://www.gather.com/images/header/logo_gather.gif http://www.gather.com/ http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977967852&grpId=3659174697239068&nav=Groupspace I wrote about and/or passed along several articles about this very serious threat to our nation's health freedoms, more than two years ago... Here it comes, folks! Was anyone paying attention? If not, . . . Tue, 29 Dec 2009 23:07:44 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977967852&grpId=3659174697239068&nav=Groupspace Sandy and John J. 2009-12-29T23:07:44Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977961858&grpId=3659174697239068&nav=Groupspace   Still looking for a few last-minute gifts?  Buy Baltimore!  Not the city, but products produced by and in Charm City.  To help you find some great Baltimorian gifts, Baltimore's . . . Thu, 24 Dec 2009 16:51:16 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977961858&grpId=3659174697239068&nav=Groupspace Eric D. Goodman 2009-12-24T16:51:16Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977919209&grpId=3659174697239068&nav=Groupspace If you woke up this morning with more health than illness, you are more blessed than the million that will not survive this week. If you have never experienced the danger of battle, the loneliness . . . Thu, 26 Nov 2009 17:26:54 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977919209&grpId=3659174697239068&nav=Groupspace Sandy and John J. 2009-11-26T17:26:54Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977916245&grpId=3659174697239068&nav=Groupspace If you’re planning to attend the Ottawa Small Press Book Fair on Saturday, November 28, you’re likely to run into a native goose.  Flightless Goose is available all day at the fair! . . . Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:39:11 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977916245&grpId=3659174697239068&nav=Groupspace Eric D. Goodman 2009-11-24T21:39:11Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977897913&grpId=3659174697239068&nav=Groupspace International Gallery Event and Formal Charity Ball Offer Two Ways to Help Charities and Get Your Goose   With the holidays approaching, many people are already making their gift . . . Fri, 13 Nov 2009 03:24:12 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977897913&grpId=3659174697239068&nav=Groupspace Eric D. Goodman 2009-11-13T03:24:12Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977885770&grpId=3659174697239068&nav=Groupspace The Baltimore Writers' Conference is coming up Nov 14 at Towson University.    Keynote address will be delivered by Mark Bowden of Black Hawk Down fame.  It's been 10 . . . Thu, 05 Nov 2009 02:34:56 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977885770&grpId=3659174697239068&nav=Groupspace Eric D. Goodman 2009-11-05T02:34:56Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977873285&grpId=3659174697239068&nav=Groupspace On October 14, Lord Christopher Monckton, a noted climate change skeptic, gave a presentation at Bethel University in St. Paul, MN. In this 4 minute excerpt from his speech, he issues a DIRE warning to . . . Wed, 28 Oct 2009 01:32:18 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977873285&grpId=3659174697239068&nav=Groupspace Sandy and John J. 2009-10-28T01:32:18Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977866660&grpId=3659174697239068&nav=Groupspace   Flightless Goose has another elementary school appearance — today!  That’s right.  I’ll be presenting Flightless Goose and leading discussions about the book . . . Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:49:02 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977866660&grpId=3659174697239068&nav=Groupspace Eric D. Goodman 2009-10-23T13:49:02Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977860039&grpId=3659174697239068&nav=Groupspace Hiding the Truth Beneath a Sea of Pink??? Decide for yourselves.  http://silverbulletin.utopiasilver.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=781&Itemid=1 . . . Mon, 19 Oct 2009 14:55:16 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977860039&grpId=3659174697239068&nav=Groupspace Sandy and John J. 2009-10-19T14:55:16Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977858320&grpId=3659174697239068&nav=Groupspace Health Author and Freelance Journalist, Tony Isaacs, is a natural health advocate, researcher and author of books and articles about natural health and alternative remedies including "Cancer's Natural . . . Sun, 18 Oct 2009 01:21:05 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977858320&grpId=3659174697239068&nav=Groupspace Sandy and John J. 2009-10-18T01:21:05Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977825259&grpId=3659174697239068&nav=Groupspace The ninth annual National Book Festival, organized and sponsored by the Library of Congress, will be held this Saturday, September 26, on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., between 7th and 14th . . . Thu, 24 Sep 2009 20:18:49 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977825259&grpId=3659174697239068&nav=Groupspace Eric D. Goodman 2009-09-24T20:18:49Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977795216&grpId=3659174697239068&nav=Groupspace The Christian social gospel is a doctrine that is gaining popularity everywhere. It has actually become a deadly disease for "people of faith" and those of us who reach out to the unsaved.... The social . . . Tue, 15 Sep 2009 14:05:39 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977795216&grpId=3659174697239068&nav=Groupspace Sandy and John J. 2009-09-15T14:05:39Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977812536&grpId=3659174697239068&nav=Groupspace   What many people in the local literary community refer to as our “literary new year” will be here before you know it: The Baltimore Book Festival takes place on the weekend . . . Mon, 14 Sep 2009 23:42:34 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977812536&grpId=3659174697239068&nav=Groupspace Eric D. Goodman 2009-09-14T23:42:34Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977805944&grpId=3659174697239068&nav=Groupspace   This Friday, I’ll be reading an abridged version of my story “Futures” on WYPR’s popular radio program, The Signal .  Listen for it on Baltimore’s NPR . . . Wed, 09 Sep 2009 18:51:52 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977805944&grpId=3659174697239068&nav=Groupspace Eric D. Goodman 2009-09-09T18:51:52Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977803083&grpId=3659174697239068&nav=Groupspace Sane Americans, regardless of political party, believe in truth, and only want the truth...... We demand it. Because we seek the truth, the left-wingers should but won't, call us“Truth-ers.” . . . Mon, 07 Sep 2009 16:19:48 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977803083&grpId=3659174697239068&nav=Groupspace Sandy and John J. 2009-09-07T16:19:48Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977792607&grpId=3659174697239068&nav=Groupspace   What many people in the Baltimore literary community refer to as our “literary new year” will be here before you know it;  The Baltimore Book Festival takes place on the weekend . . . Sat, 29 Aug 2009 18:52:32 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977792607&grpId=3659174697239068&nav=Groupspace Eric D. Goodman 2009-08-29T18:52:32Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977775557&grpId=3659174697239068&nav=Groupspace Death is a reality that not one of us can argue with or deny... One day each of us will be at death's door. We might make the grim reaper's acquaintance next year? Maybe five or 10 years? Or even 25 . . . Sun, 16 Aug 2009 06:07:55 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977775557&grpId=3659174697239068&nav=Groupspace Sandy and John J. 2009-08-16T06:07:55Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977768866&grpId=3659174697239068&nav=Groupspace THE MISSION: http://www.medicalveritas.com/aboutmvi.html Concerned patients and even some healthcare providers are becoming aware of major deficiencies in medicine that are promoting continual . . . Mon, 10 Aug 2009 15:48:25 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977768866&grpId=3659174697239068&nav=Groupspace Sandy and John J. 2009-08-10T15:48:25Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977768245&grpId=3659174697239068&nav=Groupspace It is another modern-day tragedy that millions of women in the U.S. have been scared by Merck’s powerful ad campaign to become “one less” victim to cervical cancer by getting vaccinated . . . Sun, 09 Aug 2009 20:16:46 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977768245&grpId=3659174697239068&nav=Groupspace Sandy and John J. 2009-08-09T20:16:46Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977764962&grpId=3659174697239068&nav=Groupspace According to Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, your children should be the FIRST target for mass swine flu vaccinations when school starts this fall....... . . . Thu, 06 Aug 2009 15:19:25 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977764962&grpId=3659174697239068&nav=Groupspace Sandy and John J. 2009-08-06T15:19:25Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977764826&grpId=3659174697239068&nav=Groupspace Since January of this year, the remains of 17 stolen horses have been found slaughtered and butchered in Miami-Dade and Broward counties, Florida! The latest grisly  discovery involved a foal . . . Thu, 06 Aug 2009 14:07:48 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977764826&grpId=3659174697239068&nav=Groupspace Sandy and John J. 2009-08-06T14:07:48Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977763602&grpId=3659174697239068&nav=Groupspace “Expelled" was the #1 documentary of 2008 and presents a point-of-view so powerful, that it literally forces a re-examination of the issues. ( Watch the movie trailer below) Ultimately, . . . Wed, 05 Aug 2009 15:04:42 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977763602&grpId=3659174697239068&nav=Groupspace Sandy and John J. 2009-08-05T15:04:42Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977762413&grpId=3659174697239068&nav=Groupspace Christians, are you ready for 2009? The evolutionists certainly are!.... 2009 is the 150th anniversary of Charles Darwin's book " Origin of Species" and the 200th birthday of it's author. Listen to . . . Tue, 04 Aug 2009 17:49:58 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977762413&grpId=3659174697239068&nav=Groupspace Sandy and John J. 2009-08-04T17:49:58Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977762207&grpId=3659174697239068&nav=Groupspace I n 1831 a young amateur scientist, Charles Darwin, boarded HMS Beagle on an epic five-year voyage of discovery. His observations and later reflections resulted in a book that profoundly impacted the . . . Tue, 04 Aug 2009 14:58:56 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977762207&grpId=3659174697239068&nav=Groupspace Sandy and John J. 2009-08-04T14:58:56Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977754108&grpId=3659174697239068&nav=Groupspace   Flightless Goose got a glowing review in the most recent issue of The Potomac.   The Potomac is a popular literary journal of “poetry and politics” that regularly . . . Tue, 28 Jul 2009 21:54:15 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977754108&grpId=3659174697239068&nav=Groupspace Eric D. Goodman 2009-07-28T21:54:15Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977744734&grpId=3659174697239068&nav=Groupspace Need a unique way to observe Sir Mick Jagger’s 66th birthday? On Sunday, July 26 at 2 p.m ., the Watermark Gallery in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor continues its Lit and Art series. Lit and . . . Tue, 21 Jul 2009 13:24:14 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977744734&grpId=3659174697239068&nav=Groupspace Eric D. Goodman 2009-07-21T13:24:14Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977738292&grpId=3659174697239068&nav=Groupspace   As novelist E.L. Doctorow will tell you, sometimes the best kind of research is the kind that comes to you without effort.   I experienced that sort of research recently.   . . . Thu, 16 Jul 2009 01:31:46 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977738292&grpId=3659174697239068&nav=Groupspace Eric D. Goodman 2009-07-16T01:31:46Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977734385&grpId=3659174697239068&nav=Groupspace   You're invited to a reading event this Saturday at The Writer's Center.   Authors published in New Lines from the Old Line State: An Anthology of Maryland Writers will read from their . . . Sat, 11 Jul 2009 02:01:52 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977734385&grpId=3659174697239068&nav=Groupspace Eric D. Goodman 2009-07-11T02:01:52Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977733428&grpId=3659174697239068&nav=Groupspace   My story, "Chemistry," has been published in WHATEVER Literary Journal .   WHATEVER Literary Journal is described as "a collection of the Northeast's finest writers . . . Fri, 10 Jul 2009 01:39:17 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977733428&grpId=3659174697239068&nav=Groupspace Eric D. Goodman 2009-07-10T01:39:17Z