As I prepare to write a post concerning American history & culture, I stop to ask myself a few questions, find your personal answers if you wish, this will likely come up in my next or previous post and might interest you further. Colonial Money - The American Revolution Is there any economic benefit to paper money? Is modern poverty a reflection of mercantilism of the 18th century? George Washington made a lot of mistakes during battles with the French. Why does this make hi

This is a survey ten people filled out to show their opinions of what most affects life choices. Overall, most picked "values" while most others picked "family." The people in your life, especially family have a significant impact on what you choose in day-to-day, and often they are what one considers first and most important when making big decisions as it can turn your loved ones in to your biggest critic or as collateral. Most who picked "values" simply stated that va

Every practice and study started somewhere, and the most important to us like psychology started before it had a name, and before it was actually a "study." Chemistry is one of these important studies, and before we had chemists, we had alchemists. Alchemy started in ancient Egypt, and was used in an attempt to grasp worldly problems by combining what we now consider to be philosophy and the sciences. In Alexandria Egypt around 300 B.C. alchemist tried to improve life by