Briggs Seekins
I have written for publication and payment since the age of 18. I have worked jobs as varied as college writing professor, infantry soldier, cattle breeder and human service professional.
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Forecast: The Consequences of Climate Change, from the Amazon to the Arctic, from Darfur to Napa Valley by Stephan Faris, 2009This book is a sobering, but not alarmist, look at some of the most likely problems to develop as a result of human-generated climate change.
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A Curious Way to View EfficiencyThe American health insurance system is the most inefficient and costly in the world, and provides the least for its citizens.
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Review of the WRECKING CREW: HOW CONSERVATIVES RULE by Thomas FrankThe economic elite of this country have used far-right ideological whack jobs to virtually destroy any semblance of civil government in this society. Thomas Frank explains how.
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Book Review for the BIG NECESSITY: THE UNMENTIONABLE WORLD of HUMAN WASTE and WHY it MATTERS by Rose GeorgeAccording to a 2006 United Nations Human Development Report, 1.8 million children across the planet die each year as a direct result of contaminated water and inadequate sanitation--far more than die from any sort of armed conflict.
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Fast Food Blues: McDonald's Has Wreaked Havoc on Our Way of LifeAnd editorial which briefly discusses the negative impact of McDonald's and other fast food franchises of American Life.
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Buckner for Eckersley in 1984: A Good Trade for the SoxAn analysis of the infamous 1984 trade between the Boston Red Sox and Chicago Cubs, in which the Sox traded future Hall-of-Famer Dennis Eckersley for Bill Buckner, the future goat of the 1986 World Series.
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It's Time to Put Jim Rice in the Baseball Hall of FameThis article argues that former Boston Red Sox left fielder Jim Rice deserves to be elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame.