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| Wrester's Wroost
Casual Conversation
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| Rules of The Wrest...
The Guidelines required for membership at The Wrest of the Story.
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| Hot Topics and Breaking News
Front-Burner Issues
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| Front Page Columnists and Essays
Columns that are on The Wrest of the Story front page are continued here. We welcome your comments and discussion. Regardlless of who the author is, some of these are put online by the webmaster, which is why the webmaster's name appears in the margin.
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| Guest Essays from the Front Page 1 | 52 | 342 |
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| Guest Essays from the Front Page 2 | 19 | 280 |
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| A Wrest Coast Perspective, by Frank Darbe
Wresting the Stories from the West Coast
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| Guess What? by Donna Gayler | 24 | 358 |
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| Searching for Meaning, by J. Leopold Roy | 47 | 523 |
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| Stop Me If You've Heard This. by Kathy Albers | 24 | 183 |
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| Of Many Things, by Joe Sexton | 26 | 321 |
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| Our Aging America, by Spencer Lehmann | 14 | 113 |
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| Musings, by Spencer Lehmann | 19 | 459 |
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| Essays From Our Membership
Essays and Commentaries Submitted by our Membership for your Consideration. Just click on "My Essay", "New", "Discussion"--and start writing!
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| My Essay
Members are invited to submit an essay here on any topic.
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| Politics and Major International and National News | Latest Post: |
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| In the Blogs
A place to discuss topics from blogs
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| Politics in General | 93 | 560 |
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| President Barack Obama and his Administration
A place to discuss Obama and his administration
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| The U.S. Senate
An open discussion of the U.S. Senate
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| House of Representatives
Discuss the 110th Congress
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| Israel and Palestine | 66 | 338 |
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| The War in Iraq | 186 | 1352 |
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| The War In Afghanistan
Discussion of the action in Afghanistan
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| Iran | 39 | 224 |
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| Campaign 2008
Discuss the campaign for president
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| The Mideast
Postings about this region and American Mideastern Policy that don't fit under a more specific topic.
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| Campaign 2010
Who's running: where, why, how?
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| President George W. Bush and his Administration
Discuss presidential politics
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| North Korea | 12 | 134 |
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| The State of the Union
A forum for discussing the state of our Union
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| News Sources
A place to share how and where we get our news
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| Homeland Security
Discuss Homeland Security Related Issues
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| United Nations
What's happening at the U.N.
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| On the Border
Discussion and Analysis of our Borders and Those Who Cross Them
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| Terrorism: The War on Terror | 64 | 359 |
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| Congressional Caterwauling
Keeping a close watch on what our Senators and Representatives are doing
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| General discussion
Discuss religion, religious history and related philosophy
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| News related to religion | 64 | 348 |
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| World News America Ignores
When a "JonBenet Story" Bumps an Earthquake in Sumatra off the Front Page, Post it Here
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| News from the International Scene that our Mainstream Media Missed
When a "JonBenet Story" Bumps an Earthquake in Sumatra where a thousand people died off the Front Page, Post it Here
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| Somewhere Out There
Establishing contact with other worlds
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| Books, Movies, Television, Music and Radio
A hybrid the New York Review of Books, Entertainment Weekly, and Mad Magazine.
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| Television Reviews | 19 | 111 |
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| Movies | 54 | 178 |
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| Music | 19 | 104 |
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| Radio
AM, FM, Satellite, Internet Radio
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| On the Stage
Reviews and Discussion about Live Theater
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| Media
Monitor the Mainstream and Tributary Media in this Topic
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| Communication 101 - Mainstream
Mainstream Media Machinations
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| Communication 102 - Blogs
Things that go bump on the blogshere
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| Communications 103 - Op-Ed from Elsewhere
Links to and comments on Op-Ed pieces found in various publications
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| Internet Issues
A Place for Discussing the Web
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| Justice
White collar, Blue Collar, or No Collar, if it gets Under Your Collar Discuss it Here
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| News about crime and punishment | 24 | 181 |
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| Constitutional Issues | 18 | 85 |
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| Civil Rights/Human Rights | 10 | 61 |
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| The Economy and Economics | Latest Post: |
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| National Economy
News about the economy.
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| Academic Discussions about Economics and the Economy
More general discussions not necessarily related to current events.
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| History
A place to discuss history as it was and as it affects us now
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Discussion of American History
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| European History
European History
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| World History
History of Our World
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| Culture and Society
From Anthropology to Xenophobia, discuss it here
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| Aspects of Culture that Shape our Lives | 24 | 133 |
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| Popular Culture
Who is Paris Hilton and Why Does She Matter?
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| Academic Discussions
Athro 101 to Soc 852
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| Life Style and Travel
We aren't really sure what Life Style means, but all the major papers have a section for it. Travel is obvious, and with images enabled you can post your pictures.
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| Travel
Where have you been, what did you do there, and can you return without getting arrested? Don't forget the pictures. Keep them small enough so the page doesn't take forever to load, generally no more than half the text area for 1-3 pictures, but if you want to post more make them even smaller.
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| Life Style
Fashion and Food, Mansions and Motorcars: a place to discuss how we live, the lives of the haves, and the lives of the have mores.
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| Our Furry and Feathered Friends
Write about and share pictures of your pets.
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| Gardening
Gardening stories, hints, interesting articles, and of course pictures.
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| Medicine
Breakthroughs in research and treatment
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| Health Care
Questions and Concerns about Health Care
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| Science/Nature & Environmental Issues
From Astronomy to Zoology(including the environment)
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| Mental Health
Post news about mental health here. Also, editor Joe Sexton is a professional mental health counselor, and other Wresters are also in the mental health field, so between us we will try to address your concerns and answer your questions.
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| Photography
A place for a variety of photographs that don't fit in other categories.
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| Attention Pulitzer Prize Committee
Here's a place for the pictures we think are among our best. If you like, you can post them here and under another topic, pets or travel for example.
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| Family Fun and Funny Fotos | 16 | 42 |
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| Photo Journalism
Tell a story in pictures: news events, personal experiences, natural phenomena
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| The Sky's the Limit, and Then Some
Sun, Moon, Stars, Planets, Meteors, UFOs..
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| We Triple Dog Dare You to Laugh
The Wresting Arena's Comedy Club
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| Original jokes and satire | 5 | 15 |
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| Regional Humor | 11 | 17 |
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| Trivia
Okay. These need not all be funny. On the other hand, you may laugh out loud when you discover the answers.
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| Audio and Video Humor
Links to audio and video laugh-makers
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| Which End of the Screw Driver Goes Into the Electrical Socket?
Free advice you'd have to pay $150 an hour for from someone who really knew what they were doing.
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| Help, I've Fallen into my Computer and I Can't Get Out !
This is our techie topic, where we will try to assist each other with computer and other related problems.
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| Round Pegs in Square Holes
Help with home projects.
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| What do you mean I need to change the oil every ten years?
Automotive Questions, not just repairs but advice about car purchases.
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| Guns
From Policy to Practicalities, Discuss Firearms and Gun Ownership Here
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| Practical Questions | 1 | 17 |
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| The Gun Culture
The history, psychology and sociology of guns and gun ownership in America.
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| Language
The "Oxymoronic Motel"
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| Picayunish complaints about egregious sins against the English language
"Just don't get too picky please as some of us aren't that well edjumacated."
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| Sports | Latest Post: |
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| Olympics 2008
Thoughts on the Olympic Games
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| Baseball | 12 | 72 |
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| Pro Football | 75 | 412 |
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| College Football | 48 | 250 |
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| Pro Basketball | 2 | 4 |
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| College Basketball | 7 | 29 |
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| Golf | 2 | 3 |
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| Other Sports | 9 | 38 |
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| State and Federal Programs
Help with American Entitlements; Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, Veteran's Adminsitration, Taxes, Student Grants and Loans, etc.
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| Health Care
Medicaid, Medicare, SSI, Veteran's Adminstration
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| Taxes
A Place to Discuss Taxes and Taxation
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| Education
A place to discuss Education and Learning, or the lack thereof
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| General Education
Anything that pertains to Education
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| In Our Colleges
Our Colleges and Universities
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| The High School Scene
Learning and Teaching in our High Schools
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| K through 8: It's Elementary
Basic education for kids
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| Military Issues | Latest Post: |
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| Discuss and Debate Issues about the Military
If it relates to the current wars we are engaged in consider posting under a more specific topic.
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| Archives
Older Categories, Forums, Topics, and Threads
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| "Equal Portions" by Mark Pogue
A Collection of Essays by Mark Pogue
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| It's A Fine, Fine Day by Lance Walk | 15 | 186 |
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| Questions About Posting
How do I do that?
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| Using HTML and Other Tricks
Using HTML
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Adding words and comments to Embedded Video
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| Formatting text.
Bold, Italic, etc. etc. etc.
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| Wonderful World of Color
Adding color to text.
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