September 27, 2008 Brother Can You Spare $700 Billion? written by Steven Barrymore My friend and I were discussing America’s economic issues while watching the first 2008 presidential debate between Sen. McCain and Sen. Obama, and he asked me if I thought that America is still a world power. I thought for a moment and [...]

January 31, 2009 The Amicus Brief written by Steven Barrymore The words Amicus Brief, read like an action movie title. And there is plenty of action swirling around California’s Proposition 8 (same sex marriage). The opponents, 40 law firms and other interested parties, to California Proposition 8 have filed an Amicus Brief with the California [...]

June 23, 2008 Online Social Networking written by Steven Barrymore I have dabbled in online social networking. I have failed at online social networking. I do understand that each online social networking site is a ‘community’ of like-minded people. There is an etiquette to online social networking, of which I bungled on one popular site. [...]

December 23, 2007 Is It Safe To Feel Safe? written by Steven Barrymore poem by Tiffany Martin (in memoriam) AS I WALKED THE PATH The December 2007 article in Being of Life took a strange twist. It was planned to be a tribute to all those souls who have passed on and our celebration of [...]

August 02, 2009 6 Months To Live written by Steven Barrymore What would you do if you had 6 months to live? If you could be in good health for 179 days up to the last day, and died on the 180th day. Would you move to another country? Would you be more loving? Would [...]

April 18, 2009 Roll Out the Red Carpet written by Steven Barrymore I walked into the lobby of the Bankhead Theater in Livermore, California with Charlie Chaplin. Mr. Chaplin is alive and well, portrayed by Robert Martin. Robert has been performing the Chaplin character for over 10 15 years in San Francisco for visitors from [...]