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    Does MADE in the U.S.A. mean made by an American-born citizen?

    Over a five-year period 2007 to 2011, almost 2,000 illegal immigrants died attempting to cross America’s southwest deserts and almost three million were caught and sent back home.

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    Originally posted on The Soulful Veteran's Blog: In 1772, Lord Mansfield’s judgment in the Somersett’s Case emancipated a slave in England, and that helped launch the movement that would abolish slavery in the British Empire. If the thirteen American colonies had stayed in the Empire, there would have been no Civil War to end slavery, because slavery in the United States would have…

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    In Defense of Authors Perceived as Behaving Badly – Part 3/3

    How do you earn reviews from reputable sources?

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    In Defense of Authors Perceived as Behaving Badly – Part 2/3

    “If the conversation is going on and you are not part of it, it is more than likely that you will be painted inaccurately.”

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    In Defense of Authors Perceived as Behaving Badly – Part 1/3

    It may be the duty of an author to defend his or her work against negative reviews.

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    If your books aren’t selling, what then?

    “You’ll never meet an author who admits to publishing a ‘failed’ novel.”

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    How to Rate the Reliability-Odds of an Amazon Book Reviewer

    How reliable are Amazon book reviewers, and how can you discover the answer?

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    John Carter film named one of worst flops of 2012 – but is that wrong?

    Why does the ‘John Carter’ film keep getting so much coverage in the media as the box office loser of 2012 when it wasn’t?

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    Originally posted on The Blogging Goth: The Mail on Sunday’s front page from 16th December 2012 There are three factors which define my response this story. I am a human being, a Goth, and a Journalist. As a human being, I abhor and reject the horrific violence committed in Newton, Connecticut. As a Goth, I abhor and reject any association…

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