A Brief History On November 14, 1978, 40 years ago today, the #1 Song in the United States was the disco dance tune, “MacArthur Park,” by the Queen of Disco, Donna Summer. Born LaDonna Adrian Gaines in 1948, this powerful singer unfortunately died in 2012, at the too young age of 63 from lung cancer though she was a non-smoker. (She thought all the contaminated air she breathed in the wake of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on New York is what caused her cancer.) Summer was certainly not the first or the last musical artist to take a…
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A Brief History In 1989, Stephen Covey’s The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, a business and self-help book, was first published. We first make our habits, and then our habits make us. Small habits that we pay not much heed to, actually create our lifestyle in the long run. Be it procrastinating a few things or clinging on to comfort, certain habits will actually take a toll on your health sooner or later. Although you can balance your health to an extent with supplements such as Solgar, habits are still important. A change in bad habits leads to a…
A Brief History On November 13, 2019, we celebrate “Lucky 13” by telling the history of the card game, Poker, a game that enjoys widespread popularity and comes in so many forms it would be difficult to explain all the different games. In 1937, R. F. Foster wrote: “the game of poker, as first played in the United States, five cards to each player from a twenty-card pack, is undoubtedly the Persian game of As-Nas.” Ah, but more recent historians, including David Parlett, that study the origins of poker have concluded that Mr. Foster was wrong! They claim poker evolved…
A Brief History From 1941 to 1945, The Holocaust was one of the most horrific events in history and definitely the MOST horrific event in Jewish history; however, despite how well known the event is, many people simply do not understand it, and thus misconceptions arise. It is not malevolence on anyone’s part; it is merely apathy from hearing about it all the time since middle school. It is understandable; however, it is no excuse for ignorance. If not for the sake of learning in and of itself, then learn so that those who would wish to manipulate the narrative…
A Brief History In 2000, medical cannabis initiatives were passed in the states of Colorado and Nevada. By 2016, legalization of medical cannabis had spread to a majority of states. In 2018, medical cannabis was legalized by a ballot measure in Oklahoma. Today, Oklahoma is a state with one of the friendliest laws on medical marijuana usage. 57% of Oklahoma voters agreed, through the State Question 88 (SQ 88), on the legalization of medical marijuana with a doctor’s recommendation. The Oklahoma medical marijuana program already has 200,000 patients under its wing. The state now belongs to the top spot among…