Providing news and information while helping aspiring writers and journalists, http://thesop.org/index.php?bio=matovo http://thesop.org 118 67 http://thesop.org/images/thesop_118x67.jpg Fri, 18 Sep 2009 18:49:00 GMT What happens when spitefulness, vanity, greed, lust, and anger all join forces? We can learn a lot about ourselves today by studying myth and history. http://thesop.org/story/education/2009/09/18/the-judgment-of-paris.php http://thesop.org/story/education/2009/09/18/the-judgment-of-paris.php matovo@comcast.net (Matthew Vossler) Tue, 8 Sep 2009 00:40:00 GMT At the end of an age, Is it lucky to be here? http://thesop.org/story/poetry/2009/09/07/is-it-lucky-to-be-here.php http://thesop.org/story/poetry/2009/09/07/is-it-lucky-to-be-here.php matovo@comcast.net (Matthew Vossler) Wed, 2 Sep 2009 02:30:00 GMT Here's an old chicken and the egg problem; are couples who naturally communicated well more likely to share the TV remote? http://thesop.org/story/family/2009/09/01/domestic-happiness-and-the-tv-remote.php http://thesop.org/story/family/2009/09/01/domestic-happiness-and-the-tv-remote.php matovo@comcast.net (Matthew Vossler) Sun, 23 Aug 2009 23:43:00 GMT Our world currently works against the family. There are pervasive drugs, violence on television, real violence, porn on the Internet, a media machine that makes us feel bad if we don't have the perfect body or life, and corporations that ask, "what have you done for me lately. http://thesop.org/story/opinion/2009/08/23/world-peace-begins-at-home.php http://thesop.org/story/opinion/2009/08/23/world-peace-begins-at-home.php matovo@comcast.net (Matthew Vossler) Sun, 16 Aug 2009 23:52:00 GMT Summer Nights and starry lights, Full Moon rising sweet smells of flora, Aquarius this one, its lightning strikes. http://thesop.org/story/poetry/2009/08/16/recalling-summer.php http://thesop.org/story/poetry/2009/08/16/recalling-summer.php matovo@comcast.net (Matthew Vossler) Sat, 8 Aug 2009 21:44:00 GMT Introducing the Age of Flying Carpets, Time Machines, and Interstellar Travel http://thesop.org/story/science/2009/08/08/exploring-the-casimir-effect.php http://thesop.org/story/science/2009/08/08/exploring-the-casimir-effect.php matovo@comcast.net (Matthew Vossler) Sat, 8 Aug 2009 21:16:00 GMT India is a country with a rich tradition of performance magic. The Academy of Magical Sciences, also know as The Magic Academy, founded in 1996, http://thesop.org/story/audio/2009/08/08/magic-show-with-a-mission-of-peace.php http://thesop.org/story/audio/2009/08/08/magic-show-with-a-mission-of-peace.php matovo@comcast.net (Matthew Vossler) Fri, 7 Aug 2009 00:47:00 GMT The Sun existed before men and women came along to named it. So it is with age old wisdom that's often dressed in new trappings. So it is with the new Jedi religion... http://thesop.org/story/religion/2009/08/06/jediism-official-religion.php http://thesop.org/story/religion/2009/08/06/jediism-official-religion.php matovo@comcast.net (Matthew Vossler) Sat, 1 Aug 2009 19:27:00 GMT Astrology, the soft metaphysical science, has much to offer our modern world. See how! http://thesop.org/story/horoscopes/2009/08/01/the-importance-of-timing.php http://thesop.org/story/horoscopes/2009/08/01/the-importance-of-timing.php matovo@comcast.net (Matthew Vossler) Sat, 1 Aug 2009 07:49:00 GMT Forget the mommy wars. How about Daddy Wars? The question remains...career first, or more time with the children? http://thesop.org/story/opinion/2009/07/31/one-family-one-income.php http://thesop.org/story/opinion/2009/07/31/one-family-one-income.php matovo@comcast.net (Matthew Vossler) Sat, 1 Aug 2009 03:06:00 GMT What happens when a grown-up kid, who loves Lord of the Rings and the Harry Potter series, decides to write a fantasy of his own. Did I mention that he also loves writing stemming back to his grade-school days?Answer: An exciting new novel, "Dream Crossing."Read all about it! http://thesop.org/story/environment/2009/07/31/about-my-novel-quotdream-crossingquot.php http://thesop.org/story/environment/2009/07/31/about-my-novel-quotdream-crossingquot.php matovo@comcast.net (Matthew Vossler)