Writing Samples

From Killing Fields to Fields of Dreams
A new sport comes to war-torn Cambodia

Joe Cook was fortunate to escape from Cambodia as a child when the Khmer Rouge waged genocide against that country. Now he is bringing something back - Cambodia's first experience with baseball diamonds.

FedEx
“When it absolutely, positively has to get there overnight.”

Yale student, Fred Smith, dreamed up one heck of a business plan in 1965, but everyone said it couldn't be done. He proved them wrong and now FedEx is one of the world's most successful companies.

Wu Bai gets his ‘mojo’ back
Taiwan’s axeman stays relevant

Taiwan's most famous guitarist has managed to rejuvenate his image by taking his music in new directions even as he further explores Taiwanese traditional stylings.

Advertising
Is it worth it?

Most people today see advertising as a necessary evil. Without it, they say, television and other media just wouldn't be nearly as good. A look through history seems to confirm this.

Johnny Depp
Troubled soul on top of the world

Joe Cook was fortunate to escape from Cambodia as a child when the Khmer Rouge waged genocide against that country. Now he is bringing something back - Cambodia's first experience with baseball diamonds.

Earthquake!
You can’t run and you can’t hide…

Seismologists have learned a lot from studying earthquakes, and that knowledge can help predict what areas are overdue for a major quake. But we still can’t say whether it will hit tomorrow or in fifty years.

Gotta Have that Hog!
Harley-Davidson rumbles along with America

America's quintessential motorcycle has come a long way. The sound of its success has always been a deep rumble, and this is by design.

Dirty business
How green is your office?

Our office-based economy is destroying the environment faster than you can say flex-fuel. A whopping 40% of carbon dioxide emissions in the U.S. come from office space.

Please Lord, not the bees
Everything you didn't want to know about Colony Collapse Disorder

A strange new illness is wiping out large numbers of bee colonies in many parts of the world. Scientists are baffled and may be working against the clock.

Debating Depleted Uranium

This is my blog at Guerrilla News Network. It is one of very few blogs in the world devoted to the humanitarian subject of depleted uranium (DU). This is a dangerous radioactive material used to make armor-penetrating shells that were used extensively in Iraq. DU is suspected as the cause of Gulf War Syndrome and high rates of birth deformities and cancers forrow the two American-led invasions.

Animals Taiwan

I have been the Webmaster for the animals welfare group, Animals Taiwan, since early 2006. Currently, most of the Website is my design and implementation.

DUBBS.info

This site hosts a BBS (forum/discussion board) devoted to discussion of depleted uranium weapons as well as an information library of sources compiled by myself.