Essays And Poems On Past And Current Events

This book is a collection of some essays and poems written by Felipe B. Nery for the past fifty years or more while we was a college student fulfilling his assignments and doing his homework or contributing materials to the Lusitans Bulletin.



The materials chosen for this book are deemed by Felipe B. Nery to spark the interest of many readers. The areas in which he believes would interest his readers are:



Economics: jobs, pension, pay scale, and health care

Environment: pollution, global warming, pesticide, carbon dioxide

Food: hunger (starvation), safe food (organic), worldwide distribution of food.

Rights: human rights, gay rights, affirmative action

Abortion: Roe V. Wade

Health: universal healthcare, Medicare prescription drug costs, flu vaccine, WHO

Research: stem cell research

Water: better quality of drinking water

Education: Making education available to everyone, especially with emphasis on math and science.



Felipe assures his readers that he generally conducts a careful analysis of each material to determine which ones would affect his audience the most before using them for this book.