A degree of lying - you know, white lies - seems to be inherent in all languages and all forms of communication.

Many of you might already recognize me as the guy in the question-mark suits appearing in the late night TV commercials and on the cover of educational books and CDs.

Teachers can go on cruises with the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration and anyone can spend the summer as a volunteer in a National Parks and even earn money doing it.

So if there is a government grant offered for anything, like starting a business or going to school, they cannot discriminate because of your age.

There are many programs specifically aimed at helping people in poverty start a business.

I've been giving free money seminars for the troops at Walter Reed Hospital and one of the Iraqi War Vets realized that the military wouldn't pay for the dental work he needed.

What is also strange to me is that public libraries have always been in the forefront of opposing censorship.