April 2004 Kmareka.com: Second Year Anniversary! Donate and Get a Free Copy of Sundays at Sarah's

Are School Vouchers a Good Idea? Social Workers in Fiction, Interview with Finance Expert Jill Shlesinger, Fiction by Martha Manno

(PRWEB) April 8, 2004 -- Our 2nd Anniversary issue is now online at Kmareka.com. Special thanks to our writers, Kara Laughlin and Martha Manno. Below are links to the new issue's content, which I am proud to say is some of the best work we have published to date.

Trauma Survivors, Secret Keepers, and Goofy People with Hearts of Gold: Social Workers in Modern Fiction at http://kmareka.com/socialworkers.htm

I'm a social worker, but part of me has always craved fiction, both reading it and writing it, and putting the two together, I went searching for novels about social workers. I found three beautifully rendered books: Graced Land, Zachary's Wings, and Madchild Running. All three found a special place in my heart, and spurred to me establish the Soci Awards, to help bring attention, and readers, to novels about social workers. Read more at http://kmareka.com/socialworkers.htm

Some Top Notch Advice from a Top Notch Investment Advisor

We asked Jill Schlesinger, Vice President of Strategic Point Investment Advisors, about the current run of financial company scandals (yes, you can demand ethical practices from your financial services provider), how much money a person really needs to keep in savings (find out if it's more or less than you think), and whether mutual funds are the way to go for future financial security (probably not, so you might want to learn about your options). Read more at http://kmareka.com/strategicpoint.htm

School Vouchers: Should We Chance This is a Good Idea? http://kmareka.com/vouchers.htm

School vouchers may not be the harbinger of right-wing evil that some progressives make them out to be, and if voucher programs are well-funded and carefully run, they may actually produce some good results. But like with anything, there are risks for abuse of the system, and funding is still the underlying issue. Read more at http://kmareka.com/vouchers.htm

To Mark Weitz, For Everything, With Love

An excerpt from Sundays at Sarah's by Martha Manno.

"Nothing happened, I swear it. Nothing that you could point your finger at and say was wrong..." Read more at http://kmareka.com/manno.htm

Brian Hull: Activist & Artist

Brian is an activist for animal rights, health care and environmental causes, among other things. He follows political issues closely and writes about them assiduously, even if he does have a proclivity for verbosity. He is also a talented musician and photographer, making him a veritable Renaissance man of Rhode Island. To read his blog or see some of his stunning photography, visit his website at http://brianhull.net.