Russell W. Dickson

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Russell W. Dickson, lives in upstate NY, and is a Freelance journalist. He has written for both print and online news/opinion pages.Russell holds a B.A. in English, minor Journalism from The University at Albany, Albany, NY. His writing experience spans more than a decade and his work has graced the pages of newspapers, magazines, online news orgs, and political websites in both the U.S. and abroad.

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Household Products The New Drug of Choice

Who would have thought you could get from high bath salts? Bathing products are just a few of many things that can be abused around your home, especially by children and teenagers.

Eco-Terrorism, The Green Threat

Radical environmental and animal rights groups known as, Eco-terrorists have been responsible for hundreds of criminal acts like, arson, bombings, vandalism and harassment. These terrorist acts have caused more than $100 million in damage.

High Oil Prices Expected to Crash U.S. Economy

As the mainstream media discusses the ever rising price of crude oil and the effects it will have on us at the pump, it makes you wonder was the last spike in oil prices responsible for the U.S. economic meltdown in 2008?

Eco-Terrorism, a New Breed of Terrorism?

Terrorism has become a multi headed dragon like the mythical beast, Scylla from Homer's Odyssey, the six headed creature could seize men and eat them alive.

Rumble On The Hill Over The Looming Debt Ceiling

The higher stakes mean nastier battles, particularly the battle over raising the debt ceiling. Yeah, that's a good idea; we are an estimated 14 trillion in debt and what does the government want to do you may ask?

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How Buy Now, Pay Later Debt Changes Your Bankruptcy Decisions

Does buy now, pay later debt count when you're deciding whether to file for bankruptcy? More and more, yes, even when the balance never touched your credit report. Split-pay loans from apps like Klarna, Afterpay, Affirm, and Zip have become

The Debt Collector’s AI Voice Agent: How Synthetic-Voice Dunning Calls Are Colliding With Decades-Old Consumer Protection Rules

Most consumers assume the friendly voice on a collection call belongs to a person following a script. It is often a script following a person. A synthetic voice, cloned or generated by an AI agent, working a call list on behalf of a collect

The Black Box in the Crossover: What Vehicle Event Data Recorders Capture in the Seconds Before a Fatal Pedestrian Crash

A pedestrian killed by a crossover has, on average, about 20 seconds of the driver's inputs sitting inside the car that hit them. Throttle position. Brake pressure. Steering angle. Whether the seat belt was buckled and whether stability con

When the CFO Leaves: How Growing Companies Keep the Books on Track

Most owners assume a CFO exit is mainly an HR headache. Post the job, run the search, backfill the seat. The seat is the easy part. What breaks first is the reporting cadence: the month-end close nobody owns, the covenant calculation that u
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