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Recent Reviews for Rosemarie Skaine

Women Political Leaders in Africa (Book) - 1/28/2009 9:25:14 AM
i so much love your concern about promotion of women in entire society. i love your books and your intelligent keep up and God blesseed. jackson

Women of Afghanistan in the Post-Taliban Era: How Lives Have Changed . . . (Book) - 5/28/2008 3:45:38 PM
Congratulations, Rosemarie! This looks like another excellent and very timely book. Larry

Women of Afghanistan in the Post-Taliban Era: How Lives Have Changed . . . (Book) - 5/28/2008 3:03:47 AM
congratulations Rose, you're doing these great books and I'm doing stupid poems, helps my typing though if anything, and I love doing verse I must admit, hugs&love :-)

The Women of Afghanistan Under the Taliban (Book) - 4/19/2008 9:10:09 AM
hello Rose sweet Rose, you have the right name, Rose with no thorns may I add, anyway congrats on your new book, love&hugs

Women Political Leaders in Africa (Book) - 1/20/2008 5:23:40 PM
this is a great book in my eyes Rose. Women and minorities have always been held down. But as we can see they are emerging from their tombs. Here in Baltimore we have all women running the city. And of course if Hillary Clinton or Obama wins the presidential election this will be the beginning of great change and progress in this area. hugs

The Women of Afghanistan Under the Taliban (Book) - 11/3/2007 8:39:14 AM
Rosemarie, I thoroughly enjoyed this scholarly but very human look at life in Afghanistan under the Taliban. You do a great job of sorting out the complex political and religious struggles that brought on first the existence of, and then the dominance of the Taliban. And you make the point that the Taliban are an extreme fundamentalist offshoot of traditional Islam. The actual edicts issued by them in the late nineties, listed in the book’s notes, seem stranger than fiction. The profiles of individual Afghan women, written in their own words were very moving. Larry H

Paternity and American Law (Book) - 10/4/2007 9:07:23 AM

Women Political Leaders in Africa (Book) - 6/30/2007 5:56:00 PM
my God, what an accomplishment! you must be very proud and your readers are too (like me)! thanks for the notice and i'll check it out.

Women Political Leaders in Africa (Book) - 6/30/2007 12:21:32 PM
Sounds like a very intersting book. I know you are excited even though you've had other books published. Each one is "our baby" until it has hit the market and left for people to read. Good excerpt. George

Women at War (Book) - 3/10/2007 9:03:21 PM
Thank you for sharing, for I am a living soldier/nurse, I am a woman soldier of "Women at War". Blessings, Loretta Scott "YES I CAN" www.gulfnurse.com

The Cuban Family: Custom and Change in an Era of Hardship (Book) - 3/2/2007 3:04:28 PM
I've always wondered about Cuba being so close and all. Your book covers some of my curiosities, thanks

Female Genital Mutilation: Legal, Cultural and Medical Issues (Book) - 2/16/2007 10:56:15 AM
Rosemarie, I stand in applause for this book, hoping it will bring to light this barbaric practise of mutilating little girls, sometimes without their knowledge or consent. It is an evil, twisted, male-invented practise, performed by witch doctors, sometimes done without anesthesia or pain medication, where many children have died from bleeding to death or from the staph infections. Makes my skin crawl. Bless you for your research. Julie

Female Suicide Bombers (Book) - 1/10/2007 1:33:04 PM
very interesting Rose, I think I saw something about this, anyway the terrorist use children and whoever else they can brainwash

Female Suicide Bombers (Book) - 12/22/2006 12:02:10 PM
Congratulations, Rosemarie. Blessings to you, Regis

Female Suicide Bombers (Book) - 3/19/2006 9:26:47 PM
This latest of Rosemarie's works is yet another of her well-researched and highly informative books. In this careful examination of a very complex and volatile subject, she shows the extent of her research capabilities and ability to garner valuable information from a wide variety of experts in their fields. This latest work would be good reading for anyone who needs to gain a broader and deeper understanding of the psychology of power-play geopolitics. Doc Harding

The Women of Afghanistan Under the Taliban (Book) - 3/13/2006 6:50:25 PM
I salute you for caring enough to write this, Rosemarie. It makes one's hair stand on end, to hear of some of the travesties perpetuated on Afghani women. I have tutored newly arrived Afghani refugee girls, who have never before attended schoo. Janet Bellinger

Female Suicide Bombers (Book) - 1/17/2006 5:32:22 PM
Congrats and best wishes on the upcoming publication of your new book, may your sales be many and your critics fair. Felix

Female Genital Mutilation: Legal, Cultural and Medical Issues (Book) - 11/2/2005 2:02:59 AM
Verys trong and a much-needed subject to be brought into the limelight. it is an injustice not exposed very often amid the suffering of millions of girls in many parts of the world. Being a Somali peace and human rights activist I feel greatly touched to see FGM being put in the spoken word and made available in international bookstores. Pleae refer my poem on fgm: Real Pain at my site. Abdi-Noor

Female Genital Mutilation: Legal, Cultural and Medical Issues (Book) - 10/26/2005 6:51:31 PM
You bet it is a powerful subject. I have a story posted in my den titled Maraca about this subject of female circumcision. It is a selection in my upcoming 5-book deal, the book it comes from being FEMINIST FOLKTALES: A CATHARSIS FOR ANXIETIES AND A SOURCE OF POSITIVE FEEDBACK FOR VIEWING LIFE FROM A FEMALE PERSPECTIVE. Thanks for your book on this Rosemarie. I hope it does well for you. Sage

Female Genital Mutilation: Legal, Cultural and Medical Issues (Book) - 11/28/2004 6:49:30 PM
powerful subject

The Women of Afghanistan Under the Taliban (Book) - 3/26/2003 3:19:39 PM
Rosemarie, Keep up the good fight! Being a voice spoken on behalf of those having not the freedom, to cry out themselves in righteous protest! I salute you! Rodney Evan Bohen

Power and Gender (Book) - 1/4/2002 9:08:22 PM
This is important not only as a work, but as a reference text as well. The societal problems of sexual harrassment and involuntary sexual battery run deep and are all too often ignored by those who should be at the forefront of exposing and eliminating them. Hanley "Doc" Harding Certified Police Instructor (past lecturer and victim advocate) Metro-Dade County, FL, Rape Awareness Public Education Program and the University Hospital, Augusta, GA, Rape Crisis & Sexual Assault Services Center.

The Women of Afghanistan Under the Taliban (Book) - 1/3/2002 11:24:35 AM
I finished the Afghan book. It was hard to read about the lives these women have had to lead. And if it was hard to read, it was hard to lead that life. We can only hope that now that the Taliban are gone, that these poor women will be able to pick up their lives and make decent lives for themselves and their children. It is the new generation coming up that must be helped. It was a good book to read to find out the truth about Afghanistan. I am glad I read it. Mary Nelson

Power and Gender (Book) - 10/23/2001 4:11:46 PM
A book everyone should read! Super job by this talented author... Victoria Taylor Murray Thief Of Hearts' 'Forbidden'

A Man of the Twentieth Century (Book) - 10/23/2001 4:09:46 PM
Sounds like an interesting read! Victoria Taylor Murray 'Thief Of Hearts' 'Forbidden'

A Woman Confesses: It's Never Too Late For Lessons In Love -- And LifeLessons in Love and Life (Short Story) - 1/20/2007 4:07:50 PM
Quite an interresting love story. Personally I think the guy was selfish. There is always ways to love eachother.

A Woman Confesses: It's Never Too Late For Lessons In Love -- And LifeLessons in Love and Life (Short Story) - 6/23/2006 5:38:39 AM
Great piece, Rosemarie! God bless, Sandie.

A Woman Confesses: It's Never Too Late For Lessons In Love -- And LifeLessons in Love and Life (Short Story) - 1/9/2005 7:50:46 PM
Rosemarie, Simply stunning work - wonderful ... thanks for this one!! Best wishes, Robert

A Woman Confesses: It's Never Too Late For Lessons In Love -- And LifeLessons in Love and Life (Short Story) - 3/15/2002 6:37:12 AM
Awesome work Rosemarie!

Soviet-Afghan War (1979-1989) (Article) - 4/27/2009 11:12:54 AM

Jacqueline Lee Bouvier Kennedy Onassis (Article) - 1/27/2009 12:57:26 PM
Thank you for the information, Rosemarie. It's always nice to learn something new. Love and best wishes, Regis

Female Genital Mutilation (Article) - 12/3/2008 5:38:30 PM
This is a condemnation of our "modern world/society. This practice ought to have been eradicated a long time ago. It makes me sad and ill to think it is still happening. Thank you, Rosemarie. Love and best wishes to you, Regis

Female Genital Mutilation (Article) - 9/27/2008 1:34:00 PM
It's a shame stuff like this still happens in the modern world, but thinking again we're just a modern day Rome, will check your fine work out Rose, hugs

Female Genital Mutilation (Article) - 9/24/2008 8:14:26 PM
timely article

Terrorist Attack & Natural Disaster Preparedness (Article) - 7/7/2008 7:28:25 AM
Interesting...thanks for sharing, and even though I hope this book never gets put to good use, I will make sure I am prepared, regardless Thanks for sharing this Rosemarie~ Love and Peace~always... Kimmy~

Neither Afghan nor Islam (Article) - 1/28/2008 6:32:15 AM
Very insightful and compels me to want to read more of your works. I say to Robert that the ties, supplies, training camps and the like pretty well solidified for me what the Taliban were up to. The evidence is all around. Key intel has come from Taliban camps and safe houses in other countries. Yes, yes the CIA has done some questionable things in what they believe is strengthening our security, and many times, they might be wrong, but the supposed innocent students were learning how evil we are and it seems like maybe Robert, without even going to a middle eastern school also believes that we are more evil than the Taliban and the Bin Laden.

Terrorist Attack & Natural Disaster Preparedness (Article) - 6/28/2007 4:43:02 PM
I read this article with intense clarity. Could there be a new threat with the introduction of the Amero dollar?

Jacqueline Lee Bouvier Kennedy Onassis (Article) - 2/9/2007 10:59:05 PM
This story touched my heart. As kid, in the late 196o's, my father and I met Robert Kennedy in Syracuse New York, when he was visiting at my fathers place of work. That was at Electronics Parkway,General Electric. My mothers family continued to friendly with the Kennedy's, occasionally paling around with Ted Kennedy. My uncle Dick Torturica of Watertown, New York continued to associate with Ted until Dick died a while back.

Susan Cook-Jahme, AuthorsDen, Newsletter Review (Article) - 1/17/2007 11:50:42 AM
This is a fine review and tribute, Rosemarie. Thank you. Love and peace to you, Regis

Terrorist Attack & Natural Disaster Preparedness (Article) - 1/6/2007 8:48:28 PM
Thank you for sharing this important information, Rosemarie. Love and peace to you, Regis

Sexual Harassment (Article) - 8/26/2006 12:52:41 AM
I’d like to read about male 'sexual harassment’ cases for a change! Frances

Susan Cook-Jahme, AuthorsDen, Newsletter Review (Article) - 9/3/2005 4:57:53 AM
A wonderful newsletters that is filled with great contents. The format of this newsletter is excellent. Wonderful work indeed! Sandie May Angel :o)

Warren V. Keller: A Visit to His Roots (Article) - 3/9/2005 3:51:02 PM
Rosemarie, Truly fascinating story ... enjoyed immensely!! Best wishes, Robert

Jacqueline Lee Bouvier Kennedy Onassis (Article) - 2/17/2005 8:10:34 PM
interesting

Neither Afghan nor Islam (Article) - 4/25/2004 9:35:16 PM
Aren't you begging the question here? You say "The Taliban and Osama bin Laden have paid a huge price for perpetrating terror". Who says the Taliban perpetrated terror? That's like saying the Beverly Hillbillies did it. The Afghan Qur'aan students (Taliban) didn't even own a hot air balloon between them. No, the Taliban did not perpetrate terror. Rather, they stopped the growing of opium and that upset CIA who makes heroin from that to sell in order to fund their covert operations. Not even the Bolivians can grow opium as cheap as Afghans. Now, what about Usaamah bin Ladin? Well, his first video message showed him saying he had no clue who the responsible party was. And that video, the first, is the only authentic bin Ladin video we've received. A slew of fakes have followed, providing Uncle Sam and his information warfare teams with the bogey man they needed to rally American popular opinion behind war. So, bin Ladin said he didn't do it, and I believe him. The fake videos show Uncle Sam's IW hand in this, and bin Ladin's continued silence indicates that he is most likely dead from the unAmerican bombing of Afghanistan. The Taliban and bin Ladin paid a price, but not for waging terror. No, they paid the price for crossing CIA and standing up to American State terrorism. The State is the terrorist, not the victims. Now moving on to 9-11, who did the attacks? It's proved that Taliban had nothing at all to do with them (www.TruthAboutWar.org) and bin Ladin said he didn't do them, so who? Mossad agents were seen splitting their sides laughing at the attacks as they were video taping the towers burning. Other Mossad agents were rounded up around the country, detained, and sent back to Israel. We don't know who did the attacks. The government line is that all the dead Arab passengers were the perpetrators, not some of them, but all of them. But did you ever know an Arab that could be on time, let alone 4 different groups on planes? Those attacks required planning, a level of sophistication that those being blamed just don't have. For my money, the attackers were operated by CIA and/or MOSSAD. Just two weeks before, they were the dogs of the world - their countries walking out of the World Conference on Rascism at Durban. But after the attacks, they had a blank check and free ticket to do whatever they want. And they're doing it. Thomas Paine put it well - "War is the gambling table of governments, citizens the dupes of the game." Robert Williams, AWAC veteran www.VeteransForPeace.org www.fff.org

Harassment is a Leadership Issue (Article) - 3/3/2003 4:25:32 PM
A very interesting perspective. I come to this issue from the perspective of the Fire Service and there, the upper body demands of the job severely restrict the number of females able to compete for line positions. Males DO look down on females from a physical standpoint...that much is fact. The reality that sports must be segregated by gender enhances this view. Guy's don't look at women's basketball to see a good game, but to "scope out hot chicks," if they even look at all. Recently, one of the UConn female players (one of the best female basketball players in the nation) when told, "She played like a guy," she responded "That's a compliment, the best basketball players are all men," So it's not surprising that guys openly make fun of the way women throw and run, etc. With that kind of legacy, it's very hard to be taken seriously when competing with males in physical pursuits. Add to this that military installations, police units and Fire stations are awash in porn and on occasion alcohol - they can often be uncomfortable, even dangerous places for women to be. The NYC Police Department still has tons of problems with gender in the police ranks. Many women trade sex for protection from the guys. Like the military, the NYPD has been awash in on-the-job pregnancies between trysting officers. In the Fire Service women are just flat-out not wanted. Rightly or wrongly, they're perceived as "too emotional," and "too empathetic" and those are NOT seen as desirable characteristics in a firefighting force. As long as humans are interested in sex and so long as we maintain the assigned sex roles teasing, sensual females and rugged, mach males, it would seem that this is going to be an ongoing problem. Given that the assigned sex roles are as much hormonal/biological as social/environmental, I think this will be a very difficult problem to deal with. Fine writing! A fascinating article.

Doug Koempel, Iowa Performing Artist (Article) - 2/4/2003 3:21:23 PM
This insightful article captures the essence of Koempel's genius!

Neither Afghan nor Islam (Article) - 9/9/2002 11:30:18 PM
I believe every one should give a deep thought as to why Taliban and Bin Laden did it. Because if u kill Ladin other Ladin's will get borned . We need to think why are these Ladin's borned.

Neither Afghan nor Islam (Article) - 7/27/2002 2:31:48 AM
I really don't know what 'HUGE' price Osama and tribe have paid -- none of them have been caught -- plz read my essay 'Botched War on Terror' for more on the subject--

Jacqueline Lee Bouvier Kennedy Onassis (Article) - 4/12/2002 1:28:16 PM
Thank you for sharing!

Harassment is a Leadership Issue (Article) - 3/16/2002 10:27:29 AM
Very powerful, you share my thoughts! "It will take time to change enough for women to be commanders, for men to view them as colleagues " I feel this is hypothetical at times, when you see magazines filled with women depicted as sex symbols showing off the naked bodies. This makes man grow greedier for her and reduce her still, to an object of sexual desires. In these circumstances, I feel it's still a distant thought of this type of equality. Many women just ask for it...

Doug Koempel, Iowa Performing Artist (Article) - 12/24/2001 2:14:13 PM
Brilliant!

Jacqueline Lee Bouvier Kennedy Onassis (Article) - 12/19/2001 9:42:25 AM
She was a very well respected and respect ful woman. She was also very strong in hard times.

Doug Koempel, Iowa Performing Artist (Article) - 12/9/2001 2:14:17 PM
Rosemarie Skaine is an exceptional writer!

Ah! It Is Good (Poetry) - 10/29/2009 9:48:21 AM
Romantic and beautiful! I see me and my hubby in this poem. Very nicely done. Anna

Warmth of the Sun (Poetry) - 10/27/2009 7:44:13 AM
It's true that the warm sun is medicine! Always uplifting... Anna

We Live (Poetry) - 10/27/2009 7:42:44 AM
I really enjoyed this one...truth in every word. Well done! Anna

Spirit's Intercession (Poetry) - 10/27/2009 7:41:31 AM
Beautiful, sensitive write. Nicely penned. Anna

Wait (Poetry) - 10/27/2009 7:40:42 AM
Beautiful...a true love story in so few words. Well done, Rosemarie. Anna

Lace upon Linen (Poetry) - 10/2/2009 12:40:14 AM
I can feel the expectation. Great poem. Sheila

The Fragile Rose (Poetry) - 10/2/2009 12:39:02 AM
So many times we use roses in our work, but you give them a new and creative meaning here. Dramatic imagery. Well done. Sheila

Wait (Poetry) - 9/29/2009 12:37:53 PM
Truly a case where less is more. Very descriptive, Bravo! Tim

Through the Glass (Poetry) - 9/25/2009 9:23:02 PM
Very interesting. For me, there's a balance of happiness and isolation. Great poem. Sheila

Wait (Poetry) - 9/25/2009 9:21:35 PM
A strong visual from so few words. Nicely done. Sheila

Old Shoes (Poetry) - 8/24/2009 4:07:17 PM
It's simple, but says a lot.

He Loved His Kids (Poetry) - 6/30/2009 5:19:40 PM
It says a lot about the power of love between elderly and youth.

We Live (Poetry) - 6/2/2009 10:25:54 AM
If we all had more quiet times, we would enjoy live so much more Wonderful write, I enjoyed Have a great day Ray { Not a Poet }

Wait (Poetry) - 6/2/2009 10:21:15 AM
Great write I enjoyed Have a great day Ray { Not a Poet }

Wait (Poetry) - 5/25/2009 5:14:22 PM
Unique Write... I Love Your Comments On Poet Ones Poem... Before I Even Looked At Your Bio--Your Photo I Said To Myself She Is School Teacher... TRASK...

Wait (Poetry) - 5/21/2009 7:00:50 PM
you've captured the moment very nicely in so few lines ....

Wait (Poetry) - 5/19/2009 10:39:36 PM
So much meaning contained in this short write. The images run through my mind, like a miniature film. Lovely, Rosemarie...Lin

Wait (Poetry) - 5/19/2009 5:18:52 PM
short sweet but so much said in between the lines and also in the lines, I love lilacs and the symbolism of the sprig of lilac held in the air...almost like a mistle toe seems inportant. Well done Rosemarie hugs fee

Wait (Poetry) - 5/19/2009 1:13:51 PM
I smiled and my imagination saw a teen with a crush hurring to hand his gift of love to the girl of his dreams. Thank You.

Wait (Poetry) - 5/19/2009 3:37:13 AM
Romantic Spring is in the Air!

Wait (Poetry) - 5/18/2009 4:59:15 PM
You've got that romantic touch.

Wait (Poetry) - 5/18/2009 2:52:02 PM
cool verse, hopefully true for you my dear, hope you had a happy mothers day, cheers

Wait (Poetry) - 5/18/2009 9:36:10 AM
An exquisite moment recreated and shared effectively via your verses; thank you, Rosemarie. Love and best wishes, Regis

Wait (Poetry) - 5/18/2009 8:54:12 AM
Absolutely beautiful in its simplicity. It's of few words, yet it says so much!

The Precipice (Poetry) - 5/13/2009 4:44:48 PM
A nice comment about a woman who cares for a man who lives a precarious life.