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My Drift expresses my views on various subjects including the problems facing Hawaii, the Nation and the World. I also research and write articles on subjects of interest to me and my readers.
I'm a Project Manager, Computer Systems Programmer, Webmaster, Writer and Handwriting Expert who retired from the Federal Government at Fort Shafter in 2010 and worked for a private computer company until 2021. I grew up in Utah and have lived in Hawaii since 1970. I started writing these articles in June 2006. For the time being I plan to write one or two articles a month. My most recent articles will be featured directly below, then a break-out by subject category, and then an archive list of all my columns by date - if you ever want to read an old column or article, just find it in this list and click on it. Thank you. Jerry |
Latest Articles.... Bible - Book of Song of Songs 12 Feb 2024 By: Jerry D. Petersen The Song of Songs, also known as the Song of Solomon, is a celebration of the love of a young couple as they move from engagement to marriage. Read Article .... |
Kristi Noem 1 Feb 2024 By: Jerry D. Petersen Maybe it is time for the United States to elect a women president. Maybe an attractive, young, and smart women like Kristi Noem. Read Article .... |
Bible - Book of Ecclesiastes 22 Jan 2024 By: Jerry D. Petersen Ecclesiastes is foremost a study of philosophy for the faithful—about the purpose of life. Read Article .... |
Closed Bar and Restaurants 15 Jan 2024 By: Jerry D. Petersen Oahu Bars and Restaurants that have closed - Updated. Read Article .... |
3 Articles by a Guest Writer 11 Jan 2024 By: Jerry D. Petersen 1. Homeless Solutions 2. Kids 3. Food Bank Homeless Solutions - Read Article .... Kids - Read Article .... Food Bank - Read Article .... |
Bible - Book of Proverbs 31 Dec 2023 By: Jerry D. Petersen Proverbs is the chief volume in the biblical collection of wisdom literature. Read Article .... |
Bible - Book of Psalms 15 Dec 2023 By: Jerry D. Petersen The Book of Psalms is an anthology of Hebrew religious hymns. Read Article .... |
Trusts and Wills 4 Dec 2023 By: Jerry D. Petersen Do I need a living trust or should I just update my last will and testament and call it good? Or do I need both? Let’s find out. Read Article .... |
Bible - Book of Job 22 Nov 2023 By: Jerry D. Petersen The Book of Job is an important part of the Bible because it asks one of the most commonly asked questions: if God is good, how come he allows evil and suffering to exist in the world? Read Article .... |
Bible - Books of the Maccabees 15 Nov 2023 By: Jerry D. Petersen Maccabees is a history of the rebellion of the Jews against their Syrian rulers in the 160s BCE. Read Article .... |
Hamas 4 Nov 2023 By: Jerry D. Petersen There was series of coordinated terrorist attacks, conducted by the Palestinian Islamist militant group Hamas, from the Gaza Strip onto bordering areas in Israel, commencing on Saturday 7 October 2023, a Sabbath day and date of several Jewish holidays. Read Article .... |
Bible - Book of Tobit, Judith and Esther 30 Oct 2023 By: Jerry D. Petersen The Book of Tobit presents a charming tale in which beauty, suspense, and moral truth are interwoven in a most pleasing fashion, causing Tobit to become one of the most popular of the books of the APOC in the history of the Church. Read Article .... |
Fentanyl 20 Oct 2023 By: Jerry D. Petersen The new data from the Hawaii Medical Examiner showed of the 452 people who died of an overdose last year, about a third had multiple drugs in their systems. Read Article .... |
Bible - Book of Ezra and Nehemiah 13 Oct 2023 By: Jerry D. Petersen During the time of Ezra and Nehemiah in the Bible and even the Book of Esther, we can find some very complex issues that were dealt with by the Hebrew people. Read Article .... |
Carrie Underwood 30 Sep 2023 By: Jerry D. Petersen I got the idea to write about Carrie Underwood by watching Sunday Night Football. Each week Underwood sings the introduction song before the game. Read Article .... |
Bible - Book of 2 Chronicles 20 Sep 2023 By: Jerry D. Petersen The book of 2 Chronicles continues the story of Israel begun in 1 Chronicles. It offers an interpretation of the history of Judah's kings from Solomon to Zedekiah. Read Article .... |
Bible - Book of 1 Chronicles 8 Sep 2023 By: Jerry D. Petersen The chronicler, as bible scholars have long referred to as the author of this book, is anonymous. Read Article .... |
Bible - Book of 2 Kings 14 Jul 2023 By: Jerry D. Petersen The book of 2 Kings describes the history of the Northern Kingdom of Israel and the Southern Kingdom of Judah, focusing on the spiritual successes and failures of each kingdom. Read Article .... |
Bible - Book of 1 Kings 30 Jun 2023 By: Jerry D. Petersen The book of 1 Kings provides an account of the death of David, the reign of his son Solomon, and the decline and division of the Kingdom of Israel after Solomon and many of his successors turned to idol worship. Read Article .... |
Bible - Book of 2 Samuel 7 Jun 2023 By: Jerry D. Petersen Two Kings in Israel: David moves to Hebron and is anointed king of Judah. Saul s son Ish-bosheth is anointed king of the other tribes. Read Article .... |
Bible - Book of 1 Samuel 27 May 2023 By: Jerry D. Petersen God raises up Samuel as prophet and judge - Israel demands a king - God raises up David to be king of Israel. Read Article .... |
Bible - Book of Ruth 15 May 2023 By: Jerry D. Petersen The Book of Ruth is one of the shorter books of the Bible, but the story it tells is one of the most movingly human stories in all of the Old Testament. Read Article .... |
India 5 May 2023 By: Jerry D. Petersen Did you hear that India is now the most populus country in the world? Read Article .... |
Bible - Book of Judges 17 Apr 2023 By: Jerry D. Petersen The book of Judges recounts the history of the Israelites from the time they settled in the land of Canaan after Joshua s death to the birth of Samuel. Read Article .... |
Bible - Book of Joshua 12 Apr 2023 By: Jerry D. Petersen After the death of Moses, God calls on Joshua to lead the Israelites across the Jordan River and take possession of the promised land. Read Article .... |
Artificial Intelligence (AI) 5 Apr 2023 By: Jerry D. Petersen The intelligence shown by the machines in par with the natural intelligence of humans is called artificial intelligence. Read Article .... |
Bible - Book of Deuteronomy 30 Mar 2023 By: Jerry D. Petersen Finally, Israel is just across the Jordan River from the promised land of Canaan. Read Article .... |
Bible - Book of Numbers 25 Mar 2023 By: Jerry D. Petersen The book of Numbers continues the history of the people of Israel after they escaped from Egypt, and it tells what happened during the forty years when the Israelites lived in the desert on their journey from Mount Sinai to Canaan. Read Article .... |
Bible - Book of Leviticus 20 Mar 2023 By: Jerry D. Petersen Genesis narrates the primeval history of the world (chapters 1 11) and the patriarchal history of the Israelite people (chapters 12 50). Read Article .... |
Finland 10 Mar 2023 By: Jerry D. Petersen Russia borders 14 countries, Azerbaijan, Belarus, China, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Kazakhstan, North Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Norway, Poland, and Ukraine. If you were to guess which one of these countries has the longest border with Russia, what would it be? Most people guess either China or Ukraine. The answer is Finland with an 830-mile border with Russia. Read Article .... |
Taylor Swift 10 Dec 2022 By: Jerry D. Petersen Taylor Swift is most popular and most famous female singer in the world right now in 2022. Read Article .... |
What is the Meaning of Life? 24 Sep 2022 By: Jerry D. Petersen What is the purpose of our existence? Read Article .... |
Hawaii Lighthouses 23 Jul 2021 By: Jerry D. Petersen There are forty-three (43) lighthouses in Hawaii. Fifteen (15) of these are controlled by the U.S. Coast Guard. The other twenty-eight (28) are considered minor lights and are controlled by the state or county. Read Article .... |
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HAWAII Graffiti in Paradise The 'ICE' Problem in Hawaii Hawaii Hurricanes Trash On Oahu Oahu Traffic Solutions The Earthquake Fort Shafter Self-Storage Madness The Demise of Bowling in Hawaii The People of Hawaii Hawaii 2007 Top Stories Honolulu Mass Transit Mililani town Oahu Island-Wide Power Outages Oahu Restaurants Oahu Home Prices Kalaupapa Fireworks Homeless in Hawaii Kilauea Volcano Sights and Sounds of the Night Trouble in Paradise Oahu Bars and Restaurants that have Closed Obituaries MidWeek Queen's Pa'u Unit Riders Deadly Hawaii Pacific Ring of Fire Queen Emma Mayor 2020 Election Hawaii Immigrants Kipapa Gulch Hawaii Lighthouses Parker Ranch Kapaemahu Fentanyl HEALTH RELATED Vitamins Kidney Disease Laughter: The Best Medicine Smokers: A Dying Breed Stroke STRESSED OUT Diabetes Cancer The Dirtiest Secret Mucus Health Screening Blood Biorhythm Assisted Suicide Social Security and Medicare The Hives Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Suicide Hypnosis Prostate Cancer PAIN Constipation Ebola My Trips to the ER Paranoid Personality Disorder FEAR Obesity Lower Back Pain Germs ERs and Hospitals in Crisis Alzheimer's Disease (AD) Lupus Disease Overactive Bladder Aortic Aneurysms Kidney Failure and Dialysis Phobias The Air We Breathe Testosterone Aspirin Life Expectancy Allergies The Human Hand Dreams Genetics Coronavirus Vaccines Appendix Calming the Mind Suicide 2020 Dental Implants Shoulder Pain Leukemia Blood Disorders BioAstin FOOD AND DRINK Drinking Water for Better Health Food BEER Fruits and Vegetables Moonshine Sumida Watercress Farm Tequila Sugar Wine Ice Cream Beer Research Dog Food PEOPLE Seinfeld Hollywood Liberals George W. Bush In Memory of Donald Y. Chong 90 Howard Andrus - My Interesting Friend BIO JERRY D. PETERSEN Vampires Vladimir Putin John Wayne Transgender People The American Farmer Happiness Hillary Clinton Crazy People Donald Trump Conservatives vs Liberals My Family Tree Jennifer Lopez Centenarians Lara Logan Ancient Giants Movie Actresses Harry Houdini Mediums Jehovah's Witnesses Clint Eastwood Gene Hackman Men Who Changed the World Most Famous Women in History Adolf Hitler Mark Harmon Clowns Tulsi Joe Biden Kamala Harris Wally Ho's Garage & Grill Scarlett Johansson Vanna Taylor Swift Carrie Underwood Kristi Noem |
UTAH The Great Salt Lake and Desert Mount Timpanogos Utah National Parks Utah Wildfires Fishing in Utah Utah Counties PGHS 50th Class Reunion Utah's Dinosaur Land Wild Horses Nerve Gas and Jack Rabbits Pleasant Grove Fishing The Provo River Mormon Temples Quaking Aspen Tree DOWNWINDERS Greatest Basketball Coach in Utah History Skinwalker Ranch WORLD Iraq History Lesson (Part I-II) Islamic Terrorism (Part I-II) Africa - A Troubled Continent (Part I-III) World Religions Trip Report - Philippines (Part I-II) North Korea Israel Mass Murders Demark and Sweden The Amazon River The Nile River Morocco Islamic Treatment of Women Itaewon Crude Oil Global Warming Rio de Janiero World War I World War II The Outback Siberia Antarctica The New Silk Road Venice Italy The World-wide Kidnapping Epidemic The Isamic Invasion of Europe Northernmost Cities Rocks Central America Canada Dubai Vatican City The Afghanistan War Pirates of the Barbary Coast Indonesia The Last Japanese Soldier Iceland Ancient Pyramids The 7 Wonders of the Ancient World New7Wonders of the World Istanbul Worlds Most Famous Red-Light Districts The Coronavirus Biological Warfare Mars Caribbean Tehran The Oceans The Deep Ocean The Lofoten Islands The Northern Lights Peru The Afghanistan War Ends Medieval Castles The Himalayas WWII Filipino Soldiers Joe E. Paras Easter Island Ukraine Jupiter Saturn Coldest City on Earth Hottest Places on Earth Mexico City London Finland Ibdia Hamas ANIMALS, BIRDS, and INSECTS Sharks in Hawaii Dog Fighting Endangered Animals Pet Food Camels Rottweilers Pacific Golden Plover Ducks Red Cardinals Mule Deer Kudo IV (2000 - 2010) Mosquitoes Beetles Rats Big Fish Bigfoot (or Sasquatch) Bees Sheep Large Land Animals Cockroaches Mountain Goats Eagles Beaver Ants Chickens Patti Girl (2012 - 2017) American Alligator Black Witch Moth Hawaii Wild Parrots Bats Mongoose Dolphins Intelligent Birds SPORTS John Wooden The Answer College Football Playoffs Best Golfers The Utah Jazz Beijing Olympics 2008 Ping Pong Is Pool a Sport? How To Shoot Free Throws Wilt Chamberlain Philadelphia Big 5 Yogi Berra #44 NFL Player Names Manti Te'o Dead Girlfriend Hoax Best College Basketball Players Ever NBA MVP Baseball Rick Barry Bill Walton Larry Bird Triple Crown Michael Jordan NFL National Anthem Protest PyeongChang 2018 The Tale of Two Quarterbacks Maria Sharapova LeBron James Greatest Basketball Coach in Utah History The Greatest Dodgers Pickleball Tiger Woods Pat Riley |
UNITED STATES The Homelessness Problem (Part I-IV) Fatherless Homes In America Religion in the United States Worst United States Disasters North to Alaska Erie Pennsylvania American Serial Killers Presidental Candidates Most Dangerous US Cities Safest US Cities Electoral College Explained The Economy Wallace Idaho The Great Lakes 9-11 Ten Years Later What is Wrong with America? Child Molestation The 2012 Election Top 10 Poorest Big Cities Old West Gunslingers Tornado Alley New Hampshire US Government Shutdown U.S. Presidents Native American Indians Welfare The US Constitution States and Capitals U.S. Rivers Prison Statistics COSTCO California Problems The Kansas Experiment South Carolina Austin Texas Richest and Poorest States The Great Continental Divide Kentucky Dearborn Michigan U.S. Military Drones New England North and South Dakota New York City Homeless Deaths Nevada Prostitution Worst Days and Years in American History Hobo The Space Force Yellowstone Most Haunted US Cities Minnesota Wisconsin Iowa New Mexico New Jersey Nashville Seattle Ohio Inflation Defund the Police Labor Shortage Arkansas COMPUTERS and HOBBIES How Your Computer Works (Part I-III) Handwriting Analysis - Introduction Handwriting Analysis - Primary Traits Handwriting Analysis - Evaluation Guide Handwriting Analysis - Sample Reports My Games PC Viruses Hackers Quantum Processing Hobbies Ransomware Technology Addiction Artificial Intelligence (AI) GENERAL Today's Thought Paranormal Phenomena Cremation Palmistry 101 Inspirational Stories About Trees Telephone Frustration Things That Have Disappeared Trains Christmas TV Westerns Clouds Guardian Angels Auto Insurance Companies Tattoos My Government Career My Non-Government Job History How To Write Winning Contract Proposals Men's Hats Heaven or Hell? The Power of Prayer Inventions (Part 1-4) Toys Jeopardy! One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest TV Shows (2015) Prostitution Trees What is the Meaning of Life? Reincarnation The Human Soul The Year of the Dog 2018 Angels & Demons Inspiring Stories Humor The Red Sea Miracle SocialJustice Guardian Angels Life Insurance for Seniors Pachinko LGBTQIA12S+ What is the Meaning of Life? (Repeat) Trusts and Wills THE BIBLE Bible - Book of Genesis Bible - Book of Exodus Bible - Book of Leviticus Bible - Book of Numbers Bible - Book of Deuteronomy Bible - Book of Joshua Bible - Book of Judges Bible - Book of Ruth Bible - Book of 1 Samuel Bible - Book of 2 Samuel Bible - Book of 1 Kings Bible - Book of 2 Kings Bible - Book of 1 Chronicles Bible - Book of 2 Chronicles Bible - Book of Ezra and Nehemiah Bible - Book of Tobit Judith and Esther Bible - Books of the Maccabees Bible - Book of Job Bible - Book of Psalms Bible - Book of Proverbs Bible - Book of Ecclesiastes Bible - Book of Song of Songs |