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In Street Clues Betty Williams tells of the impressions about a city that can be gained by walking around and observing life in the streets.

Leo Szilard was the first scientist to see the possibility of atomic energy. He patented the idea of a chain reaction in the mid thirties, even before fission was discovered. He also drafted the letter that Einstein signed and sent to President Roosevelt to initiate the atomic bomb program, but after the completion of the bomb, was among the first to fight against its use. After the war Szilard wrote a novel titled The Voice of the Dolphins in which, as a kind of aside, he updates Moses' ten commandments. In Szilard's 10 Commandments Ray Cooper discusses this version of the ten commandments and how well Szilard lived up to these in his private life.

In Atlas Shrugged Hal Leiendecker tells of Ayn Rand, her philosophy, and her novel Atlas Shrugged.

The short essay, Formula for Success, by Bob Stoffels, lays out some qualities that you will need to be a success.

Bill Norris writes in The Cameras are Coming of what you may expect if you are ever interviewed by a journalist.

Susanna Bouquet-Chester writes of her love of a tree in The Lesson of the Kapok Tree.