Every person has got his set of masks, sometimes several masks combined. We wear “professional” masks at work, “social” masks at some community events, “family” masks in the cycle of our family occasions.

Halloween is always a big deal for my wife and I; coming up with matching costumes from year to year is a constant quest for us. Surely, we figured, there must be others out there as obsessive compulsive as we are about making an ass out of themselves every October.

It was the tradition for many centuries for death masks to be made of monarchs, artists and politicians in the time directly after their demise. Take a look at the many faces of death.

There is not one nation who has gone the way of socialized medicine that has not failed. Government should stay the hands off and solve the real problems of our society. If government is so concerned with many who do not have health care, make them go to work. Give them dignity by being allowed to work and pay for their own health care. Stop the greed that makes it impossible for most of us to afford the best care in the world. Oh! I forgot, the United States of America is rated number 38th in providing the best health care, numbers from the World Health organization. Something is wrong now, and if we sit idly by, we will be further away from the best of health care.

Masks of ancient cultures.

Sometimes we withhold truth because we are afraid of the other person’s reaction and fear that the relationship will be changed if we say the truth. Is it a correct attitude?

Use of masks in China.

It’s time he comes home, he’s waiting there.

Short descriptions about some tribal masks around the nation.

A philosophy on a person’s changing personality.