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An Explosive Story!
In my blog last Thursday, you’ll recall (you will recall, won’t you?) that I said if you want to write, you have to read. A lot. So, I want to give you a great read in point, a terrific example. The book is titled THE FREEDOM BROKER. It's by K.J. Howe. A “Thea Paris...
The A, B, Cs of The Three Rs
Reading, riting and ‘rithmetic, as the expression was first coined in the 1800s. Writers also have to pay homage to The Three Rs. Plus, one more as well. Most in the writing profession offer their formulae. Here are the A, B, Cs of mine: Reading If you want to make it...
Don’t Look Now, Donald, But Browns Actually Can Be Good. Sometimes.
Don’t look now, Donald, but Browns actually can be good. Sometimes. No silly, I’m not talking about Trump’s attitude regarding Hispanics! I’m talking about Jerry Brown, Governor of California. You remember Leslie Van Houten, don’t you? She was one of Charlie Manson’s...
Will He Ever Get It Right?
Will he ever get it right? Probably only when he leaves office. Under six months, and counting. In a rare move, both houses of Congress and both sides of the aisle actually agreed on something and sent a bill to President Obama. They proposed that post-office...
Even Mothers Sometimes Get It Wrong
Mary F. Commanday is the mother of J. Christopher Stevens, former U.S. Ambassador to Libya, who was killed in the 2012 terrorist attack on the U.S. Embassy in Benghazi. The New York Times (of course) published her letter to the editor this past Friday in which she...
Our Representatives Eating Their Cake And Having It Too
How much more of this are we going to take? Am I talking about Orlando, Dallas and Baton Rouge? Well, yes, that too. Of course. Am I talking about Hillary Clinton's email server misconduct? Well certainly that too. But, no, what I'm talking about now are U.S....
When Words Fail
When words are not enough. When words fail. To illustrate the point, this blog will be (relatively) short. Not on stature. On words. In commenting on the state of affairs in the botched Turkish coup, Secretary of State John F. Kerry said in a public statement that the...
Underdogs and Oversight
The Common Threads What do the police and Black Lives Matter (BLM) have in common? A problem with guns? Well, yes. Too many people with access to guns who shouldn’t have such access. Or guns. And too many people who must of necessity be entitled to have guns, but who...
Where There’s Smoke
So, she didn't do anything wrong in Benghazi. And she didn't do anything wrong with her email servers. And she didn't do anything wrong in the 1970's Whitewater scandal. And she hasn't done anything wrong in between. But, has she done anything right? You bet. She's...
Refreshing
As reported in the news last week: A 54-year-old college custodian who cleaned classrooms at night and studied engineering by day is putting down his janitor’s broom for the last time. Michael Vaudreuil started working the night shift at Massachusetts’ Worcester...
