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Holiday Gift Shopping – Fun in the Sun
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- 6 days ago
- 3 min
An Abundance of Casserole
We need a new law: Driving While Gorging, or Driving Under the Influence of Gluttony -- six-month sentence to an addiction recovery program
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- Oct 24
- 4 min
Carville - the Economy Redux
Now and then, I get exercised, sometimes to the point of alarm, over political developments, and vent my spleen or pull the warning bell...
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- Oct 10
- 1 min
Deadline Near
Well folks, the deadline is fast approaching for entering a contest to win a slew of thriller books, including mine, and possibly a free...
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- Oct 3
- 2 min
A Bevy of Books
Ladies and gentlemen, the books are flying off the shelves this week. We’re talking about the kind that have you hunkered down and...
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- Sep 9
- 5 min
Travelogue
Remember Car Talk on public radio? This story would take up four episodes.
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- Aug 12
- 2 min
Bookstore Redux
Emphasis is less on the big sellers of the day than on classic literature, philosophy, spirituality, and the metaphysical.
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- Aug 3
- 4 min
What Are Words Worth?
“I think our collective problem is that there are so many writers now ... that the effort to become known ... becomes an obsession."
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- Jul 23
- 4 min
Baby It's Hot Outside
But the biggest obstacle, by far, to combating climate change is the voters, Rampell says.
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- Jun 22
- 4 min
Rollin' on the (Rapid-Strewn) River
Amazon. The word has several meanings. It was a legendary race of female warriors whom, the ancient Greeks believed, raised havoc in...
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- May 25
- 4 min
An Affair To Remember
When he arrived and partook of the performances, he was astonished. The quality was of the highest caliber.
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- Mar 11
- 4 min
New Blood Edition, New Website
My new website, featuring the new edition of Blood on Their Hands, is up and running months after publication of the first edition ceased.
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- Dec 24, 2021
- 6 min
Calamity Eve?
Herewith, my annual Christmas letter: Christmas Eve, 2021 Dear Readers, The other day, I was walking in my condo complex when I spotted...
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- Dec 8, 2021
- 4 min
The Long and Short of It
George Saunders In middle and high school literature classes, I remember grousing about having to look for the “hidden meanings” in short...
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- Nov 28, 2021
- 3 min
‘Twas the Night After Turkey
Lubben Brothers The evening air under clear skies had just enough of a nip to be bracing, and the mix of folk, light rock and hints of...
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- Oct 21, 2021
- 5 min
A Time to Read
Good thing I took a book with me to Nicaragua, because I didn’t take my email password. The book is The Grass Is Singing, by the late...
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- Sep 9, 2021
- 3 min
Time for Justice
A letter on the editorial page of the Palm Beach Post at the end of August so incensed me that I determined to write a newsletter about...
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- Aug 11, 2021
- 5 min
A Pain in the Arm?
A novel idea occurred to me the other day. Excuse me, I don’t mean I got an idea for writing another novel, not just after finishing the...
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- Jun 23, 2021
- 6 min
Fascism — Fast Forward
On the heels of the awarding of the Pulitzer Prize to the teenager who videotaped the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis,...
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