If You’re Going to Follow a Leader…
I didn’t like him, didn’t trust him, and didn’t vote for him. That was then. Actions speak louder than words, they say, and they matter a great deal more. … Continue readingIf You’re Going to Follow a Leader…
Pro-life Christian: A Definition
I read something today that was patently absurd: “I’m a pro-life Christian, and I’m voting for Biden.” I think Inigo Montoya probably said it best. “You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.” I offer no commentary on whether or not the writer was
Pegasus is now available
Friends, my new book Pegasus released yesterday. This is part three in the modern war series that includes Beyond the Golden Hour and The Stars and Their Places. Here is the description from the back cover: Ginger Cooper, one of the best Apache pilots in the Army, engages in nonstop missions during
The Color Wheel: Automotive Misadventures
It started with a grinding noise somewhere near the front wheel. A visual inspection didn’t turn anything up, but later our Suburban began shaking every time I braked. Something was clearly wrong but I still drove it a few times out of necessity — to church, to buy some tortillas…you know, necessities.
Pedophiles, Satanists, and the Stories that Haunt Us
My teacher had had enough; she turned off the VCR. The room was dead silent. For the previous three minutes, our 11th grade English class had watched a scene from Helter Skelter, a film based on prosecutor Vincent Bugliosi’s account of the Manson Family murders. We watched a scene in which actor
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The Shame Game
“Shame off you,” he said. It was the first time I’d heard that term, and I was a little taken aback until I realized that he was exactly right. Shame is something we wear, like a wet, smelly blanket someone dons for no good reason. Some bully at some point threw it
For Love of Sheet Music
The music was, and still is, designed to elicit emotion, whether composed for seventeenth century men in silk stockings and performed in royal amphitheaters, or for twenty-first century teenagers in darkened multiplexes. And it does, because it’s marvelous. … Continue readingFor Love of Sheet Music