This Memorial Day essay retells the most famous Flag
raisings in U.S. history and salutes the Marines of
uncommon valor who fought the Battle of Iwo Jima,
arguably the bloodiest of World War II.
A tough ex-roadie has tastes for heavy metal and heavy
drinking. He also lusts for a beautiful schizoid who is
unfortunately into classical music and murder.
The essay examines the origin of the word "manned" and
why it is the most appropriate in the English Language
to describe the males and females who occupy and
operate almost anything, including spacecraft.
I wish a cold winter on Osama and Berkeley, California.
A look back at Ma Bell, that greedy, monolithic
bitch-queen of monopolies...until you compare her to
cell phone technology and what passes for communication
today. Then she comes across like a sweetheart who
never lost her innocence.
My second crime novel published by Scribner is the
source of this slightly skewed look at the
entertainment industry past and present.
A short story about a modern police procedural that
becomes a manhunt reminiscent of the Old West.
A short story based on television series idea that I
pitched with Brenda Bell. Two career women run
roughshod over a crew of malcontents selling shoddy
merchandise for a shop-at-home channel that attracts a
legion of weird callers and one stalker who mistakes
packaging for love.
For all you culture vultures who read poetry.
A chronicle of a small group of people, a continent
away from Ground Zero, who tried to do their part to
avenge the terrorists attacks on America. To paraphrase
Dennis Prager, whose daily radio program is syndicated
through KRLA Communications Group, there are times,
even bad times, when it is one's duty to be happy.
Otherwise the bad guys win.