UNLESS YOU’RE JERRY SEINFELD – It has to be about something A couple of weeks ago I joined a site of fellow bloggers. I’ve been told this is a way to connect with others who share the same interest and perhaps pick up an idea along the way. Like every new environment, I’m stru

KIRKUS – TO THINE OWN SELF BE TRUE The “New York Times” recently printed a story about a woman author who purchased a critique from “Kirkus Review” for her self-published novel (“Self-Publishers Flourish as Writers Pay the Tab,” by Motoko Rich, Book Secti

“The Power of Nightmares,” is a 3 part film (available on DVD) about the simultaneous rise of radical conservatism in both the Islamic and Christian worlds.  Strongly recommended of anyone struggling to get a perspective on where we are in the world today. 

WHEN BATHTUBS AND WORDS COLLIDE A friend from my Facebook page recently wrote that my blog posts have inspired her to consider beginning one of her own. Naturally, I am flattered. That my words can inspire anyone strikes me as remarkable.      The task of writing a blog isn’t

TO SIT AT THE TABLE OR LEAD FROM BEHIND? Since writing that a speech is part of the repertoire of being a writer, I want to comment on one I heard via Facebook. A friend had shared a clip that featured the female executive of a large corporation. She was speaking to an audience about

OCCUPY THE PENTAGON – NOT WALL STREET George F. Kennan lived a lucid 100 years and one of his books written in the 1950’s, “Realities of American Foreign Policy,” I carried with me in my travels through Europe and Africa. With his wisdom tucked under my arm, I could ma

THE ONLY THING WE HAVE TO FEAR IS FEAR ITSELF                                     – Franklin D. Roosevelt I’m half way through my reading of Barbara Walker’s book “Man Made God” and found the history of the Inquisition tough going.

THE TENDER MERCIES OF FAILURE “The Adventures of Pinocchio” by Carlo Collodi, made famous by Walt Disney’s animation, is the story of a wooden puppet who is led astray by a number of unscrupulous adventurers. Having lost his way, the puppet vows to return to his creator,