Happy Fathers Day to all the dad’s out there, whether to your biological children or to those whom you chose to love as your own. I salute you. While it may only take a simple transfer of bodily fluid to become a father, being a dad is something else entirely. Any male can be a [...]
The other day I was reading an Associated Press story on the plight of impoverished Latinos that focused on a Mexican woman named Cristina Melendez, who lives in Fresno, California, which the AP calls “the nation’s breadbasket.” According to the story, the 36-year-old mother of seven, who entered the country illegally as a teenager, can’t [...]
The news out of New York last night was talking about a woman who was arrested for selling fake Green Cards to illegals. Cops say they are looking for people who were victimized by her. Huh? They break the law by being here and then they break the law by buying a fake Green Card, [...]
Not since the Casey Anthony trial in Florida a couple of years ago has a murder trial seized the country’s attention like the Jodi Arias case. Unless you’ve been in outer space or stuck on a desert island somewhere, you probably already know that Arias killed her sometimes lover Travis Alexander in June, 2008 by [...]
I had a relative who had a good income but was always broke and crying the blues. At the same time, he always seemed to have money for cigarettes and booze, ordering pizza, paying for premium movie and sports channels on cable TV, and anything else he wanted. That was enough to make me shudder, [...]
I’m proud to say that in a recent poll I was voted the Number 1 fiction author in America for my Big Lake mystery series. And, as if that weren’t enough, I was also voted as the most wanted man to go to bed with. That’s pretty cool, if I do say so myself. Eat [...]
Except for a couple of brief forays into gainful employment, I’ve owned my own business most of my adult life. Businesses, actually. While the bulk of my working experience has been somehow related to the publishing industry, I’ve also owned a couple of used book stores, a furniture store, and a gun shop. One of [...]
A woman in Florida made the national news last week when she reported that she had found a message from God on a Pepperidge Farm Goldfish cracker. Apparently the cracker had two odd imperfections; a cross with a circle around it on the side, and a spot that she claims is a golden crown near [...]
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