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The Cultists
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Apr 28, 20206 min read
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Authors in the Time of Corona
TouchPoint Press I’ve never thought of my authorial activities as a business, but here I am blocked by the same impediments that most...
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Apr 15, 20204 min read
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Sudden Reversal – Naturally
Hard upon a blog post concerning my new book, Blood on Their Hands, I’m putting that aside momentarily for something else that is – well,...
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Mar 29, 20202 min read
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Coming Attraction
For much of my life, I thoroughly enjoyed going to the movies. Unattached the last 20-plus years, however, my trips to the movie theaters...
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Mar 29, 20202 min read
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A Novel Idea
You may think at first that the tirade I’m embarking on has nothing to do with books, but please be patient; I’ll get there. Last week, I...
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Mar 17, 20204 min read
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Coronavirus: It’s your immune system, stupid!
A public service announcement from your friendly scribe. Dr. David Brownstein We’re all scared as heck about this diabolical coronavirus,...
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Mar 12, 20201 min read
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Fund-amentals of Rape Prevention
Mark Herman today In my last newsletter (http://bobbrinkwriter.com/all-categories/9645/), I broke the news that the main character in my...
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Feb 28, 20202 min read
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Murder Redux
Mark Herman today A big new development has just occurred in the murder case that my novel MURDER IN PALM BEACH: The Homicide That Never...
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Feb 4, 20203 min read
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A Novel Look at 9/11, Iraq
If you have any interest in national politics, I think you’ll find Mark Spivak’s political thriller, The American American Crusade...
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Jan 3, 20203 min read
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My 2019 Christmas/Hanukkah Letter
Dear Friends, And y’all are mah friends, be you from the South where I am (well, Florida) or, as Woody Guthrie would have it, from the...
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Dec 17, 20199 min read
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Metamorphosis
The Breakers hotel, Palm Beach Tribalism and elitism go hand-in-hand. As the rich get richer, to the point where 1 percent of the...
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Nov 16, 20196 min read
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Historical, Heinous Crime Resurrected
Curtis and Marjorie Chillingworth Judge Curtis E. Chillingworth The most sensational, lurid crime in the history of Florida occurred in...
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Nov 2, 20195 min read
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Tales of Ratman
George Orwell At a point near the end of The Blue Rat, an extraordinary novel by Michael Hartnett, I was transported back many decades to...
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Oct 20, 20195 min read
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All That Jazz
In New Smyrna Beach, Fla., the century began on a high note that has been celebrated every year. We speak of the Jazz Festival in late...
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Oct 2, 20193 min read
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Is Our Democracy Doomed?
Folks, in case you weren’t watching, this country is in deep trouble. I’m shelving the world of books for the moment to talk about a...
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Sep 21, 20194 min read
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A Big Fat Fallacy
Wouldn’t you think that a country ranking at or near the bottom of the advanced nations in life expectancy and infant mortality would...
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Sep 7, 20194 min read
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The Green New Deal
The Donald is hurt. An idea he floated was labeled “absurd” by the prime minister of a tiny European nation. Denmark. President Trump...
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Aug 22, 20194 min read
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Just the Facts, Ma’am
If you’re a techie, you’ll love The Scarpetta Factor, by Patricia Cornwell. If you’re a technophobe, not so much. The book is one of a...
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Aug 17, 20193 min read
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The Impeachment Imperative
On Friday (Aug. 2), your faithful scribe completed a two-week project that consumed him intellectually and emotionally to the point where...
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Aug 6, 20199 min read
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A Lesson in Less
Before I launch into a dyspeptic treatment of a particular phenomenon I’ve observed in the mechanics of writing, let me thank the...
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Jul 9, 20194 min read
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