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Constitutionally Constipated
Their concern for our country, these opponents of gun control legislation, is awe-inspiring and commanding of respect. They are such...
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Mar 1, 20182 min read
A Great Read — Till the Ending
As the author of two mystery/suspense/thriller novels – the second just completed and shopped to publishers – I am reluctant to admit...
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Feb 28, 20182 min read
All That Jazz
Jazz at Lake Worth Street Painting Festival If you are a lover of America’s original art form and happened to be in the Palm Beaches last...
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Feb 18, 20182 min read
The Truth Teller
Rep. Ruben Gallego Americans who voted for Donald Trump for president did so because, by golly, he “tells it like it is.” He’s not a...
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Feb 17, 20184 min read
The Power and the Glory and the Money
A few of the political observers said on the cable networks that it may be different this time – that the outrage over availability of...
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Feb 14, 20181 min read
LOVE IS IN THE AIR
“Hello young lovers, whoever you are …” If those lyrics take you back to the 1951 stage musical The King and I, or even the 1956 film,...
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Feb 11, 20181 min read
A BUCKET O’ BOOKS — FREE !
A reminder, folks: The big BOOK GIVEAWAY ends tomorrow, Monday, Feb. 12. So if you want to get a treasure trove of crime novels by...
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Feb 5, 20181 min read
FREE BOOKS!!!
Today, I am departing from my usual blather about whatever. Instead, I have a fun surprise to share with you. I’ve teamed up with 35-plus...
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Jan 23, 20184 min read
The Craven Politician
Open Letter to Trump Supporters: President Trump Let’s see if I understand this. You voted for Donald Trump because you thought he was...
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Jan 12, 20183 min read
Wayward Words
“Words matter” is a buzz phrase tossed around frequently these days, and remarks yesterday by our clueless, callous, boorish and...
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Dec 22, 20178 min read
Happy Holidays?
Bob’s Christmas Letter 2017 Dear Family and Friends, I do not bring you tidings of great joy. The Miami Dolphins just lost their chance...
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Dec 16, 20173 min read
Climbing out of the Cellar
Independent bookstores are bucking the trend in brick-and-mortar retail stores heading downward. For the last eight or so years, nonchain...
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Dec 10, 20175 min read
Nascent Nazism
President Obama Despite all of the cautionary advice against it, President Obama several days ago used the N word. No, that’s not what I...
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Dec 8, 20174 min read
Republicans Doom the Republic
Republican leadership Throughout my long adult life, I have never considered myself a political ideologue. Rather, I like to think of...
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Nov 28, 20172 min read
Book(s) Giveaway
Yippee ki-yah ki-yah ki-yo! My new novel is done. Finito. Fini. Das Ende. The End. All that remains is the editing and choosing a final...
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Nov 22, 20173 min read
Book It
Hooray for independent bookstores like Book Cellar! It opened in early October in the perfect location, an abandoned space at the corner...
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Nov 13, 20172 min read
Spending’s Gotta Give
Governor Rick Scott Last week, the Palm Beach Post carried two stories on the same day. The headlines were: 1) “Scott seeks tax cuts...
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Nov 8, 20173 min read
Grain Ain’t Green
Tampa Bay In 1973, only months after my first wife and I moved from Milwaukee to Tampa, we drove across Tampa Bay one Sunday afternoon to...
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Nov 1, 20173 min read
Flu Shot Flim-Flam
Humana, my health insurer, called the other day with a recorded message urging me to get a flu shot. It ran through a little survey: Did...
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Oct 20, 20173 min read
Levying the syntax
The Grammar Grouch has been so busy lately venting his spleen on our sorry excuse for a president and a GOP Congress afraid to counter...
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