Kathleen Parker Riffling through a haphazard array of papers left unattended on my desk for longer than I care to admit, I didn’t find...

Aside from the opportunity to hawk my books that the outdoor market at Manalapan has afforded me, it has been it has been a thoroughly...

About eight years ago, my then-doctor did a routine blood test to determine my numbers for cholesterol, triglycerides, homocysteine, and...

Lake Worth, Florida Attention book lovers and authors! A spiffy new bookstore is set to open in Lake Worth. It’s called Book Cellar, and...

Costco store, Lantana, Florida When you write a novel based on a significant crime that happened in your area, it leads to encounters and...

Who woulda thunk that a little thing like a communications dilemma wrought by Hurricane Irma could give rise to a discourse on...

E.J. Dionne Jr. Perhaps the most insightful take on the character of Donald Trump that I’ve read was delivered by E.J. Dionne Jr.,...

Before my novel Murder in Palm Beach: The Homicide That Never Died was published, the outside editor for the publisher evaluated my work...

The You Docs The following is a blog post that I published a year ago. It is every bit as relevant today as it was then. The other day, I...

Syndicated columnist Mona Charen, a hard-core conservative, is to be congratulated for condemning Republicans for their reticence in...

Kai Ryssdal Kai Ryssdal, host of Marketplace on National Public Radio, was interviewing James Patterson Monday evening when I tuned in,...

It would seem that the “Christian” evangelical leaders of this country are working hard to dissuade anyone of conscience from joining...

President Trump It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World is a 1963 comedy film with a title that describes the United States today – except that...

An ancillary benefit from doing book signings is the opportunity to meet the most interesting people. I’ve been signing my novel Murder...

Pundits like Mona Charen are not writing on behalf of their readers or their country. Their dissertations are guided by partisan...

A word in a Palm Beach Post editorial last week sent me to the dictionary. The word was staunching, its “No no no!” I exclaimed,...

What a great week of music it was in different parts of the Palm Beaches. The 65-piece Symphonic Band of the Palm Beaches presented an...

Star Parker Star Parker calls to mind the reformed smoker who has no tolerance for smokers. She was a wayward youth until she found...

David Brooks David Brooks, ever the philosopher, had a piece the other day in the New York Times that paints a gloomy picture of a strong...

Our new president has been promising for a long time to “make America great again.” Two things happened today that inspired me with...