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Getting the Boot — and the Booty
Our new president has been promising for a long time to “make America great again.” Two things happened today that inspired me with...
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Apr 10, 20173 min read
To Bomb or not to Bomb, That Was the Question
Bashar al-Assad What to make of President Trump’s decision last week to launch a missile strike against Syria? That question has garnered...
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Mar 24, 20172 min read
Supreme Stonewall
Chuck Schumer Okay, the Republican health-care bill is dead. The big thing now is the confirmation of Neil Gorsuch for the Supreme Court....
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Mar 21, 20172 min read
Unhealthy Politics
Be wary of Health Sciences Institute, an outfit that promotes dietary supplements and dispenses alternative medical advice. I have no...
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Feb 19, 20174 min read
Parting Company
President Donald Trump Last week, I heard on National Public Radio a discussion about the strife among friends and family engendered by...
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Jan 31, 20173 min read
Feet to the Fire
Marco Rubio I became a member of Palm Beach Indivisibles this week, and at least some of us wrote a letter to Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, a...
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Dec 19, 20167 min read
Christmas Chronicle 2016
December 2016 Dear Friends and Family, Leonard Pitts This will be the most un-Christmas-like letter you will ever receive. Because, sorry...
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Nov 14, 20164 min read
Facebook Feedback
Donald Trump An acquaintance opined on Facebook recently that Donald Trump’s presidency would bring about compliance with the...
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Nov 5, 20165 min read
Black Votes Matter
Hillary Clinton A big factor in whether, or by how much, Hillary Clinton wins the presidential election Tuesday is black voter turnout....
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Oct 15, 20165 min read
The Would-Be Dictator
Donald-Trump This presidential election contest is getting scarier by the day. Not just because of the behavior of one of the candidates,...
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Oct 9, 20162 min read
Freebie
In a couple of hours, the Amazon Kindle version of my book MURDER IN PALM BEACH: The Homicide That Never Died, will be available FREE for...
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Sep 30, 20161 min read
Getting a Kick out of You
The way it works, I give a signed, paperback copy of my book to anybody who donates $20. I sign and ship the book personally to the...
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Sep 21, 20165 min read
Plumbing a Political Quandary
Donald Trump Diehard supporters of Donald Trump for the presidency are beyond persuasion that he would be disastrous for the country. He...
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Sep 19, 20162 min read
Book It.
Hear ye, hear ye! Tomorrow – woops, we’re almost there – you can, if you have a Kindle or compatible device, get my current book for...
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Sep 11, 20162 min read
Stan Kenton Redux
Dennis Noday Stan Kenton had to be smiling in his grave last Tuesday when the Dennis Noday & Lee Harris Superband filled a room at the...
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Sep 7, 20162 min read
Freeebook, i.e., Free ebook
You might have heard something on the grapevine about a book called MURDER IN PALM BEACH: The Homicide That Never Died making the rounds...
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Aug 23, 20164 min read
Privatization Prologues
Pat Beall Last week, two events that will alter the social landscape in America made newspaper (there are some left) headlines. One was...
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Aug 16, 20162 min read
Good Bice Books
Bice Ristorante A website on Google says Bice most often is used as a female name in Italy, and pronounced bicha. In English, a similar...
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Jul 27, 20163 min read
State of Anomie
M. William Phelps At the South Florida Book Festival on Saturday, M. William Phelps, a New York Times bestselling author of about 30...
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Jun 30, 20162 min read
If a Tree Falls in a Forest …
Mike Norris Jazz Orchestra Get this. The Mike Norris Jazz Orchestra played without cover charge Monday at the American Rock Bar & Grill...
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