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A Real Blast
Stan Kenton One of the finest entertainment-and-dining experiences I’ve ever had occurred Monday night at the American Rock Bar & Grill...
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Jun 19, 20164 min read
Going Home
Thomas Wolfe “You can’t go home again,” Thomas Wolfe (the Look Homeward, Angel guy, not Tom of Bonfire of the Vanites fame) wrote some 80...
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Jun 3, 20162 min read
Green, Green Grass of Home
In less than four full days, I will be winging my way from my South Florida redoubt northward to the great and sovereign state of Iowa...
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May 28, 20162 min read
Bernie Should Be Burned Up
Here’s the headline in the New York Daily News this week: “KING: Hillary Clinton should quit presidential race as email scandal engulfs...
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May 8, 20162 min read
Unforgettable
Sunnyside Swing Revival It’s a Sin to Tell a Lie, and I’m not about to sin on Sunday, much less Mothers Day. Mom would be dismayed. So I...
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Apr 27, 20161 min read
Sunrise at the Rotary
I’m in a dream where snow is piled up in this parking lot, covering the cars, but out of nowhere mine appears, the snow having been...
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Apr 19, 20163 min read
The Jesus Jew
Bernie Sanders Many, if not most, of those in the conservative camp of the American electorate are evangelicals who think of the United...
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Apr 2, 20161 min read
Manalapan Show Slashes Price in Half
THIS JUST IN!!! The show Reflections tonight at the Palm Beaches Theatre in Manalapan is offering its remaining tickets at half price....
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Mar 25, 20162 min read
Dancin’, Pickin,’ Strummin’ ‘n’ Hummin’
Billy Rogan, kneeling; Chloe Dolandis, white dress; dancers For my book signing appearance at the Rotary Club of Palm Beach on Thursday,...
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Mar 13, 20161 min read
Jazz — No Jive
Mark Doyle On Saturday night in the Palm Beaches, jazz was breaking out all O-o-Verrrrr! Swing into spring was the unsung, but...
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Mar 12, 20164 min read
Bernie Better for Blacks
Bernie Sanders If Bernie Sanders got half the black vote, he’d beat Hillary Clinton hands down, in my not-so humble opinion. The Southern...
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Feb 29, 20162 min read
Hark! He speaketh.
Clarence Thomas BULLETIN! Close on the heels of the sudden death of one of the U.S. Supreme Court’s most controversial members, another...
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Feb 25, 20164 min read
A Badge on Their Shoulder
This week, I had a date with a judge. A male judge. No, not in a bar – before the bar. The South County Courthouse in Delray Beach,...
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Feb 12, 20163 min read
Environmental Setback
The U.S. Supreme Court’s surprising decision this week to block the Obama administration’s attempt to regulate emissions from coal-fired...
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Jan 22, 20162 min read
Book Signing
Lake Park Library OMG, I have a book signing tomorrow – that’s Saturday, Jan. 23 – and haven’t even let anyone know about it. Yikes! It’s...
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Jan 18, 20164 min read
Cruel Cruz
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz Last week, I penned an open letter to a friend, delineating why his intention to vote for Donald Trump was abysmally...
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Jan 12, 20161 min read
Writing Is Half the Babble
An illustrious new literary blog has just emerged: Book Club Babble. It’s run by six gals who know how to write and know good writing....
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Jan 8, 20162 min read
Book Deal of the Day
Oh, it’s signing time again, you’re gonna join me … Ray Charles With apologies to Ray Charles, it’s book signing time again for yours...
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Jan 3, 20161 min read
BOOK GIVE-AWAY
FREE!!! FREEBIE!!! A FREE BOOK!!! Was that loud enough? Do I have your attention? Okay, here’s the deal: Tomorrow, Monday, January 4 of...
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Dec 29, 20151 min read
Enormous Temperature Increase
Check out this story about a massive storm that’s supposed to be developing in the North Atlantic, which is supposed to raise the...
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