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Spare the Hyphen and Spoil the Phrase
It’s been a long time since The Grammar Grouch has groaned and moaned, and he’s getting testy. Time for him to purge those damned,...
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Sep 7, 20181 min read
It’s a Mystery
Yul Brynner, The King and I Hello, young readers, whoever you are, Or if you’re old, or almost. All my good pages go with you tonight,...
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Aug 28, 20183 min read
The Thrill Has Come
The life of an author is full of ups and downs, like the Amazon rankings on hiser (my gender-neutral pronoun) books. One becomes addicted...
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Jul 31, 20181 min read
Correction
A subscriber pointed out that, in my post titled An Open Letter, which went out today, I made an error. The skirmish for which Bill...
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Jul 31, 20186 min read
An Open Letter
In context: I wrote this more than a week ago in response to a tirade that I received from a subscriber, which was full of...
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Jul 15, 20183 min read
Cheesy vs. Cultured
Norton Museum of Art Les Nuages Donald Trump can trash our allies and praise our enemies all he wants, but his treasonous activities of...
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Jul 6, 20183 min read
Rather Accessible
Me (left); Dan Rather, holding my book As if the Palm Beaches weren’t home to enough celebs, including authors in various genres, the...
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Jun 29, 20182 min read
Serpico Redux
Remember Serpico? The 1973 hit movie by director Sidney Lumet, starring Al Pacino. You don’t? It was before your time? Hey, it was only...
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Jun 19, 20181 min read
FREE BOOK, BABY!
Here in southeast Florida, it’s hot, folks. Now, I’m a little weird: I love it. No AC during the day, 79 degrees at night, with a...
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Jun 17, 20181 min read
Free Books!
If you still haven’t signed up for this contest, it’s not to late. The contest runs through Wednesday, June 20. It costs nothing to...
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Jun 17, 20183 min read
The Biggest Grammar Goof
Fred Barbash At the risk of sounding obsessive, I must once again bring up an egregious grammatical error that is popping up with ever...
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Jun 12, 20181 min read
Book Giveaway Contest
Hello, young book lovers, whoever you are … Uh, oh, you may be too young to be familiar with that augmented lyric from The King and I,...
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Jun 9, 20182 min read
Exploitation
President Trump/GOP congressional leaders I for the life of me can think of only two things that have benefited our economy under Trump:...
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Jun 7, 20184 min read
Witness for the Prosecution
For an author, acquiring book reviews on Amazon is a difficult task, at best. Amazon imposes strict restrictions on the posting of...
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Jun 2, 20183 min read
Publix and Politics
Letters to the Editor of the Palm Beach Post reveal that, to some patrons, shopping at Publix no longer is a pleasure, but a pain. The...
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May 28, 20182 min read
Truth and Fiction
The reality of the chaos in the current White House becomes wearisome after a while, and an escape into fiction is like a breath of fresh...
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May 20, 20183 min read
A Confluence of Books
More and more, people are becoming concerned about what is happening in our federal government. On “I was an accountant, and I’m not a...
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May 11, 20182 min read
Murder as Backdrop
Lauren Doyle Owens Though I’ve authored two murder mysteries – one, more of a legal thriller, awaiting a publisher – the murder fiction...
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May 9, 20184 min read
Hatred and Revenge
President Trump Five detrimental, even dangerous, ramifications of President Trump’s decision to pull out of the nuclear deal with Iran...
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May 7, 20183 min read
Just Between You and Me …
The English language, in the United States at least, is in free fall. Everywhere – in newspapers, periodicals, online stock market...
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