I’d like to take this opportunity to congratulate those of you who took the opportunity to participate in the No Kings March held on October 18. You were successful, the United States of America does not have a king. Sorry to inform you, but that was settled long, long ago when we declared our independence.  I do respect everyone’s right to participate in the march, it is a right that is guaranteed by the Constitution of The United States. I have to agree that the majority of

I just re-read the long, silly letter by John Bowers, published in the Tribune on October 8. He compares Democrats to dogs who chase sticks. According to Mr. Bowers, the Democrats are “corrupt.” They have “no sense of humor,” (actually, I find this letter pretty funny.) “They have a low IQ,” and they “tried to kill Trump twice.” They have “no experience with intelligence.” He repeats some of Trump’s insulting playground names for his opponents, and so on with more ridiculous

A new report by a Virginia-based company suggests that bird droppings on your car may not be as random as you might believe. The report is based on survey results and ornithological research. Writing for the Gizmodo Newsletter, Gayoung Lee states that the report’s conclusions “reveal a mix of expected yet surprising insights into the relationship between avian bowel activity and vehicle appearance.”  The “Bird Dropping Report” was published by Alan’s Factory Outlet and it con

Harlan Coben is a best-selling author whose previous novel, The Stranger, has been the basis for a Netflix series.According to the cover of The Woods (2007, 404 pages in both hardback and softback), this work, too, is coming to Netflix.Coben’s novels have been translated into 45 languages and he’s sold more than 75 million copies of his mystery/thrillers worldwide.He’s on the short list of my favorite contemporary authors. In The Woods, Paul Copeland, prosecutor for the Distr

Our national government and corporate titans rob the poor to feed the rich. We vote for politicians who fail us. Working-class Americans feel left behind.  We struggle to recover from a worldwide pandemic that killed hundreds of thousands of Americans, shuttered small businesses, and divided communities with anger and distrust. Small men threaten war. Gun violence headlines our newspapers. Racism infects hearts and minds. Snake oil salesmen take advantage of religious believe

Let there be no mistake about it: The reduction in the price of certain weight control and reduction drugs that was negotiated by Mr. Trump is another gift to the well-to-do. Specifically, the drugs in question are Zepbound, a product of Eli Lilly, and Ozempic and Wegovy, offered by Novo Nordisk.  The price of these drugs will be lowered for eligible patients on Medicare and Medicaid, as well as for those who choose to use the TrumpRx website. According to Jennifer Jacobs, re

I’m not sure if Sandra Brown knows how to write a novel without at least one steamy sex scene. She is the counterpoint to John Grisham who probably couldn’t write a sex scene if his life depended upon it. But the thing that gets me about Sandra Brown is that she writes great novels, wonderful plots, believable characters. I’ve read many of her books, and find the blow-by-blow scenes of carnal intimacy to be irrelevant. After I finished a few of her novels, I learned to spot t

Well, the elections didn’t go the way I had hoped, but they did go the way I thought. Proposition 50 was a given, or a Gavin. California voters are predictable. East Coast, however, is a misunderstanding. They think the “Robin Hood” theory is a form of government. Socialism and Communism is a smoke screen. Kinda like hemp. It makes you feel good for a short time.