The problem in America is not fake news; it’s not journalists with an agenda, it’s not secret backroom meetings of newspaper editors crafting the most critical, or the most praiseworthy, headlines about the President. We have met the enemy, and…

Hanging On While rummaging through what is known in most households as the junk drawer, I came across this medal. It is a Good Conduct medal issued to my father during his service in the United States Marine Corps. I…

Choices: You Make’em You Own ’em The Jerry Tillinghast Story   Now available at the pre-release price of $2.99 for Kindle, the long-awaited story of Jerry Tillinghast as only he could tell it. Click here for the Amazon link. Order it…

Anyone who reads the pieces I write understands I am blunt and forthright about organizational racism–targeted toward people of color–and its existence on Police Departments. Yet such open discussion, necessary to identify and eliminate the problem, is hindered when someone…

The other day, while shopping for a few items at a local grocery store, the ambient music playing in the background was Pinball Wizard by The Who. An ancient looking guy walked by, playing air guitar and singing EVERY SINGLE…

Everyone deserves a second chance. One might even argue you get three strikes, but in any case after that, they must pay the price. In the last few months, two officers were killed and two officers wounded in three separate…

I recently heard a story of a female Irish citizen, married to an American, who claimed she was subjected to a strip search in the presence of several male and female TSA agents. She claimed that they used a camera…

We are in Harrisville, New Hampshire for a few weeks. My wife is attending a weaving workshop, and I have the entire day to focus on finishing up my next book. (More on that later!) Harrisville (pop. 961), right outside…

The depth to which supporters of this President will sink is stunning. From parsing words, would means wouldn’t or shouldn’t or couldn’t, to resurrecting long discredited stories of Uranium deals and Obama “emptying” the Treasury to give cash to Iranians…

The prevailing trend to choose what one believes in the media is not just problematic, it is dangerous. According to some media outlets, there are two virulent plaques in America. The first is that the police are killing people in…