There is a passage that alone is worth the price of this book, at least for me. Anyone who has read the pages of Dragon City Journal is aware of the contempt…
In honor of the 2008 Beijing Olympics that will open this week this essay reprises the story of Jim’s bid to represent his country in the 2004 Olympics. He is…
Two of the main pillars of the American Dream are the house and the car. The privately-owned home, the equity in which comprises the stored wealth of most Americans, and…
The following essay is taken from my book, The Stranger is Me: Journeys and Self-Discoveries, 2007 (available from Amazon.com.) Heliopolis, Egypt, 1989. Mahmoud looked worried. That wasn’t a good sign;…
15 July 2008. In a speech today in New Mexico John McCain said, ” I know how to win wars, I know how to win wars. I will turn around…
Religion has been responsible for numerous wars over the centuries, probably more than any other cause. From the Crusades to Kosovo, and before and after, people seem to think that…
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both Robert Frost, “The Road Not Taken” (1915) Life is nothing if not a succession of choices.…
When actor Richard Gere suggested at a gathering in Central Park on behalf of the policemen and firemen who had worked the World Trade Center attack that America perhaps should…
“What goes around, comes around,” some people like to say, with the expectation that, in personal or social history, one just has to stand still and things will catch up…
“Succor us out of the city.” (2 Samuel 18:3) I my new novel (to be unabashedly promotional) the protagonist muses that “You can love a city, but don’t expect it to love…