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After the Uvalde TX killings, two Facebook users (one of whom is unknown to me) took me to task for using the phrase "military-style r...

Important news: this “classic” Abbott and Costello film from 1952 is now out on BluRay:   https://www.classicflix.com/blog/2022/04/18/jack-a...

249 pp. Hard Case Crime/Titan Books. London. 2014. ISBN 978-1-78116-777-9 This is a reprint of a novel originally published in 1961 under ...

The Pagan God: Popular Religion in the Greco-Roman Near East   by Javier Teixidor The idea of a pagan god has a certain creepy attraction. ...

  Revelator by Daryl Gregory My rating: 5 of 5 stars How much did I like this book? So much that I began it on Wednesday night and finish...

  Message from Malaga by Helen MacInnes My rating: 3 of 5 stars Originally published in 1971, this espionage novel is indeed a "good...

Fair Warning by Michael Connelly My rating: 4 of 5 stars I was pleasantly surprised to find myself enjoying this book. I didn't pa...

Morgan le Fay, King Arthur’s half-sister (sometimes called Morgana), is involved in the current plot in the Prince Valiant comic strip.  Thi...

by Theodore Dreiser Library of America, New York  972 pages. ISBN 978-1-931082-310. This outstanding novel is based on the true story of t...

A Girl's Life in the Incredible String Band By Rose Simpson. Strange Attractor Press. 2020. 264 pages. ISBN 978-1-90-7222672. I liked...

by Stephen King Pocket Books. 2008.  800 pages. ISBN-13: 978-1416552963 This is a superior entry in the King canon. As you'd expect, it...

by Irwin Shaw Dell Publishing Co. New York. 1951.  509 pages. ISBN 0-440-18608-0 My rating: 4 of 5 stars The Communist witch hunt of t...

By Danielle Trussoni Viking New York. 2013. 320 pages.  ISBN-13: 978-1-101-60606-3 Angelopolis by Danielle Trussoni My rating: 4 of 5 star...

Prepare for frustration when it's your turn to be vaccinated. Scheduling an appointment is a major headache. That's the case even t...

23 Actresses Who Suffered Early Deaths, Accidents, Missteps, Illnesses and Tragedies  By Laura Wagner McFarland & Company, Inc. Jefferso...

My favorite radio station is WQED-FM , a classical music channel. Normally I listen for a couple of hours each day. But WQED has been off...

Noted music critic and English hipster Richard Williams has just published a list of his favorite disco songs.  When he was writing for Melo...

by Michael S. Schmidt Random House. New York. 2020. 432 pages. ISBN 978-1-9848-5466-7 This is a responsible, well-researched account. Schmid...

 I’ve just signed my mail-in ballot for the November 2020 election. I voted for Joe Biden. Not Donald Trump. And I shall tell you why.   T...

The often-seen statement "We support our police" strikes me as too broad.  My support is conditional. I support police officers wh...