Browsing all posts in March, 2013.

Sikhs Continue To Lead The Way In Religious Tolerance

“SIKHS built four doors to the Golden Temple at Amritsar, in north India, to welcome believers from all four corners of their earth. But in the five centuries since, few religions have followed that tolerant example. Hindus and Muslims fight fiercely over religious ruins in ancient Ayodhya. Christians have long wrangled among themselves, and with […]

Thank You Readers! All Over The World. Thank You!

I was wandering around my office the other day looking for a copy of one of my older thrillers. And ran across a section that contains some of the foreign editions. I think I’ve been translated into 23 languages and don’t know how many countries that spans. I stopped. And realized that in the press […]

It’s The Sheep That Are Polarizing US Politics!

I originally wrote this piece for Dvorak Uncensored, the blog for my good friend, John Dvorak. Not the useful four-legged species that give us sweaters and butterflied leg of lamb with mint jelly. Nope, we’re talking the far less helpful, two-legged kind, you know: Democrats and Republicans. A USA Today Poll out today identified the […]

Bestsellers: The Easy, Sleazy Way

When all the bets are down on a particular book and a bestseller is what’s gotta happen, publishers — and now authors — have ways of buying their way onto the bestseller lists. I’m not talking just about the megabucks for megabooks promotions that anointed authors can count on. SLEAZE ROCKET LAUNCH IN 3 … […]