You’ve probably followed the tragic story from Sanford, Florida where George Zimmerman fatally shot Trayvon Martin over some disagreement. There were no witnesses, other than the victim and Mr. Zimmerman, and the only evidence is the 911 recordings and Mr. Z’s version.
It appears that Mr. Zimmerman was a local “watch captain” carrying a gun, who thought Trayvon …
Watch for my new book, Fallout, coming out June 1!!!
In my last post, I recommended travel book writer Rick Steves’ new book called, Travel as a Political Act. Among other great insights that he’s learned from his travels throughout Europe, he has a chapter on a common problem for both the U.S. and Europe: drugs. http://travelstore.ricksteves.com/catalog/index.cfm?fuseaction=product&theParentId=163&id=385…
Last week, I heard the travel writer and guide, Rick Steves, speak in Minneapolis. Among other great insights that he mentioned, he promoted his new book, Travel as a Political Act. http://travelstore.ricksteves.com/catalog/index.cfm?fuseaction=product&theParentId=163&id=385
I bought it, read it, and highly recommend it. In one of his chapters, he writes about the different approach Europe takes (generally) from the …
What if you knew the kids who lived with their family next door to you were being abused? Not being fed? Or never went to school? Is there anything the courts could do to protect and help those kids?
In the last fifteen years in Minnesota the number of child protection cases has skyrocketed. The local (county) …
In a recent New York Times editorial, http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/05/opinion/sunday/facebook-is-using-you.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=facebook%20is%20using%20you&st=cse
Lori Andrews exposed how Facebook is using each one of us by collecting data from our Facebook pages to sell to marketing people–exposing our every activity as if we were naked.
The amount of material about us that Facebook sells to others is stunning. Last year, Facebook made $3.2 billion…
My first book, Reprisal, is about a terrorist who steals smallpox virus from Russia in an attempt to infect school children in Minnesota and start a pandemic. Little did I know that non-terrorist scientists may have created a potential plague–much worse than small pox. See the editorial in a recent issue of The New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/08/opinion/sunday/an-engineered-doomsday.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=An+engineered+doomsday&st=nyt
Scientists …
While researching background material for a new book that I’m working on, I’ve studied the odd crime of arson. It’s one of the easiest crimes to commit but also one of the hardest for law enforcement to solve.
Last post, I looked at the recently arrested arsonist, Harry Burkhart, who is alleged to have started more than 50 …
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