Since we’re all so sick of the political news and, especially, what it dredges-up about some of the worst aspects of human behavior, here’s a great story about something different. Something much more positive—that all of us can practice every day to make the community around us better. And we don’t need politicians to be involved!
The story …
Those of us who live in the U.S. know there are big animals in our country—in zoos and in elusive herds in Yellowstone Park, for instance. But in South Africa, big game lives all around people, all of the time. My wife and I spent a couple of weeks there and the closeness of Nature was extraordinary.
Here’s …
My wife and i spent a couple weeks in South Africa recently. Apartheid ended 22 years ago and we experienced how race relations are progressing there today. How do they compare with race relations in the U.S?
A congressional majority passed a new law recently allowing 9/11 victims’ families to sue the country of Saudi Arabia for compensation. President Obama vetoed the bill but congress over-rode the veto and passed the law. See article in NY Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/29/us/politics/senate-votes-to-override-obama-veto-on-9-11-victims-bill.html
Why the Saudi Arabia lawsuit veto-override is wrong.
I’m a lawyer but not a diplomat or international …
The media, and certain politicians, keep screaming that crime is out-of-control in the U.S. Our cities are worse than the fighting in Syria. “It’s a slaughter out there,” one politician said. We citizens wonder and start to worry: is crime up or down? What’s the truth?
Here’s the answer.
In 1929 the police chiefs of dozens of American …
I’ve been writing for publication since I was in high school. Well . . . the publication was the school newspaper! Over the years I continued to write, learn more, and grow as a writer. That’s because of three activities to become a writer. Here they are:
Knowing that I’m a published writer, people ask me all the time—how to get published. In my last post, I covered the two models that are used today: traditional publishing where an author sells his work to a publishing company. Independent publishing is where the author (with the help of a publishing company) does most of the work …
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