The End of Society as We Know It? A Review of The Unwinding
The bestselling books of the past few years include several young adult dystopian series, dark tales of life after environmental devastation (Paolo Bacigalupi’s Ship Breaker) and/or the takeover of the...
View ArticleOn Sports, Race, and Life: An Interview with Author Kevin Waltman
Kevin Waltman’s YA novel NEXT (Cinco Puntos Press, 2013) is the first in a four-book series that chronicles the high school years of talented basketball player Derrick (D-Bow) Bowen. As a freshman,...
View ArticleFuturistic Settings, Contemporary Observations: Recommended Recent Sci-Fi for...
Despite the supposedly ground-breaking nature of literary fiction, genre fiction – mysteries and thrillers, and science fiction – have often become the place where hard-hitting themes of social...
View ArticlePrince John’s Tax Bill
Like many parents of young children in the 1990s, I sometimes sat my kiddies in front of the television, popped in a VHS tape, and enjoyed the 90 minutes of “me time” that followed. My daughter and son...
View ArticleThe Country that Loves its Guns and Pets More than it Loves its People
Yes, I know that is a generalization (the title of this post), and I do not mean it literally. I do believe figuratively it contains all too many elements of truth, however. Also, I am not interested...
View ArticleIs It Too Rational for Americans?
Several years ago, it occurred to me that we are a sufficiently rich country to be able to guarantee a specific annual income to all people in the country. We could quibble here….to all citizens? to...
View ArticleRandom Thoughts
Not really random. I am writing disparate comments on many issues being discussed in public these days. For example, there is the issue of gerrymandering. My main point is that it is not simple as a...
View ArticleThe Least of These?
I know how important our peace promoting topics are when they address various kinds of hostile actions or potential actions among nations or among other large aggressive groups. We are totally...
View ArticleIt’s That Word Again…
Yes, “interconnectedness” is going to keep slapping us in the face until we pay attention. Whether we talk about the low value of African American family wealth in this county in comparison to white...
View ArticleGuns, Guns, Guns
I am not being very subtle with my title this time nor attempting to be creative. Aside from the corona virus, we can link a gun culture to almost everything else we are faced with. Back in the...
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