I just heard that ex-NFL star Merlin Olsen died at the age of 69 yesterday from complications from cancer. He was in the NFL a little before my time, but of course I knew of him from the broadcast booth as well as his role on Little House on the Prairie and his stint as [...]
Summary: In this book, author Ronald Kessler attempts to give readers a behind-the-scenes look at what goes into protecting the President of the United States, as well as other high-profile people. The author begins with a brief history of the Secret Service, and then talks about how the agency grew into its current role of [...]
Thanks to Apple’s entry into the e-book market, prices for best-sellers can be expected to go up in the near future. Amazon.com introduced Kindle two years ago, and priced best-sellers at $9.99. But publishers whined and moaned about that price not being reflective of the work that goes into a book (or whatever). With Apple [...]
Plot summary (with spoilers): The action of this novel takes place a few months after what happened in Sweetheart (book 2 of the series). Serial Killer Gretchen Lowell is again on the loose in the Portland area, while homicide detective Archie Sheridan is in a mental hospital recovering from his wounds and addictions — both [...]
Plot summary (with spoilers): At some unspecified point in the future, books are banned and firemen, instead of being called to put out fires, are called to ignite them. This is Ray Bradbury’s vision of a dystopic United States in his 1953 novel Fahrenheit 451. The protagonist in the story is Guy Montag, a fireman [...]
Summary: In A Slobbering Love Affair, subtitled “The True (And Pathetic) Story of the Torrid Romance Between Barack Obama and the Mainstream Media” author Bernard Goldberg shows a number of ways in which the media basically gave Barack Obama a pass during the 2007 primaries and the 2008 presidential campaign. Time and time again, the [...]