crime

The Grand and Gruesome Tradition of Spousal Murder

Anybody married has at one time or another pondered however briefly the idea of doing away with his or her spouse or long term lover.   It’s natural.   You can lie about it and claim self-righteous indignity, but I seriously doubt if your spouses demise wasn’t at least cause for a flash of speculation. [...]

Gordon Basichis Interviewed on Today’s Author on The Guys Who Spied for China

Blog Radio talk show host, David Ewen, recently interviewed Gordon Basichis on Today’s Author.    The radio show dealt with Basichis’ recently published novel, The Guys Who Spied for China. The Guys Who Spied for China is a roman a clef based on the author’s experience helping to uncover Chinese Espionage Networks that were operating [...]

David Ewen to Interview Gordon Basichis on “Today’s Author” Radio Show

Today’s Author host, David Ewen will be interviewing author Gordon Basichis on Thursday, May 5th, at 8:30 P.M. Eastern Time.   The topic of discussion is Basichis’ new book, “The Guys Who Spied for China.” The novel is a roman a clef and chronicles the author’s real life experiences uncovering Chinese Espionage Networks in the [...]

Getting Real About Immigration Reform

Illegal Immigration is largely like the weather.   To quote Mark Twain, “Everybody talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about it.”    Of course that isn’t entirely true with regard to immigration as different states and even local municipalities have attempted to put into law statues that would in various ways limit the [...]

The Vintage Whine of Academia

Some years ago when asked his opinion about campus politics, Henry Kissinger said, “University politics are vicious precisely because the stakes are so small.”   This was an interesting response and one that has endured with me for quite some time.    Nevertheless,  when confronting academia, socially or otherwise,  it isn’t long before  Kissinger’s explanation of the [...]