The Guys Who Spied for China on Kindle Rank
I was pleased to see that my book, The Guys Who Spied for China, my Gordon Basichis roman a clef was listed on Kindle Rank as one of the Best Kindle Books. It is always nice when one’s work is regarded, and I spent quite some time living and writing this novel. Here is the [...]
The People We Love to Hate
Not long ago, on one of the book blog sites, some guy went out of his way to tell me how indifferent he was to my work. I responded once and asked him if he was so indifferent than why did he go out of his way to tell me. I thought if he had [...]
Will They Serve Frozen Yogurt At The Next Revolution?
All rhetoric aside, revolutions are not started by the poor. The poor may contribute later on, or pile in and take the revolution to certain extremes, but they are not the ones who start it. I realize it is romantic to think of the poor rising up to break the yoke of poverty, but [...]
The Civil Rights Lesson from a Randy Chinese Swinger
When you think of China, you don’t think of it as a particularly sexy place. Probably the Chinese don’t even think of China as a particularly sexy place as they tend to take their lead in sexual conduct from the West. Nevertheless, with nearly 1.5 billion people, China is the most populated country in the [...]
When Drivers Can’t Drive Their Cars
We all think the other guy is a lousy driver. What’s odd, is that at least one out of five times. According to an article in Media Post a new report from the2010 GMAC Insurance National Drivers Test we are correct in our assessment. At that is before we delve into our biases in the [...]