What is so challenging about writing fiction? How could that be hard? That was the question an acquaintance asked me recently. I was mildly annoyed at the question, but I realized that to many people, fiction is simply entertainment. And...
Why Liberal values are American values "You are a contentious person....and probably a Liberal," started a recent response to an article I published on abortion rights. Contentious? Possibly. Liberal? Absolutely. Seems these days Conservatives have convinced themselves, and some of the American public,...

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I am the product of a California public school education, from the day I entered kindergarten in Los Angeles to the day I graduated high school in 1968. I received a very good education—not a spectacular one, but a...
Whether an old fellow virtual traveler or joining me late, come, come, do we have a date?

J’accuse…!

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Émile Zola wrote an open letter to then president of France  in 1898 that was published on the front page of  L'Aurore, a liberal paper.  It was concerning  the scapegoating to cover up corruption and espionage in the military...
Well, the time has come to ask, since I have been unable to discern an answer on my own.  I have conducted some serious literature review over the last few months and can find no relevant studies on the...
More on Understanding the Past... Costs of Goods Sold (COGS) as it relates to sales... Sales, COGS and the time shift...
When I went to find my sister's grave, I didn't expect tot get a lesson in my family's dysfunction.
Sell out.  Troll central.  Rag.  Real Posters of Huffington {{spit}} County. Whatever you want to say about HP {{spit}} and what it was/is/is becoming, it seems we owe it a debt of gratitude.  It is the place I happened upon...
A Brief History of Sales - Understanding the past... If you already have a business, it's time to gather all the information you can before you start.