The Anonymous Client By JP Hailey (Parnell Hall) ISBN: 978-1-936441-22-8, e-book edition released 2011, 232 pages. This is another fast-paced novel featuring criminal defense attorney, Steve Winslow. The protagonist is clever and so is the novel. It’s also slick, amusing and entertaining. The author has a good sense of his readers and their likely primary […]
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Friday’s Odds and Ends
Thomas Sowell had a thoughtful column this past week answering the question, Does Constitution still matter in modern times. This was in response to commentary following the Supreme Court’s decision that it is okay to sell violent video games to minors. Some analysts have said that the Constitution is out of date because the framers
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Casey Anthony – Did she or didn’t she?
I didn’t plan on writing about the Casey Anthony trial. I’ve avoided the topic since the beginning when the murder case first started to build around her. I didn’t want to be another journalist adding to the media frenzy revolving around an extremely dysfunctional family and the death of an innocent child. That stance changed,
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Happy Fourth of July
Just making a brief appearance today to wish all my American friends a Happy Fourth of July. Hope you are having a wonderful holiday weekend with lots of friends, family, and good times. My long-time followers may recall that I also celebrate my birthday on the Fourth, although I am not nearly as old as
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Friday’s Odds and Ends
A five-year-old boy shot a four-year-old boy at a playground in Hillcrest Heights, Md., about 10 miles southeast of Washington, D.C.. Police wondert how a five-year-old had access to a gun. Good question. Do you suppose it could be the fault of some irresponsible parent? The judge in the Casey Anthony murder trial called a
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Guest Post from Slim Randles
Thank goodness I can always count on one of my friends to supply me with an article when I need something new for my blog. Slim is a terrific writer, and even though I no longer publish his columns in the online magazine I used to manage, he still sends them for me to enjoy
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Monday Morning Musings
Last week I read a column in The Dallas Morning News by Steve Chapman who raised the issue of environmental changes that have dire consequences and some people who pretend no danger exists. He cited a comment by Sarah Palin who was attending a motorcycle rally and said, “I love that smell of emissions.” She
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Book Review – Invisible Path by Marilyn Meredith
Invisible PathBy Marilyn MeredithISBN: 978-1-60659-239-7Ebook ISBN: 978-1-60659-238-02010 Release fromMundania Press. 224 pages This charming story from a veteran author is the ninth in her series of Tempe Crabtree crime novels. Tempe is a deputy sheriff in the small town of Bear Creek near an Indian reservation in the mountains of central California. A young man
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Friday’s Odds and Ends
The Dallas ISD spent $57 milllion over a four year period on pricey mieals, costly consulting contracts and hotels. Meanwhile, teachers were paying out of pocket for students to eat during travel to UIL competitions because travel expenses for students was cut. Do I even have to ask what is wrong with that picture? Columnist,
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Summertime Blues
Here is an excerpt from my humorous memoir, A Dead Tomato Plant and a Paycheck, which is now under consideration by a publisher. The book is a compilation of columns I wrote when my kids were young and I figured if I found a way to laugh at our foibles, maybe I would survive. Once