Like It Or Not, Collectively Trump is Our Guy
Time for Some Tough Love Like many others, I woke this morning to the news I was expecting by the time I went to bed, on election eve. Mr. Trump…
Aliens, Humans and First Contact…
Seriously...is anybody out there? Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve seen the kerfuffle over what we used to call UFOs. Until 2022 we called them unidentified aerial phenomena…
Love, Giving and Taking
It's A Fine Line Recently, I ran across an article here on Medium, published in “Hello, Love.” It showed up in my feed a couple days ago and the post’s…
Romance, Ownership and Exclusivity
There is a default assumption with which we have grown up about romance and love. We have been educated (most of us) to believe that there’s one perfect fit for…
President Biden and Democratic Bedwetting
All the angst and prognostications of gloom post-debate reveal a central reality most of the politically astute have always known. Democrats’ timidity to the point of near-paralysis is almost a…
People, Honor and Power
What the Marines I Led Taught Me Khe Sanh, Quang Tri Province, Republic of Viet Nam, 1968 (Combat Camera, Public Domain) Last Memorial Day, my neighbor and I—Vietnam era vets—were…
Focusing on What Really Matters…
There’s been a lot of ink spilled, recently, over the seemingly endless litany of problems confronting us as U.S. citizens. And no, it’s not all in your head. In 2024…
Like Wind I Go-A Short Story of Love and Loss
Iowa State Campanile Carillion Photo by Patrick Keep with our thanks The Campanile chimes the quarter hour. As though awakened by the bells, the autumn wind stirs, teasing my neck,…
Knolan Culture Versus Kurrithaali Culture
Different but Like... Among the first things most Kurrithäali (Earth) people will notice about the Knolans when they meet one for the first time is how similar they are to…
Romance-Dream Vs. Reality
Romance-Dream Versus Reality People who know me well know that my writing focuses on contemporary fiction and science fiction—both of which come at you with a dollop or two of…