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Author, former foreign correspondent for the Chicago Tribune, and Dean & Professor Emeritus of the College of Media at the University of Illinois, his acclaimed works are now available through this site.
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An Invitation to Read Chapter 4 of Book #1 in the Award-Winning “Finding Billy Battles” Series
Dear Reader, Today and every Saturday for the next few weeks, I will be sharing, at no cost, several chapters of Book #1 in the Finding Billy Battles series on Substack. My objective in writing the Finding Billy Battles series was to tell a compelling story by weaving fact and …
Tomorrow Read Chapter 4 of the Award-Winning “Finding Billy Battles” Series–Gratis
Dear Reader, Tomorrow and every week for the next few weeks, I will be sharing, at no cost, several chapters of Book #1 in the Finding Billy Battles series on Substack. My objective in writing the Finding Billy Battles series was to tell a compelling story by weaving fact and …
An Invitation to Read Chapter 3 of Book #1 in the Award-Winning “Finding Billy Battles” Series
Dear Reader, As a Substack columnist, I have often wondered if the Substack platform might be a good place to introduce readers to my books. The thought occurred to me that perhaps serializing or posting a few chapters of the first book in my Finding Billy Battles series might be …
Tomorrow Read Chapter 3 of the Award-Winning “Finding Billy Battles” Series–Gratis
Dear Reader, As a Substack columnist, I have often wondered if the Substack platform might be a good place to introduce readers to my books. The thought occurred to me that perhaps serializing or posting a few chapters of the first book in my Finding Billy Battles series might be …
A Few Observations on the Violent Protests in Los Angeles
Don’t let the legacy media scam you by calling the Los Angeles immigration riots “mostly peaceful.” They are not. They are mostly violent and exceedingly destructive. Second, judging from the proliferation of Mexican, Venezuelan, Palestinian, and other non-American flags rioters are waving in the faces of Los Angeles police, ICE …
An Invitation to Read (Gratis) Chapters 1 & 2 of Book #1 in the Award-Winning “Finding Billy Battles” Series
Dear Reader, As a Substack columnist, I have often wondered if the Substack platform might be a good place to introduce readers to my books. The thought occurred to me that perhaps serializing or posting a few chapters of the first book in my Finding Billy Battles series might be …
Remembering Tiananmen Square: A Massacre that Foretold China’s Ingrained Malevolence
As Washington watches China pursue political and military domination in Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and now, apparently, in Latin America, it’s clear to me that our leaders and Americans, in general, have short memories about how brutal the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) can be. That’s one reason why …
A Retrospective on the Tiananmen Square Massacre Tomorrow
Considering the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) continued threats against Taiwan, its menacing alliance with Russia and Iran, its antagonistic presence in Venezuela, Brazil, and a few other Latin American nations, and the thousands of spies and military operatives China dispatched to our nation during the feckless Biden Administration, what happened …
An Invitation to Read (Gratis) Book #1 of the Award-Winning “Finding Billy Battles” Series
Dear Reader, As a Substack columnist, I have often wondered if the Substack platform might be a good place to introduce readers to my books. The thought occurred to me that perhaps serializing or posting a few chapters of the first book in my Finding Billy Battles series might be …
An Invitation to Read (at no cost) Book #1 of the Award-Winning “Finding Billy Battles” Series
One of the frustrations for many authors is finding a way to get their books in front of potential readers. Unless you have penned a blockbuster for one of the Big Five publishers and have benefited from one of their big-ticket publicity and marketing campaigns, your work might remain unread …
Was it an Oval Office Ambush or a Rare Opportunity to Watch How the Sausage is Made?
Like many Americans, I watched the extraordinary meeting between President Trump and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa last Wednesday. It was one of the most fascinating encounters I have ever witnessed. President Ramaphosa was in the Oval Office, hat in hand, seeking to restore more than $1 billion of U.S. …
Throw the Bums Out!
There are more than 1.1 million international students attending American universities—an all-time high, according to the Open Doors 2024 Report on International Educational Exchange. The Open Doors Report—the leading annual benchmark for international educational exchange in the United States—is published by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and …
