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Yes, please.

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SNHU Online MFA Associate Dean Paul Witcover and instructor Melissa Hart were kind enough to have me on their Wireside Chat show to discuss the pacing and structure of thrillers, how to develop your unique voice as a writer, and quite a bit more. passionandpracticality.podbean.com/e/wireside-c...

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“Let them raise chickens” is the new “Let them eat cake…”

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NYT gift article: The deeper one probes Trump’s psyche, the more horrifying the revelations. “Expect the worst.” www.nytimes.com/2025/03/04/o...

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People who buy used rental cars must never have rented cars. It’s like shopping for a new home and buying a defunct frat house.

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Beautifully written. Poets seem to write the best essays.

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“The court could threaten to hold the president in contempt. But that threat would be hollow: Without the support of federal marshals, who answer to Mr. Trump’s attorney general… the court cannot enforce its order. And Congress, for its part, will almost certainly line up behind Mr. Trump…”

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Both Paul and Hank are smarter than me, but I used to be able to come up with killer headlines…

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When Michael Wolff or whoever writes the contemporary history of this administration, the title is ripe for the taking: Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly

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Incredible story, with a built-in hero in the university police detective who decided to find the truth where other officials abjectly failed to perform a thorough investigation. Clint Eastwood should buy the rights and direct. Like he did with Richard Jewell.

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Waitress may turn out to be the best musical produced in the Chicago area this year. Don't miss Michelle Lauto's warm, funny, incandescent performance that made the Paramount in Aurora feel like Broadway during last night's opening. My review: chicagocultureauthority.com/2025/02/22/m...

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If you enjoy Martin Short in Only Murders in the Building, you'll love Jeff Skowron's off-the-wall sleuthing in the North American tour of Clue at Broadway in Chicago's CIBC Theatre. My review: chicagocultureauthority.com/2025/02/21/a...

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This is a brilliant idea. The best thing about it is it would create a go-to “both sides” response source on each policy area for national media addicted to that failed idea because it’s easier than determining what is true and what is false. Fight the battle presented to you and you can win it.

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As I’ve noted before, because we live in a mediasphere focused more on “both sidesing” than truth telling, shadow ministers have the added benefit of being go-to “official” sources of opposition that takes advantage of this state of play.

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We may never get to the bottom of this mystery: "… a December study documenting 10 domestic outdoor cats that died of H5N1 in South Dakota. It wasn’t clear how the cats contracted the virus, but some of the dead bodies had bird feathers around them." www.wsj.com/health/bird-...

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wapo.st/4gMBpsM

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This times a million. The last lines are perfect.

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Steppenwolf Theatre and playwright Sam Shepard go together like dynamite and a lit match. Case in point: Fool for Love, which opened tonight with a killer production that packs a hell of a lot of entertainment into just over an hour. My review: chicagocultureauthority.com/2025/02/08/a...

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Steppenwolf Theatre and playwright Sam Shepard go together like dynamite and a lit match. Case in point: Fool for Love, which opened tonight with a killer production that packs a hell of a lot of entertainment into just over an hour. My review: chicagocultureauthority.com/2025/02/08/a...

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Kara knows her shit.

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I am truly grateful for the blurbs my books receive. And of the writers who have declined, one remains a lovely acquaintance and the other I still deeply admire. (Both have blanket blurb bans.) But I think review snippets can move the needle more in some cases and I get the blurb fatigue.

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As we think about future failsafes should we somehow get our democratic republic back, it may make sense for Congress/the judiciary to set up policing agencies under their control. But who would prosecute under those circumstances? Keeps coming back to DOJ control, immunity ruling + pardon power.

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Exactly as I have been saying. Not alarmism, a logical analysis of the current state of play and its destructive implications.

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I think @jamellebouie.net is exactly right here. We have entered a new era and too many would-be opponents of Trump/Musk are too slow and reactive. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/o...

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Essential reading.

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The problem with this otherwise sound analysis is that it ignores the destruction of enforcement mechanisms. DOJ and all federal law enforcement is now a political arm of the White House (except postal inspectors and arguably U.S. Marshals). He controls the military. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/o...

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Indie options to buy ebooks is a good thing. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/28/b...

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I don’t believe I have ever seen this many savage reviews of one film from all manner of critics (except Peter Travers liked it, naturally). I had never heard of Rock the Kasbah, a 2015 Bill Murray vehicle directed by Barry Levinson. It’s apparently horrendous. www.rottentomatoes.com/m/rock_the_k...

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Thank goodness: after an outpouring of public dissent, Lackland reversed its terrible decision and will thankfully be teaching recruits about the Tuskegee airmen and the Women Airforce Service Pilots again. A reminder that we must always push back: www.expressnews.com/news/article...

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Nice to see McConnell on the side of the angels tonight. One gets the strong sense he loathes Trump and now that he's out of the leader's chair and not running again, he can do something about it. Octogenarian mutant ninja turtle.

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"An airport piano [in Chicago] was filthy and out of tune. [Josiah Jackson] fixed it during a layover." Free article: wapo.st/3Ww8EJU

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Um…

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With the Trump administration considering a Chicago trial run of its mass deportation initiative, the Friday opening of Jaja’s African Hair Braiding at Chicago Shakes after a well-received Broadway run could not have been more timely. My review: chicagocultureauthority.com/2025/01/19/j...

Yes, please.

SNHU Online MFA Associate Dean Paul Witcover and instructor Melissa Hart were kind enough to have me on their Wireside Chat show to discuss the pacing and structure of thrillers, how to develop your unique voice as a writer, and quite a bit more. passionandpracticality.podbean.com/e/wireside-c...

“Let them raise chickens” is the new “Let them eat cake…”

NYT gift article: The deeper one probes Trump’s psyche, the more horrifying the revelations. “Expect the worst.” www.nytimes.com/2025/03/04/o...

People who buy used rental cars must never have rented cars. It’s like shopping for a new home and buying a defunct frat house.

Beautifully written. Poets seem to write the best essays.

Both Paul and Hank are smarter than me, but I used to be able to come up with killer headlines…

When Michael Wolff or whoever writes the contemporary history of this administration, the title is ripe for the taking: Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly

Incredible story, with a built-in hero in the university police detective who decided to find the truth where other officials abjectly failed to perform a thorough investigation. Clint Eastwood should buy the rights and direct. Like he did with Richard Jewell.

Waitress may turn out to be the best musical produced in the Chicago area this year. Don't miss Michelle Lauto's warm, funny, incandescent performance that made the Paramount in Aurora feel like Broadway during last night's opening. My review: chicagocultureauthority.com/2025/02/22/m...

If you enjoy Martin Short in Only Murders in the Building, you'll love Jeff Skowron's off-the-wall sleuthing in the North American tour of Clue at Broadway in Chicago's CIBC Theatre. My review: chicagocultureauthority.com/2025/02/21/a...

As I’ve noted before, because we live in a mediasphere focused more on “both sidesing” than truth telling, shadow ministers have the added benefit of being go-to “official” sources of opposition that takes advantage of this state of play.

We may never get to the bottom of this mystery: "… a December study documenting 10 domestic outdoor cats that died of H5N1 in South Dakota. It wasn’t clear how the cats contracted the virus, but some of the dead bodies had bird feathers around them." www.wsj.com/health/bird-...

wapo.st/4gMBpsM

This times a million. The last lines are perfect.

Steppenwolf Theatre and playwright Sam Shepard go together like dynamite and a lit match. Case in point: Fool for Love, which opened tonight with a killer production that packs a hell of a lot of entertainment into just over an hour. My review: chicagocultureauthority.com/2025/02/08/a...

Steppenwolf Theatre and playwright Sam Shepard go together like dynamite and a lit match. Case in point: Fool for Love, which opened tonight with a killer production that packs a hell of a lot of entertainment into just over an hour. My review: chicagocultureauthority.com/2025/02/08/a...

Kara knows her shit.

I am truly grateful for the blurbs my books receive. And of the writers who have declined, one remains a lovely acquaintance and the other I still deeply admire. (Both have blanket blurb bans.) But I think review snippets can move the needle more in some cases and I get the blurb fatigue.

As we think about future failsafes should we somehow get our democratic republic back, it may make sense for Congress/the judiciary to set up policing agencies under their control. But who would prosecute under those circumstances? Keeps coming back to DOJ control, immunity ruling + pardon power.

Exactly as I have been saying. Not alarmism, a logical analysis of the current state of play and its destructive implications.

I think @jamellebouie.net is exactly right here. We have entered a new era and too many would-be opponents of Trump/Musk are too slow and reactive. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/o...

Essential reading.

The problem with this otherwise sound analysis is that it ignores the destruction of enforcement mechanisms. DOJ and all federal law enforcement is now a political arm of the White House (except postal inspectors and arguably U.S. Marshals). He controls the military. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/o...

Indie options to buy ebooks is a good thing. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/28/b...

Thank goodness: after an outpouring of public dissent, Lackland reversed its terrible decision and will thankfully be teaching recruits about the Tuskegee airmen and the Women Airforce Service Pilots again. A reminder that we must always push back: www.expressnews.com/news/article...

Nice to see McConnell on the side of the angels tonight. One gets the strong sense he loathes Trump and now that he's out of the leader's chair and not running again, he can do something about it. Octogenarian mutant ninja turtle.

"An airport piano [in Chicago] was filthy and out of tune. [Josiah Jackson] fixed it during a layover." Free article: wapo.st/3Ww8EJU

Um…

With the Trump administration considering a Chicago trial run of its mass deportation initiative, the Friday opening of Jaja’s African Hair Braiding at Chicago Shakes after a well-received Broadway run could not have been more timely. My review: chicagocultureauthority.com/2025/01/19/j...

I was so glad to see those screens go. What a debacle.

Pabst! Blue! Ribbon!