MAY 7, 2012 5:42PM

Honoring the Dishonored

Whereas the Constitution of the United States declares that it and treaties ratified by Congress and signed by the president are the law of the land; and

Whereas Congress ratified and the president signed the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, a/… Read full post »

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APRIL 20, 2012 3:20PM

The Jesus of a Dozen Religions

If you study religion rather than or in addition to studying the Bible you discover that there are a number of stories similar to those found in the Bible. You find even more if you study mythology. By myth I do not mean a widely held but false belief such as… Read full post »

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APRIL 20, 2012 3:19PM

The Jesus of a Dozen Religions

If you study religion rather than or in addition to studying the Bible you discover that there are a number of stories similar to those found in the Bible. You find even more if you study mythology. By myth I do not mean a widely held but false belief such as… Read full post »

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MARCH 15, 2012 5:58PM

Peace With Taliban? politics

Politically: “Evidence now available from various sources, including recently declassified U.S. State Department documents, shows that the Taliban regime led by Mullah Mohammad Omar imposed strict isolation on Osama bin Laden after 1998 to prevent him from carrying out any plots against the Uni… Read full post »

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MARCH 15, 2012 5:58PM

Peace With Taliban? politics

Politically: “Evidence now available from various sources, including recently declassified U.S. State Department documents, shows that the Taliban regime led by Mullah Mohammad Omar imposed strict isolation on Osama bin Laden after 1998 to prevent him from carrying out any plots against the Uni… Read full post »

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MARCH 14, 2012 3:16PM

Peace With Taliban? commerce

Commerce:  Brzezinski wrote, “the most immediate task is to make certain that no state or combination of states gains the capacity to expel the United States from Eurasia or even to diminish significantly its decisive arbitration role.” (The Grand Chessboard) 

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MARCH 14, 2012 3:15PM

Peace With Taliban? commerce

Commerce:  Brzezinski wrote, “the most immediate task is to make certain that no state or combination of states gains the capacity to expel the United States from Eurasia or even to diminish significantly its decisive arbitration role.” (The Grand Chessboard) 

The Soviet Union… Read full post »
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MARCH 14, 2012 3:15PM

Peace With Taliban? commerce

Commerce:  Brzezinski wrote, “the most immediate task is to make certain that no state or combination of states gains the capacity to expel the United States from Eurasia or even to diminish significantly its decisive arbitration role.” (The Grand Chessboard) 

The Soviet Union… Read full post »
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MARCH 14, 2012 3:14PM

Peace With Taliban? commerce

Commerce:  Brzezinski wrote, “the most immediate task is to make certain that no state or combination of states gains the capacity to expel the United States from Eurasia or even to diminish significantly its decisive arbitration role.” (The Grand Chessboard) 

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MARCH 13, 2012 2:22PM

Peace With Taliban? history

President Obama wants to disengage from the disastrous war on Afghanistan the way he withdrew from the disastrous war on Iraq. Leaving Afghanistan is likely to be as difficult, dangerous and messy as leaving Iraq has been. And it will require accommodating the Taliban in Afghanistan’s future, i… Read full post »
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MARCH 13, 2012 2:21PM

Peace With Taliban? history

President Obama wants to disengage from the disastrous war on Afghanistan the way he withdrew from the disastrous war on Iraq. Leaving Afghanistan is likely to be as difficult, dangerous and messy as leaving Iraq has been. And it will require accommodating the Taliban in Afghanistan’s future, i… Read full post »
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DECEMBER 21, 2011 12:59PM

Why Santa Returns on New Year's Day


For Deirdre Siobhan

What I wanted most for Christmas in my pre-school imagination was a huggable elephant. On Christmas morning when Mother woke us I rushed to get to the Christmas tree before my brother and sister. I didn’t but I didn’t cry either. I was too busy looking… Read full post »
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DECEMBER 6, 2011 2:09PM

Lesson on Writing from a Mime

The Dallas Theater Center was selected to present my adaptation of a Faulkner novel at the Theater of Nations competition in Paris. The year was 1964, a year after the Kennedy assassination, and the novel was As I Lay Dying. A troubled Charles “Chip” Bohlen, US ambassador to France, calle… Read full post »

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DECEMBER 6, 2011 2:05PM

Lesson on Writing from a Mime

The Dallas Theater Center was selected to present my adaptation of a Faulkner novel at the Theater of Nations competition in Paris. The year was 1964, a year after the Kennedy assassination, and the novel was As I Lay Dying. A troubled Charles “Chip” Bohlen, US ambassador to France, calle… Read full post »

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DECEMBER 6, 2011 2:05PM

Lesson on Writing from a Mime

The Dallas Theater Center was selected to present my adaptation of a Faulkner novel at the Theater of Nations competition in Paris. The year was 1964, a year after the Kennedy assassination, and the novel was As I Lay Dying. A troubled Charles “Chip” Bohlen, US ambassador to France, calle… Read full post »

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2011 11:15AM

Sit-In at Baylor Drug

After two degrees from Baylor University, and two years teaching at Gardner-Webb, a Baptist college in North Carolina, I was invited to be a member of the Baylor Drama Department. Life Magazine, Saturday Review, Reader’s Digest, and other magazines and newspapers had given the department and it… Read full post »
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SEPTEMBER 28, 2011 11:03AM

Sit-In at Baylor Drug

After two degrees from Baylor University, and two years teaching at Gardner-Webb, a Baptist college in North Carolina, I was invited to be a member of the Baylor Drama Department. Life Magazine, Saturday Review, Reader’s Digest, and other magazines and newspapers had given the department and it… Read full post »
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SEPTEMBER 28, 2011 11:03AM

Sit-In at Baylor Drug

After two degrees from Baylor University, and two years teaching at Gardner-Webb, a Baptist college in North Carolina, I was invited to be a member of the Baylor Drama Department. Life Magazine, Saturday Review, Reader’s Digest, and other magazines and newspapers had given the department and it… Read full post »
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SEPTEMBER 28, 2011 11:02AM

Sit-In at Baylor Drug

After two degrees from Baylor University, and two years teaching at Gardner-Webb, a Baptist college in North Carolina, I was invited to be a member of the Baylor Drama Department. Life Magazine, Saturday Review, Reader’s Digest, and other magazines and newspapers had given the department and it… Read full post »
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AUGUST 26, 2011 12:31PM

The Future of Texas Literature

I was one of the writers asked by the Dallas Morning News to write a brief essay on "The Future of Texas Literature." The story ran in the DMN Aug. 21, 2011. Below is my essay.
 
The future of Texas literature is exciting and dangerous as chaotic times are. Exciting… Read full post »
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AUGUST 1, 2011 5:21PM

While I’ve Been Gone


I have neglected this blog for a while to write a novel “Jade:The Law.” The book is now finished except for editing and the cover. Once those are finished, I will be back to blogging. “Jade:The Law,” my ninth novel, is scheduled for e-book publication in September and print p… Read full post »
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MAY 22, 2011 5:37PM

Non-fact-based reality & the hunt for Osama

It’s touching how diligently pundits and politicians of the non-fact-based reality persuasion try to rewrite the record of George W. Bush. For example: Tea Party Nation head Judson Phillips “said that the death of Osama bin Laden happened in spite of President Obama.” (Right Wing Wa… Read full post »
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APRIL 20, 2011 11:50AM

Planned Parenthood = Pro-Life

Like others who support Planned Parenthood, I am pro-life. I am pro-all life, even if it breathes. Thirty-three countries (including Cuba, China, El Salvador) hold life more sacred than America does. At least they have a lower infant mortality rate. Twenty-eight nations don’t believe a woman lo… Read full post »

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APRIL 20, 2011 11:50AM

Planned Parenthood = Pro-Life

Like others who support Planned Parenthood, I am pro-life. I am pro-all life, even if it breathes. Thirty-three countries (including Cuba, China, El Salvador) hold life more sacred than America does. At least they have a lower infant mortality rate. Twenty-eight nations don’t believe a woman lo… Read full post »

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APRIL 20, 2011 11:50AM

Planned Parenthood = Pro-Life

Like others who support Planned Parenthood, I am pro-life. I am pro-all life, even if it breathes. Thirty-three countries (including Cuba, China, El Salvador) hold life more sacred than America does. At least they have a lower infant mortality rate. Twenty-eight nations don’t believe a woman lo… Read full post »

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