What a stupid idea. The news sent me deep into a rewrite of one of my previous novels, the best place I go to escape sadness. The horror of Charlie Kirk’s assassination left level-headed people aghast. I mean, how can anyone celebrate the death of another human being—guilty of nothing more than standing up [...]

The memories behind the songs. (Some weeks ago, I submitted a series of posts on some of my favorite songs and the memories they elicit whenever I hear them. This is my final post on this subject, but please send me comments on your favorite songs and memories. I will post them in a [...]

Part 1: Why AI Won’t Save Us—But Wisdom Might (* Thanks once again, friends, for engaging here.) Well…I guess that depends on your worldview. “Help me sort out these terms,” I said to a close friend and spiritual mentor just this morning. “Knowledge, discernment, and wisdom.” “Knowledge fills the mind,” Thomas answered. “Discernment selects [...]

...a self-avowed flag waver I can’t remember a time when I didn’t feel proud to be an American. I still well up during that scene in Mel Gibson’s movie “The Patriot,” which I watch every July 4, when Mel’s character rides to catch up with his fellow soldiers, waving the tattered flag that his [...]

...but true! Time has way of setting records straight. Putting the doubters to shame. That time came for John Capes, a British submariner, in the late 1990s. Unfortunately, it was years after his death. I recently released my fourth historical novel, The Weight of Loyalty, which is loosely based on the story Capes told [...]