In light of the current discussion about health and presidential candidates, I’m reminded about something I wrote related to this a while back. In my book, JACK & DICK: When Kennedy Met […]
[This is an unedited transcript of an extemporaneous talk I shared on July 4, 2010, as our nation celebrated its 234th birthday — DRS] Well happy birthday, America! A lot of people […]
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was a great man on so many levels. But he was first a pastor/preacher, erudite and eloquent, persuasive and passionate. He could also be controversial in the […]
My latest book, “JAKE & CLARA: Scandal, Hollywood, Politics, and Murder,” is now available in early release—e-book only (at significant discount off the permanent release price). The book will be fully released […]
[As America began the day on Halloween back in 1938, the news of the day is what had happened–or hadn’t really happened–the night before. That was the night of the famous ‘WAR […]
[I just received word that Jerry Parr passed away today at the age of 85. I wrote this about him a couple of years ago after interviewing his lovely wife Carolyn. My […]
Fourteen years after the attacks on Sept. 11th, we must remember. But even more, we must be vigilant. By the autumn of 1944, and in the wake of the very successful landings […]
[Review by CHIP ETIER] “Don’t let it be forgot That once there was a spot, For one brief, shining moment That was known as Camelot.” — Alan Jay Lerner Mention “Camelot” in […]
In 1916, the late poet Robert Frost penned the famous lines: “Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.” […]
THE OLD YANKEE STADIUM in the Bronx, located at East 161st Street and River Avenue in the Bronx, was much more than a baseball park; it was America’s premier outdoor arena. If we […]
