The recent terrorist attacks in Russia have been connected to Chechen Islamists led by DOKU UMAROV. In my novel, NOVEMBER SURPRISE, (which was released in November), I write about a terrorist attack […]
Was My Book NOVEMBER SURPRISE Prophetic?
David R. Stokes
Bestselling Author
Truth May Very Well Be Stranger Than Fiction ;)
In my novella, NOVEMBER SURPRISE: A Political Thriller, I blend some fictional ideas with history and current events. This has become my “formula,” to an extent. So I always watch for items […]
The World Leader Who Didn’t Attend CHURCHILL’S Funeral
[This column is currently posted at TOWNHALL.COM] Why did one of the most politically savvy leaders ever to occupy the White House—Lyndon Baines Johnson—decide not to attend the funeral of Winston Churchill […]
Mandela’s Secret
Nelson Mandela was a giant, a colossus who seemed to stand astride history and above the everyday. His passing at the age of 95 is being marked by expressions of condolence and […]
Thank You, Mr. Schieffer
The Fort Worth Star Telegram issued four “Extras” on November 22, 1963, the day President John F. Kennedy died. The driving force was a 26 year-old cub reporter by the name of […]
How Kennedy Became CAMELOT
Vinny is one of my grandsons (I have six, and one granddaughter—thanks for asking). He’s seven years old. The other day, as he showed me a screen and explained the latest level […]
The Forgotten Mickey of ’68
Though this time of year the big-four of sports are all up and running—baseball, football, basketball, and hockey—to my mind it’s still baseball season until Yogi Berra’s famous benediction is pronounced: “It […]
SAVING REAGAN
[This column was written for TOWNHALL.COM — DRS] Hollywood put out some great movies in 1939, films such as Gone With the Wind, The Wizard of Oz, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, […]
The Checkers Speech — 61 Years Ago Today
One day in 1974, as Spring began to give way to Summer, Frank Gannon—wordsmith and White House Fellow—took a walk in Washington, largely to get away from the stress induced by the […]
Of History and Historical Fiction
[I wrote this blog post for VENTURE GALLERIES — DRS] Larissa MacFarquhar, writing in the New Yorker last year called historical fiction, “a hybrid form, half-way between fiction and nonfiction. It […]
