Well, now, here I sit on this fine Father’s Day morning, contemplating the peculiar nature of familial obligations, or rather, the complete and utter lack thereof on my dear offspring’s part. The calendar declares this a day for honoring fathers,… Continue reading

The sun was setting behind the hills when the deputy spotted the car rolling down Retail Drive with no front plate. Evening traffic moved lazily and slowly through Dayton, brake lights glowing red in the dust-colored dusk. The deputy flipped… Continue reading

The motel room on North Carson Street had the tired smell of old cigarettes, wet towels, and something sour living underneath it all. Outside, traffic hissed by on the highway while a sheriff’s patrol vehicle sat baking in the noon… Continue reading

UPDATE: Miss DeFond was located in Reno and arrested. Her child is safe. There are two kinds of people in Nevada: those who are lost, and those who are merely waiting their turn. The desert has a talent for swallowing… Continue reading

There are some people you expect to outlive common sense, modern technology, and possibly the federal government. Lady Jay Davis was one of those people. After all, when a person spends more than 45 years talking into a microphone, surviving… Continue reading

There are many great institutions in the American Republic. Congress is one, though it has not shown signs of life in years. The railroads were another, before they learned that arriving on time was bad for business. But among the… Continue reading

There are few spectacles in modern civilization more entertaining than watching government officials congratulate themselves on a problem getting smaller while carefully avoiding the subject of why the problem exists at all. It reminds me of a man who proudly… Continue reading

Welcome to Fiction Story Writing 101.  On April 4, 2012, at 3:38 PM PDT, Reuters published an article titled “U.S. demands Sotheby’s give up ancient Cambodian statue.” U.S. prosecutors filed a civil lawsuit demanding that Sotheby’s forfeit a 10th-century sandstone… Continue reading

After fifty years in broadcasting, I finally learned the great secret of modern communication: nobody is listening. Oh, they nod. They scroll. They interrupt before you finish the sentence. They ask questions not because they care about the answer, but… Continue reading

Well, now, it appears the future has arrived with all the grace of a drunken mule at a church social. The good folks in China have been treated to a preview of what’s to come when our mechanical betters decide… Continue reading