Pen and Sword

I was one of the Baby Boomers who lived through periodic catastrophe drills where the alarm bell ricocheted through a cinder block schoolhouse, and a deep, authoritarian voice boomed through a loudspeaker.  “This is an attack.  I repeat, this is an...

On November 13, 2009, Ralph Vartabedian, a reporter for the Los Angeles Times wrote an article about the poisoning of the aquifer below the test site. "A sea of ancient water tainted by the Cold War is creeping deep under the volcanic peaks, dry lake beds and pinyon...

In researching background information on ancient Egypt for a novel recently made available on Amazon, Treasure of the Essenes: Into Egypt, I ran across thought-provoking facts about the pyramids on the Giza Plateau.  There are more strange facts, which I will share at...

The Fifth Coin is a story which incorporates a fact-based historical background.  It addresses the modern-day fall-out of Constantine’s creation of an organized religion.   The Fifth Coin is a fast paced, action/adventure novel.  I used this format because religious...

In the name of progress, we will legitimize theft, rape and larcency . . . with NO CONSEQUENCES. It has been months since my last blog.  Last year I suffered the residual effects of back-to-back strokes and a near collapse of kidney function.  There were no warning...