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May 27, 2014
Drones…
Maybe their bad rep is due to the fact that they’re second-rate citizens in the bee hive, but drones are under attack recently. The more vociferous attacks come from people who decry how deadly they are in attacking terrorists. They kill all those innocent people, don’t you know? I’ve rebutted that in these posts, but I can’t refrain from summarizing: (1) Drones and Special Ops are our most effective weapons against terrorists, a battle that must be fought unless you want to return to the Dar...
May 23, 2014
Remembering the fallen…
Whoever you are and wherever you go this weekend, please pause and remember our service men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice. They are the true heroes of this great nation….
May 22, 2014
The inconvenience of science…
I’m biased. I’ll admit it. I’m now a full-time writer, but many years as a scientist convinced me that there’s a spiritual satisfaction to be had in trying to understand how the Universe works. From the inner-most intricacies of fundamental particles to the mysteries of the large-scale cosmos, this spiritual satisfaction trumps any that I’ve ever had on any given Sunday in a church. There’s a place in society for the latter, if only for the social aspect of mingling with other human beings, b...
May 21, 2014
What Happened to those Characters? Channeling Idi Amin (Denise Dupont)…
[This is the fifth installment in a series of short stories titled “What Happened to Those Characters?”. Each one revisits a character or characters from one of my novels and takes a peek at what happened later. This one is about Denise Dupont, the CIA operative in Evil Agenda, the second book in my “Clones and Mutants Trilogy.” Enjoy.]
Channeling Idi Amin
Steven M. Moore
Copyright, 2014
Denise Dupont knew she looked stunning but felt groped. The dictator’s eyes were all over her. Part of the jo...
May 20, 2014
Why we need immigrants!
In one meaty item in my last Irish Stew post, I reflected on the abysmal proficiencies of our high school grads: 28% in math; 34% in reading. In that same post and in comments to it, possible reasons for this were listed. One commenter pointed out that maybe it’s because parents just don’t care anymore. That’s one reason we need immigrants. Many immigrant parents care about education. They want their kids to have a better life than they had or even have now. Moreover, they take pride that the...
May 15, 2014
Irish Stew #30…
Item: Dalai Lama, persona non grata. The Scandinavian countries have a reputation for being progressive and wonderful places to live, albeit too cold. But the Daliai Lama was dissed by the Norwegian government. Turns out they bowed to Chinese pressure. Now, China invaded and took over Tibet. Sound familiar? Reminds me of recent decisions made by ye olde ex-KGB homophobic dictator of Russia. No wonder Norway says nothing about the Ukraine. They’re afraid of the giant shadows China and Russia c...
May 14, 2014
What Happened to Those Characters? Daddy’s Girl (Jayashree Sandoval)
[This is the fourth installment in a series of short stories titled “What Happened to Those Characters?”. Each one revisits a character or characters from one of my novels and takes a peek at what happened later. This one is about Jay Sandoval, the ezine investigative reporter in Full Medical, the first book in my “Clones and Mutants Trilogy.” Enjoy.]
Daddy’s Girl
Steven M. Moore
Copyright 2014
Jay Sandoval often reminisced while she ran. Her life with Boston cop Chris Tanner had turned out bett...
May 13, 2014
Domestic violence really gets old…
Two recent events portray two different sides of domestic violence. The first is the case last week of the family renting the luxury home of a tennis star down in Florida. A man apparently killed his wife and two teenage kids and then set fire to the entire place. The second is one that happened last Saturday in nearby Lodi, New Jersey (near to my new hometown of Montclair), where a man stabbed his estranged wife and took off with the kids. The common denominator is a desperate man doing terr...
May 9, 2014
News and Notices from the Writing Trenches #65…
#369: Titles don’t have copyrights. That’s fortunate for Nora Roberts. Her new book, The Collector, was released 4/15/2014. An excerpt from my new book, The Collector, appeared in Aristocrats and Assassins, released 3/9/2014. I imagine that such a short title has been used before, though, so both Nora and I would be in trouble if titles had copyrights. Writers shouldn’t get the idea that it’s clever to reuse some famous author’s title just to come up in a search with them. In my case, The Col...
May 8, 2014
Please, no more dynasties!
Last Friday, a NY Times article titled “Donors Weigh Jilting Christie for Jeb Bush” (5/2/14) reported that more moderate Republicans might be looking toward another Bush in lieu of some radical Tea Party candidate. Admittedly, the GOP has a thorny problem. The Tea Party and its sympathizers even go after GOP rank and file—anything to the left of fascist is anathema to these fruitcakes. But, after our NJ guv Christie’s fledgling campaign couldn’t even leave the nest due to Bridgegate, who else...
