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President Trump, Kim Jong Un Planning Second Summit

President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un are planning a second summit. Trump received a letter from Kim calling for the summit.

The two leaders met for the first time in June in Singapore. Kim wants a formal end to the Korean War while Trump wants a solid commitment to denuclearization.

.@PressSec on letter from Kim Jong Un to @POTUS: "The primary purpose of the letter was to request and look to schedule another meeting with the president." pic.twitter.com/c8dgvhR1hF— Fox News (@FoxN...

Does the NY Times Anti-Trump Op-Ed Writer Exist?

The New York Times published an anonymous opinion piece on Sept. 5 that was purportedly written by a member of the Trump administration. The secret Trump critic calls himself part of "the resistance" and list what s/he believes are Trump's failures, both personal and political.



Does this secret person exist? Some question the honesty of the New York Times, suggesting that the anti-Trump newspaper invented this anti-Trump critic.

President Trump tweeted:

Does the so-called “Senior Administration...

My Review of David Horowitz' "Big Agenda: President Trump's Plan to Save America"

A Great Strategy If All Are Willing to Fight For It
By Stephen Leary
Despite all odds, political outsider Donald Trump won the presidency in 2016. But now he faces hostility from both Democrats and the GOP Establishment alike. How to push forward with his agenda when he faces enemies all around him in the Washington DC Swamp?
David Horowitz, in his book, Big Agenda: President Trump's Plan to Save America, tells us that Republicans aren’t interested in winning. They aren’t even interested in defe...

My Review of Edward Klein's Book "All Out War: The Plot to Destroy Trump"

President Trump faces an army of enemies on the political Left and Right, all warring against a democratically-elected president they feel is unworthy of the office. Edward Klein’s book draws on interviews with many players who provide new enlightening information on the unprecedented war waged against a President of the United States. But Trump is no easy opponent to defeat. As Klein says, his enemies always underestimate his ability to bounce back after a beating.


Trump’s vanquished opponent...

My Review of "The Message" Podcast

The Message Is Like a SciFi B Movie

I was drawn to "The Message" by the intriguing subject matter, which crops up in the news periodically. A purported message to Earth from intelligent aliens living on a planet light years away from us.



I listened to all the episodes despite some shortcomings. The problem is the script, not the voice actors. I felt like I was listening to the audio version of a science fiction B movie. The IT and science talk is nonsense, but that didn't bother me so much, bec...

Annual Thanksgiving Letter to My Readers 2016

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Hillary Clinton's Sovietesque 93% District of Columbia Victory

Though Hillary Clinton lost the general presidential election of 2016 to Donald Trump, she won the District of Columbia with a Sovietesque 93% of the vote to Trump's paltry 4%.

How are such numbers even possible in an open Democratic society? Josef Stalin wasn't running on the Democrat ticket in a communist society. It was Hillary Clinton, wife of former president Bill Clinton. 93% in a free and fair election raises ugly questions about just what is going on in DC.

Let's compare Hillary's votes...

Book Review: The Masque of the Red Death by Edgar Allan Poe

Prospero’s Party
This is a short story but somehow it seems like a novel, since Poe packed so much into just a few words.
A plague is devastating the country and half the population is dead. So how does Prince Prospero respond? He gathers 1,000 of his friends and secludes them in his abbey, which he believes will protect them all from the Red Death. His friends willingly go there, accepting Prospero as their guardian.
But Prospero has no intention of waiting fearfully for the Red Death to run it...

The Fall of the House of Usher Named Greatest 19th Century American Short Story

Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Fall of the House of Usher” has been named the Greatest 19thCentury American Short Story.
The story was first published in the September 1839 issue of Burton’s Gentleman’s Magazine. The magazine was published in Philadelphia and Poe was the editor and a contributor in late 1839.Usher is the most anthologized American short story ever, appearing in many literary anthologies since the early twentieth century.
The story placed Number 1 in a new book  The Greatest 19...

My New Book: The Greatest 19th Century American Short Stories

This is a collection of the 50 greatest American short stories of the 19thCentury. Who says they are the greatest? It’s a matter of consensus.
Many short story collections are published with a single editor choosing a list of stories s/he thinks are the best. For example, the famous American writer John Updike edited a collection called The Best American Short Stories of the Century. The “Century” in that title refers to the 20th Century.
Who knew more about American literature than Updike? Yet...