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October 7, 2011
Debunking Cain: Turning 999 Upside Down
Herman Cain's policies escaped close scrutiny while his presidential campaign lingered on the margins, but the businessman/radio personality's recent burst into the frontrunner's box targets him as a candidate to be taken seriously. He's armed with what he calls his 999 Plan, and he's dangerous. Cain's plan is ultimately to phase in the Fair Tax in lieu of the current individual and corporate tax system, and that tax is anything but fair to middle class Americans, particularly retirees. Cain's 999 …read more
October 2, 2011
Blog Tour December 1 – 21
I'm excited to announce the official "launch" of King of Paine with a blog tour on December 1 – 21. Promotional giveaways will include a new Kindle Touch 3G and other book-related prizes! During the tour, some of the world's greatest book bloggers will review the book, conduct interviews with me, and host guest posts about the development of my characters, plots and themes and other interesting trivia. Tour details will be released in early November, so check back regularly …read more
September 19, 2011
Goodreads Book Giveaway
Goodreads Book Giveaway King of Paine by Larry Kahn Giveaway ends October 02, 2011. See the giveaway details at Goodreads. Enter to win Click title bar of this post to activate links!
September 12, 2011
Is Social Security A Ponzi Scheme?
Texas Governor Rick Perry made headlines last week at the Republican presidential candidates' debate when he asserted with an imperious tone that Social Security is a Ponzi scheme. It's a tempting analogy because most of the payments to retirees are financed out of receipts from payroll taxes imposed on current workers and employers, not out of principal and earnings on funds contributed by those retirees during their working careers. So why is Perry wrong? Ponzi schemes are named after Charles …read more
August 27, 2011
Do We Still Have A Dream?
We celebrate anniversaries to mark time, to reflect on progress year over year. On this 48th anniversary of Martin Luther King's "I Have A Dream" speech, Washington celebrates great leaps forward in race relations with the unveiling of the King Memorial, but my reflections leave me wondering if a shell-shocked nation has given up on its dreams for the future. A generation of dreamers grew up in the Sixties, inspired by leaders who urged us to conquer the frontiers of …read more
August 18, 2011
My Hero, My Wife, And A Purple Donkey
Recent events have reminded me that behind every good man stands a better woman, a Hillary to inspire the dreamer in Bill. Please forgive the redundancy in the title, but this post is about only one such woman. Ellie is my wife and my hero–and a purple donkey, too. Usually, she inspires me to write about ordinary people who strive to live up to lofty ideals; today, on our 26th wedding anniversary, she inspired me to write about her. The …read more
August 1, 2011
How You Can Help An Author Who Inspires You
Have you ever experienced the excitement of discovering a new author who inspires you and wondered why you haven't heard of him or her before? With thousands of novels published every month, it's tough to find an audience. Ten years ago, a strong review in Publishers Weekly earned The Jinx a place on bookstore shelves, but it failed to generate the word-of-mouth excitement it takes for commercial success. Today, social media offers new opportunities for breeding that kind of publicity, …read more
July 28, 2011
What Would Republicans Say If Democrats Tried Extortion, Too?
Negotiation occurs when two parties stake out principled positions and work together to achieve reasonable compromise. Sometimes one party has more bargaining power and may negotiate a favorable deal. But extortion occurs when a person uses coercion–threats of harm–to establish bargaining power where none otherwise exists. Raising the federal debt ceiling is a routine administrative function required to meet obligations already approved by Congress, an act necessary for the economic survival of our country, not one that naturally favors any …read more
July 24, 2011
Blog And Website Consolidated
As the launch of King of Paine approaches, I concluded that my website needed a facelift. I converted from a clumsy Microsoft FrontPage98 site to a sleeker Wordpress version, which will now do double duty as the host for my blog. I was able to transfer posts and comments over to the new site, and I hope you will bookmark my website and continue to check in from time to time. The address is www.larrykahn.com. I've added a couple of promotions and some fun "Reader Extras": "Getting Inside The Mind Of A Madman," an interview with me and Frank Paine, the star of King of Paine; an interview from 2000 in connection with the launch of The Jinx; a historical summary of the 20-Year Jinx; and the full text of one of my favorite reviews of The Jinx, by a guy who "got" everything I was trying to say.
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