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A Plea for Civility and Respect for Differing Viewpoints This Election Day

Be assured that this is not a political message on behalf of any candidate. Goodness knows we’ve been bombarded with lies, damned lies and statistics by the leading candidates and their advocates of late, and the last thing our democracy needs is yet another partisan message.

Full disclosure: I am a life-long Republican who has not missed an election since his 18th birthday, including this one. But I could not support either candidate for President this time around for the first time in my li...

Distinguished Professors’ Convocation at Hofstra University, Frank G. Zarb School of Business

Convocation for Zarb School of Business Distinguished Professors (October 2020)

My Five-Star Review for Ailish Sinclair’s The Mermaid and the Bear

Ailish Sinclair’s The Mermaid and the Bear was one of my summer reads during breaks from my research and writing. It is not the type of book I normally read, but I was intrigued by the writing and wonderful mix of Scottish history with a very enjoyable tale that drew me in in a preview I sampled. So I bought the book–my first from this author but not my last, to be sure. It was a wonderful read that transported me to 16th Century Scotland through wonderfully descriptive prose and characters that...

UNAUTHORIZED PRACTICE OF LAW IN THE U.S.: A SURVEY AND BRIEF ANALYSIS OF THE LAW by Victor D. López

For those who do not subscribe to or have access to the North East Journal of Legal Studies, I’ve made the above article available for download at my web page. You will find a link to download the complete article here: https://victordlopez.com/recent-scholarly-articles.html.

New Short Story Preview

I’ve just added a new free short story preview–What Price to Live the Dream–from my Mindscapes short story collection oat Fiction Press. The following link will take you to it as well as two other short story previews and two full short stories set up as chapters. You can view it at https://www.fictionpress.com/s/3349771/1/Mindscapes-Ten-Science-Fiction-and-Speculative-Fiction-Short-Stories. Note that there is a button towards the upper right hand side of the screen when you get to the link that...

True Love

Of all the joys in life that we can know,
None can compare with that of shared true love,
From loveless sex nothing worthy can grow,
That one with self respect can be proud of.

Of all life’s treasures that can come to mind,
True Love’s by far the greatest one can find.

Opinions

Opinions fly free,
But are worthless noise when not,
Supported by facts.

Cheaters Cheat

If you have betrayed,
The one you pledged your life to,
Why would I trust you?

Respect

Respect must be earned,
It is not bestowed by birth,
And cannot be bought.

New Poems and Short Stories Available

I am working on a new book of poems in english while at the same time putting together a Spanish-language version of my original poems written in Spanish and translated into Spanish for another forthcoming book as time allows.

You can find samples of new poems in English from the forthcoming Echoes of Dawn at Dusk: Collected poems (Volume 2) in various writer’s sites, including (just posted) at https://www.fictionpress.com/s/3349726/1/Preview-of-Echoes-of-Dawn-at-Dusk-Collected-Poems-Volume-...