The tradition at masquerade balls is that revelers arrive in costume and mingle together, sharing repartee and dancing with others in...

I have been thinking about 9/11 a lot lately. Anniversaries imbue special dates with added significance, and the twentieth anniversary of...

On May 24th, my novel Time Out will be published by Wolfsinger. Time Out tells the story of Chris, son of refugees from the planet...

Like many, I greeted the news of Donald Trump's permanent suspension from Twitter with baffled amusement. Was that it? Was it finally...

July is traditionally a time of spiritual retreat for Ignatian Christians. This past month, I disengaged from worldly affairs, refrained...

Twenty-seven years ago, agents of state and federal law enforcement, backed by elements of the US and British military, cornered and laid...

Much as the word 'Nazi' lost its bite when liberals began applying it to wedding bakers refusing to make gay cakes, 'the end of the...

Big news stories, like people, leave a lasting impression and the Manson murders are a prime example. There is no shortage of Manson...

There is a moment in COBRA KAI's season two finale that perfectly encapsulates the moral tornado that is Johnny Lawrence's universe....

When we first adopted Hero, we were warned that he was a reactive dog. Soon after he healed from the shotgun blast that filled his spine...

I sold my first short story, "The Meditation Machine", back in 2009. So 2019 is my tenth year in business as a working writer. When I...