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World Without Pain: The Story of a Search
Invisible People
The Relocation Blues
Adriana’s Family
The Woman Who Fell Backwards and Other Stories
Apocalypse Bluff and Other Stories
The Senescent Nomad Hits the Road
Invasive Procedures: Stories
Heroes and Other Illusions: Stories
Bedlam Battle: An Omnibus of the One Thousand Series
After the Fireflood
Caliban’s Children
The Fantasy Book Murders
Opting Out and Other Departures
Sunflower: A Novel
America Redux: Impressions of the United States After Thirty-Five Years Abroad
Fear or Be Feared: Fantasies
Writing as a Metaphysical Experience
Reviews and Reflections on Books, Literature, and Writing
The One Thousand: A Novella
The One Thousand: Book Two: Team of Seven
The One Thousand: Book Three: Black Magic Bus
The One Thousand: Book Four: Deconstructing the Nightmare
After the Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Memoir of Greece
The Misadventures of Mama Kitchen: A Novel
Dark Mirrors: Dystopian Tales
Love Children: A Novel
Painsharing and Other Stories
The Dragon Ticket and Other Stories
Tag Archives: media
Book Review: Citizen Hearst: A Biography of William Randolph Hearst by W.A. Swanberg; Part 2: Publisher, Politician, and Spendthrift
In part one of this review, I wrote about how I came to reread the book and my surprise that it was not more easily available. As I plunged into this lengthy tome, I became impressed by how relevant it … Continue reading
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Tagged fake news, journalism, Marion Davies, media, newspapers, San Simeon, William Randolph Hearst
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Book Review: Fault Lines: A History of the United States Since 1974 by Kevin M. Kruse and Julian E. Zelizer
As soon as I first picked up this volume of modern history, I knew it was going to be important to me. I put my name on the reserve list at the library (still poverty-stricken here, folks) and patiently waited … Continue reading
Failure and Success
Recently I was writing an article about people who experienced adversity in life and went on to become famous and successful. I’m sure you would recognize all of the names. A number of things struck me as I pondered the … Continue reading
Book Review: The Powers That Be by David Halberstam; Part Three: The Watergate Investigation
Young adults today may not even understand Watergate or its significance, but it was an amazing example of the media toppling an errant presidential administration. The arrest of burglars at the Watergate office complex in Washington D.C. in 1972 prompted … Continue reading
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Tagged Bob Woodward, Carl Bernstein, David Halberstam, media, Richard Nixon, The Powers That Be, Watergate
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Book Review: The Powers That Be by David Halberstam; Part Two: Journalism During the Vietnam War
A large section of “The Powers That Be” is taken up with describing journalistic coverage of the Vietnam War, and the contrast between how the war was perceived by the correspondents there on the field and how it was presented … Continue reading
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Tagged David Halberstam, journalism, media, The Powers That Be, Vietnam War, Walter Cronkite
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Book Review: The Powers That Be by David Halberstam; Part One
“The Powers That Be” is the story of how media became an important shaper of events in the mid-twentieth century. It was first published in 1975, when it was contemporary. Now, of course, it is history. It deals with newspapers, … Continue reading
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Tagged book review, David Halberstam, Ed Murrow, John Kennedy, Joseph McCarthy, magazines, media, newspapers, radio, Richard Nixon, television, The Powers That Be
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