

Nobody Shot the Messenger
So, what is being said about Behind the Carbon Curtain in Wyoming, the most politically conservative state in the country? In the last...

Six-Word Challenge
People have been enjoying the notion of the micro-mystery that I introduced in my last blog posting, so I’m announcing a contest for...


Micro-Mysteries
The whole thing started with Ernest Hemingway, the master of spare, telegraphic writing. As the story goes, Hemingway was having lunch...


Asking for it
It’s been a month since the release of Behind the Carbon Curtain: The Energy Industry, Political Censorship and Free Speech—and there’s...


Longing to Belong
In Poisoned Justice, I used a murder mystery to walk the line between vengeance and justice—a most difficult philosophical problem. One...


Risking Justice
In Behind the Carbon Curtain, The Energy Industry, Political Censorship and Free Speech. I suggest actions that people can take in...


Take Courage My Friends
I wrote Behind the Carbon Curtain, The Energy Industry, Political Censorship and Free Speech over the course of 5 years—and it will be...


Hard-boiled or Soft-hearted?
With Valentine’s Day around the corner, you might not be associating romantic love with crime noir. A reader of POISONED JUSTICE wrote...


The Double-Edged Sword of Censorship
Talk about darkly fortuitous timing! With the furor over censorship these days, readers should flock to my forthcoming book, Behind the...


He Knows if You’ve Been Bad or Good...
A reader wrote to me about Poisoned Justice—and he wasn’t entirely happy: “I’ve never been a fan of hard-boiled detectives… I need to...