Book Review: Portrait of a Spy by Daniel Silva
After the release of Daniel Silva’s book The Rembrandt Affair last year, I speculated that it might be the last book we see from Silva featuring his tragic hero, Israeli Mossad assassin Gabriel Allon....
View ArticleBook Review: Soft Target by Stephen Hunter
After my book review of Stephen Hunter’s 2010 release, Dead Zero, I didn’t think that the good folks at Simon & Schuster would be offering me an advance review copy of another book, especially...
View ArticleHistorical Symmetry: Four Reverends and Four Men Named George
(courtesy capoliticalreview.com) This is a tale of four Georges. The first George, George Santayana (aka Jorge Agustín Nicolás Ruiz de Santayana y Borrás) famously penned, “Those who cannot remember...
View ArticleStars Earn Their Stripes: Is That a Scandal?
Did you happen to see the final episode of NBC’s Stars Earn Stripes that aired Monday night? I applaud the basic concept of the show but it was overproduced and ended up not being the most compelling...
View ArticleAmerican Gun Rights: Power to the People
The Second Amendment was NOT written to enshrine every American with the right to own a gun for hunting, sport or self-defense from violent crime. These un-enumerated rights are merely incidental...
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