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The Man Behind the Mask and His Code
In 1994, while doing research on the creation of the Lone Ranger for my first book, I spent four days with Fran Striker, Jr., the son of the creator. It still surprises me how few people know that an unassuming, imaginative writer from Buffalo, New York created, developed, and wrote the Lone Ranger, Green Hornet, Sgt. Preston of the Yukon, and many others.  » Read more...
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March 26, 2025
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Now for A Little Inspiration
While I am still decompressing from reading the Mueller report, I thought it was time to turn a corner — 180 degrees to be precise — and revisit some past commentaries that have, according to Google Analytics, received renewed interest. Heroes are hard to come by. When Lt. General Hal Moore (co-author, We Were Soldiers Once… and Young), passed in...
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May 6, 2019
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When the Story Becomes the Scandal
For nearly sixty years, the CBS News program 60 Minutes has stood as one of the few remaining institutions in American journalism recognized as serious,...
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A Light from Christmas Past – Conclusion
I’ll be back on January 5th. Later that night, Emily returned home, warmed her hands around a cup of tea, and set the original lantern...
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A Light From Christmas Past – Part II
Emily returned to the attic the next evening. The attic felt different, not mysterious, purposeful. She unlocked the small door again and stood for a...
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A Light from Christmas Past
In the winter of his century, Charles Dickens walked a London powered by industry but running short on warmth. People moved past one another as...
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Nothing Beside Remains
I have stopped watching national news about Donald Trump because the coverage now mirrors the damage itself. What once informed now exhausts; what once clarified...
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Finding Common Ground, and Why It Matters
A national media organization has recognized the seriousness of our political division and offered something we’ve been missing… A REAL beginning toward ending the death...
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