Discussion of Detroit, MI falling from premier industrial city to bankruptcy and the ramifications.

I remember seeing some of Renault’s books at my grandmother’s as I was growing up but I had not read anything until I was in college when The King Must Die was part of the required reading for one of my classes. I think the class was History of Social Thought which was one of the required courses for my Sociology major. Regardless of the class, I read the book, enjoyed the story and now had another author of historical fiction covering one of the eras that had always fascinated me. It was easy for me to pick up and read the sequel to The King Must Die which was The Bull from the Sea.

Please Note: When I began this series, it was to cover a lot of authors whom I have found personally influential, even though this may only be because I enjoyed the stories they have told in their books or short stories. I’m just fortunate enough and well read enough that

I know that I get uncomfortable when I am told “Thank you for your service.” To be honest, I really don’t need that thanks. If you want to thank me, make sure you keep the Veterans Administration fully funded. Make sure the VA hospitals are open, fully staffed with competent medical personnel, and quit making “wounded warriors.” Quit using people up and throwing them on the street. Quit making things so that organizations such as Final Salute are necessary.

This year, 2014, is the 100th anniversary of the start of the war that culminated in an Armistice signed on November 11, 1918. Thus ended the “War to End All Wars” on the Western front. Why specify that it was only for the Western Front? A few years ago, I

Please Note: When I began this series, it was to cover a lot of authors whom I have found personally influential, even though this may only be becaus I enjoyed the stories they have told in their books or short stories. I’m just fortuenate enough and well read enough that

Sara Paretsky created the detective series V.I. Warshawski, set in Chicago.

Please Note: When I began this series, it was to cover a lot of authors whom I have found personally influential, even though this may only be because I enjoyed the stories they have told in their books or short stories. I’m just fortunate enough and well read enough that

f you are of a certain age, you listened to Jack Bruce. Oh you may not have known his name but I guarantee you listened to him. Bruce was the bass player and vocals for Cream alongside Eric Clapton and Ginger Baker

If you are of a certain age, you listened to Jack Bruce. Oh you may not have known his name but I guarantee you’ve listened to him. Bruce was the bass player and vocals for Cream alongside Eric Clapton and Ginger Baker: Cream were a 1960s British rock supergroup power