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“Is your house really neat?”  This is one of the first questions that Muffy and I receive whenever we are giving a presentation.  They think...

It is a bit uncomfortable for me to call anyone an “icon” because there is always a bit of slavish idolatry in the term that no human being...

Last night I dreamt that I had thousands of people following my blog. It was kind of cool. The only problem was that the one person that I d...

I know what you’re probably thinking.  Why on earth is this guy reviewing a book that has been out for over 30 years?  Well – this is my blo...

Look at all those responses on what books people find funny! You are funny people, people. If you are all relatively funny, why is there ...

No One Would Listen Harry Markopolos’ story of his pursuit of Bernie Madoff is a tightly written and sparse thriller. Markopolos comes acro...

Penrose waved his waffling answer away. “I know so. Winston Breen, I know you well by now. Walter Fredericks could have hidden an old founta...