Americans have a vision of the Marquis de Lafayette as the brave, idealistic French nobleman who fought alongside Washington in our...

Note: This is an initial treatment for a larger composition with more detail on the workings of Washington.* During lunch with a...

It’s not news that the political landscape in the country has seen tectonic shifts in the last few years. The working class has...

Malcolm Floyd - was born on March 23, 1921 and died on February 12, 1994. The middle of three children, he was raised in Thurmond, West...

Now a year into retirement, it seems an appropriate time for assessment. Has it met expectations? Have there been any surprises? Is...

Very readable and engaging. He's a remarkable writer (with editing help, I'm sure) and offers insights on the thought-process and policy...

If you like escapist thrillers....while interrupting an attack on a Kuwaiti oil tanker, Juan Cabrillo and his team discover something...

A bit of a slog, but Bryson is typically witty and amusing in his writing - if not quite as funny as some of his other books. Really...

A clever twist of an ending. A thriller about a wife murdering her husband and the therapist who tries to reach her. This was...

Erik Larson's books make history engaging and easy to read. In this, he follows Winston Churchill, officials and family members during...

A Russian ballerina is forced by her KGB uncle into 'sexpionage.' Secretly resentful, she learns to trust and plot with a CIA operative....

The ultimate high-energy guy who overcame personal tragedies with intense optimism and idealism - and left legacies for us. He would...

The latest in his 'Amos Decker' series, featuring a detective who, because of a football injury, has perfect memory, but distorted social...

Dramatic, touching, inspirational - made into a movie. A former Olympic athlete now in the U.S. Army Air Force is shot down in the...

We'd arranged a ski trip to Utah - instigated by a wistful comment by Chris - for January. Skiing - and eventually snowboarding - we...

I'm an unapologetic Lee Child/Jack Reacher fan;this one was criticized because his son cowrote it. Reacher ends up in a town helping a...

In the age of Trumpism, the concern about who's watching the President took on new urgency The Chief of Staff must be the most difficult...

True story about some incredible underdog kids from the Pacific northwest with grit and determination beat the best of the ruling...

Vulnerability - April 13 I saw a very thought-provoking TED talk  the other day by a woman who researches people's sense of self worth. ...

Why? - Feb 22 I’ve always been interested in the search of what it means to be a better person or interested in personal development (As...

Following the New England trip in June, we made the annual pilgrimage to Castle Park in late July. Martha had to attend meetings of the...

We left Richmond at about 7 am on Saturday, June 19 for the drive up to Boston. With backups on the George Washington bridge in New York...

Donald Trump continues to represent one of the most serious existential threats to the nation and our institutions. Not just that he's...

We had to put "down" our dear cat, Inky on Saturday, March 27. It's a difficult euphemism, meaning we induced her death; but as painful...