The Seersucker Whipsaw

★ ★ 1/2 The single critique of a book I have the most problem with is “dated.” There seems to be no consistent definition. I’ve seen early John Sandford novel labeled as such because of computers that used floppy discs. Or Lawrence Block novels because Matt Scudder went off in search of a payphone. I......more

Clint Shartelle is a honey-tongued Southerner who wears impeccable three-piece suits and drinks like a fish. (Waitaminnit! Do fish actually drink? Whatever.) Shartelle claims to be one sixty-fourth Native American, one-twelfth African-American, and the country’s best political campaign manager. Appa......more

Ratf#%^&ing has been in the news a lot the last couple of years because of the Trump/Russia scandal. Outside influence affecting democratic elections is a time honored tradition, and few are more familiar with it than the United States, which has been practicing it for decades. It’s practically the......more