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My New Podcast I’m starting a podcast called People of Interest. It is part of the Authors on the Air Network. We are a group of 40 authors who interview other authors. My podcast will be looking primarily at true crimes. I did an interview with William Mann on Tuesday about his book, Black […]
First of all, Happy Holidays. Not the best time to be on diet, but that’s where I am. I’ve lost 8 pounds and have to keep it off somehow. Nonprofits and Storytelling I was lucky enough to attend the Nonprofit Storytelling Conference here in San Diego in November. There were hundreds of people there. […]
Hello from San Diego. My wife has had her new knee for seven weeks now. This is a long recovery, but she’s getting around without a walker or cane. It will be awhile before she can get back to yoga. I’m trying to finish a new book, as well as a primer for people in […]
No Kings Day Hello from San Diego. These are the summer slow months, and I will mostly be staying home. My wife just had a knee replacement so we are concentrating on her recovery. I’m also working on another book, as well as a primer for people in companies and nonprofits on how to tell […]
Greetings from San Diego You Thought Bernie Madoff Was Audacious When Bernie Madoff was arrested, most thought he was the most audacious Ponzi-scheme fraudster in U.S. history. But just nine days earlier another Ponzi fraudster was arrested. I thought this man was even more brazen. I first learned about him in a Vanity Fair article […]
Greetings from San Diego Suppose Your Great Uncle Was a Hitman Imagine that your whole family knew that your great uncle, Heshy, was a hitman who’d killed 20 people. Now that is a family secret. Then one day your great uncle calls you. From prison. He knows you’re a journalist and wants you to write […]
Hello from San Diego. With so many scams going on, this feels appropriate. Speaking of scams, my friend, Kathleen Donnelly, wrote a special piece this issue on bags that fool narcotics-sniffing dogs. She is an expert on this because she used to have a drug-sniffing dog business. Here she is with four of her dogs. […]
A free book and a friend who fell in love with a con artist Hello from San Diego. It is in the 40s at night here. Sorry to brag. Well, Valentine’s Day just happened on Friday so here’s something that most males say at one time or another. I’ve got a free book from […]
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