by Bob | Mar 13, 2021 | Hidden History
Declaring War How does the United States go to war? It’s not as clear cut as many think. And it’s been a while since we’ve done it as laid out in the Constitution. The last time, as written in the Constitution, War was declared by a joint resolution of Congress and...
by Bob | Jul 19, 2020 | 2020 Pandemic
We are in a lose-lose-lose situation. If you remember War Games, the movie from 1983, in the end the computer decides the only way to win the nuclear escalation is to not play at all. That’s pretty much our situation now. I’m not saying give in. Or surrender. We have...
by Bob | Jun 4, 2020 | 2020 Pandemic
As a fiction writer, we often discuss “suspension of disbelief”. What that means is getting the reader so caught up in the story, that they don’t stop and go: “Wait! That’s not real.” As we see General Mattis finally weighing in on matters, it’s another day requiring...
by Bob | Feb 13, 2020 | Hidden History
I’ve examined the balance of power in the United States in several of my books because the Founding Fathers never intended their work to last this long. In The Line, I looked at what the military might do if it felt the President was going against what they...
by Bob | Feb 6, 2020 | Books, Movies and TV shows
Seven Days in May is one of those rare things: a movie that is better than the source book. The book isn’t bad, but it’s full of lectures to the reader, while the movie does away with all that exposition and is a fast-paced drama. One of my favorite parts...
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