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Hi, everyone! The news has been more than a bit overwhelming at times, but here are a few articles that may be of interest. I hope.

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Federal aid often fails to reach poorest Americans.

VA traverses rural West to coax vaccine skeptics.

Just waiting for cicada-Palooza!

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This column was originally published on my website in January 2008. Some of the original links have disappeared since then, but I’ll include everything I can.

When we think of making our businesses “green,” we should be thinking of more than our earnings. We should be doing business in the most eco-friendly ways possible.

Green has become a very fashionable color again. The rumors of the death of environmentalism have been highly exaggerated. In fact, ecological-correctness has become a corporate goal and marketing strategy. Consumers are becoming more eco-aware — buying hybrid cars, organic foods and recycled products. Even Harry…

Apparently, one of the things I should talk about (presumably on my vlog or during a podcast or wherever) or maybe write about online is what I do when I’m not writing.

And so while I’ve waited for the beach ball of death to stop/a YouTube video to take nearly forever to upload/my computer crash to be magically fixed/a cure for dystonia or the next task to present itself, I’ve created some badly-drawn cartoons.

Allow me to present: The Clueless Detective! 🙂

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Hi everyone. Well I am a really stupid person sometimes.

It occurred to me after talking with Kathryn Goldman in my latest interview on the Crime Cafe — she’s an intellectual property attorney — that the reason there are these things called hybrid self-publishing or whatever you want to call them companies is that so many people are self-publishing now, the whole field is attracting people who know nothing about the publishing industry. Wow. Yeah, Debbi. Gee, it just never occurred to me until right now. And so I just want to say when I’m talking…

Well, here we are again! Surprise, surprise! 🙂

Let’s get to it, shall we?

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Amazon’s success in union fight is Big Tech’s latest win. (Check the URL for the only semi-odd reference to “Uber”.)

Migrants find IDs a barrier to vaccination.

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Our greatest libraries are melting away. (“Climate change” gets a nod in the URL.)

Cicadas are a godsend.

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Covid maroons maritime workers.

Why are white people so stupid?

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Anti-vaxxers put us all at risk. Facebook and Twitter must act. (Uh, yeah. The online headline is different.)

Big Tech will have its day in…

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Hi everyone! Well, I guess it’s about time I reviewed this book that I keep talking about.

I’ve been kind of holding it up and saying, “Wow. Look at this book.” Yeah, it’s really good. It’s excellent. I mean, it has the kind of advice that would be good for anybody, no matter what you sell online, really, honest.

One of the things I like about it is the way it’s organized. It’s organized so it makes its points…

Hi! Today, I have another book related to the business side of writing. Great by Choice.

This book is geared toward organizations. However, there’s a lot in here that can really help you as an entrepreneur — an entrepreneurial writer, let us say. There’s one part in particular, the epilogue. I’m just going to read a little bit, because it’s so awesome. Allow me to change glasses. Right, so let’s see.

We sense a dangerous disease infecting our modern culture and eroding hope: an increasingly prevalent view that greatness owes more to circumstance, even luck than to action and…