IRRESISTIBLE TARGETS

I was going to put a spoiler alert at the top of this page, but since according to media I am the only adult in Britain who didn't watc...

John Sandford's Lucas Davenport is one of the enduring action heroes of the crime genre, his books coming in somewhere between police ...

I've written an essay, actually re-writtten it from one which appeared 17 years ago, about my friend  and teammate Blake, whose personal...

I finally saw Hidden Numbers , and liked it a good deal. What is best about it is the way it reinforces the pain of the world of segregation...

The essay that follows is a sort of companion piece to one I wrote in March, 'Hey, Hey LBJ, What Did You Do 50 Years Ago Today', to ...

I've been writing a Friday column on the NFL for something like 20 years, and for the past 13 on nfluk.com have picked every game of the...

I met Harlan Ellison once. It was at an sf World Con in Washington in 1973. I was working in DC at the time, and had a great time. But at on...

I went on BBC Radio 4 Front Row last night, forming part of an odd couple with Samira Ahmed to discuss Neil Simon. I am sure Samira saw me a...

D evon Connor hires Elvis Cole because she's found a Rolex and wads of cash under her teenaged son's bed. Tyson Connor goes to a ...

It's not surprising. Aretha Franklin did one, maybe two or three, of the greatest versions of the Star Spangled Banner I'd ever hear...

I'm not sure exactly when I wrote this poem, probably some time in 1983. It was published in an English magazine, The Rialto, in Norwich...

'Season One' of Renato Jones is titled The One % , which sets the stage for what is not so much political analysis as a dynamic ...