Until I left high school, most of my teachers were nuns, not to mention a source of fascination. What did they wear to bed at night? Are they bald under those black veils? What do they confess if they don’t even sin? As a young...

The founding fathers of the world’s most powerful nation − the United States of America − were both objective and precise about the form of government and its workings when they drafted the American constitution. They intended that a representative government would control the state,...

I’ve never been a fan of magic, and when it comes to black magic, well I’ve always figured that’s the domain of fantasy fiction writers and filmmakers…that is, until I read Sneaky Showbiz by Simo Ben. Now I am seriously wondering if the downturns in...

In his book Socialism: Origins, Expansion, Decline, and the Attempted Revival in the United States, Phillip Bryson delves deeper into the subject of socialism and its history by answering virtually every question on the subject. These include the origins of socialism, and the theories, concepts,...

“Every crime has a solution. Sometimes the answers are obvious, but other times, layers of deceit cover up the truth,” opines Eve Carson at the inception of Simple, Safe and Secret: The 1981 Murder of Joan L. Webster. Thanksgiving had passed, and the holiday...

Samah, Unveiled: The Wind Beneath the Veil by Samah Jebbari is a compelling memoir that unravels dramatically inside a northbound car on Autoroute 13 in Montreal, Canada. Inside the vehicle are Samah and her three children. Forty-two years ago, Samah was born in Kasserine, Tunisia....

Soldiers, Space, and Stories of Life is a collection of essays by Philadelphia freelance writer Chris Gibbons. With one exception, these articles were previously published in the Op-Ed sections of the Philadelphia Inquirer, the Philadelphia Daily News, and other outlets in Houston, Washington, and Orlando...

Seven Parents, Daughter to None: A Memoir by Melanie Hope Lang is a painful but transformational story about how a girl becomes broken from years of secrets, abuse, and neglect. But the years of things she didn’t learn or understand because of neglect have been...

Daniel G. Vintner’s book Some Mistakes of Darwin and a Programmer’s Theory of Life provides a much-needed review of Darwin’s theory of evolution. Whether one holds to creationism and a young earth only about six thousand years old, or sides with evolutionary theory and an...

When I was offered the opportunity to read and review this memoir by Martin Frumkin, I was none too sure that a hippie’s journal about sex, drugs, and rock ‘n' roll as he searched for a higher consciousness was my cup of java. None of...