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Death of a Wine Snob (Part 5, The Conclusion)
This is the conclusion of a short story set in Oregon’s wine country about the murder of a wine expert. The previous four parts are found here: Part 1 Part2 Part 3 Part 4 “People around here take wine very seriously.” Truman went off to give instructions to the Sargent on duty. I headed for…
Death of a Wine Snob (Part 4)
This is part 4 of a short story about the mystery of the murder of a wine expert. You can find parts 1-3 here: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 I looked back at Werner as I went out and said, “You’re right. You should have an attorney.” Part 4 Thirty minutes later, I was…
Death of Wine Snob (Part 3)
This is the continuation of a short story about the murder of a wine expert. Parts one and two can be read here and here. “Nice job perk,” I said as I circled the car and admired the lines and the rich interior. “What does one of these cost?” Forty-five minutes later I pulled into…
Death of Wine Snob (Part 2)
This is the second installment of the short story about the murder of a wine expert. Part one can be read here. …this was a robbery by someone with good taste in wine. My first stop was the office of the local paper, the Newberg Journal Republic. They had just remodeled and the place smelled…
Death of a Wine Snob
A Short Story, Part 1 Author’s Note — I have not been posting to this blog for some time, for various reasons. To remedy that, I will be posting a couple of short stories I have written. They are rather long reads, so I will break them down into segments that can be read in…
Here are Five Thing You Absolutely Don’t Have to Worry About
The now cliche bit of “wisdom” coined by Winston Churchill near the end of World War II and revived by Rahm Emanuel is “never waste a good crisis.” They are great for the ruling class because they use crises to move radical political and social agendas, and they use them to divert attention from their…
Five Existential Threats to Humanity to Worry About This Week
Here are the five top things to worry about this week if you are concerned with the continued existence of humanity. America’s Political Crisis. America’s political crisis began during the 2016 Presidential campaign and has since morphed into a variety of troubling aspects that threaten the whole world. The three most important right now are…
Back in Twitter Jail-Second Appeal
I am still faced with the heart-wrenching dilemma of getting the suspension of my Twitter account lifted without compromising my support for free speech and my opinion that the suspension is nonsense. The easy path is to just delete the tweet, but in doing so I tacitly admit to violating their rules. I didn’t violate…
A Brief Review of Stephen Cohen’s “War With Russia?”
A very interesting and thought-provoking book by Russian historian Stephen Cohen. It provides a clear analysis of US and NATO policy toward Russia since the fall of the Soviet empire. It also offers an answer to the important question of why we are now and have been sitting on the brink of World War III…
Twitter Appeal Denied
Twitter denied my appeal. Looks like I stay in Twitter jail indefinitely unless I buy into their reality by deleting my tweet. Here is the communication I received: Thank you for your patience as we reviewed your appeal request for account @SteveAshby, regarding the following: Our support team has determined that a violation did take…
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