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I am an antiquarian bookseller and free-lance writer living near Albany in Upstate New York. I have a bachelor's and master's degree in Literature. My interests are reading, writing, history, politics and religion.

I am also interested in the law. I am specially

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Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: September 11, 2001: 2 of 119

I Was Teaching When The Towers Fell I was teaching when the towers fell ENG 104. Section B. Unaware that hell and the smell Of burnt sacrifice were drifting across Manhattan. I was teaching Updike's "A & P" when the towers fell, Talking about heroism, while heroes were bearing And being borne, and born, and born again. I was...
Creative Writing > Reflections Reflections: Abortion: 4 of 69

What began as a routine visit to an obstetrician ended up differently when the doctor could not find the baby's heartbeat. An ultrasound the next day confirmed what my wife and I both feared. Our child had died in the womb. On December 6, four days after bringing my wife home from the hospital, I opened the newspaper and rea...
Politics, News & Issues > Drug Laws & Prevention The harms of drugs versus the harms of the 'War on Drugs': 2 of 32

Whatever happened to the War on Drugs? Apparently, it has been replaced by the War on Terror. However, two recent events brought the War on Drugs back into focus for me. The first event was a drug raid by a Schenectady, New York SWAT team, during which children were handcuffed and terrorized, a pet dog was killed and only a ...
Parenting & Pregnancy > Parenting (Other) The truth behind "child protection reform": 1 of 12

Child Protective Services took my child in October 2004 based on false allegations. I had to fight to get her back and finally did, but not before Child Protective Services had caused great harm to my child and my family. The truth behind 'child protection reform' is that there has not been any meaningful child protective re...
Arts & Humanities > Literature (Other) Guide to finding good books for cheap: 1 of 10

Before considering cheap books, consider free books. After all free is better than cheap. If you need a classic or a work that is now in the public domain, you can download more than 100,000 free ebooks at www.gutenberg.org and its partner sites. While gutenberg.org is my favorite, you should also check out getfreebooks.com ...
Creative Writing > Reflections Reflections: Real life heroes: 21 of 163

She was pregnant for eleven years and three months. Not all at one time, of course. She had sixteen children as the result of fifteen pregnancies-there was one set of twins. They all had the same father. Two died at birth, leaving fourteen surviving children. She never fought in a war, ran into a burning building to rescue a...
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Shopping: 3 of 22

Shopping List. Dear Honey, Here's some money. Please go to the store (I'll be home by four), and get a thing or two. I Love You! A dozen eggs One pair L'eggs (all mine have runs) A dozen buns Grey Poupon (50 cent coupon) Lime Jell-O (Say hello to Ellie at the Deli) Quarter-pound of Swiss cheese Sliced thin please Quarter-pou...
Parenting & Pregnancy > Parenting (Other) How to prepare if you are falsely reported for abuse or neglect: 1 of 7

October 4, 2004. I will remember that day for the rest of my life. For me, September 11, 2001 fades in comparison because October 4, 2004 was the day Child Protective Services (CPS) of Montgomery County, New York took my daughter away from me based on anonymous and false allegations. I finally got her back, but she would nev...
Creative Writing > Memoirs Testimonies: I remember when: 2 of 13

I remember when there were wood burning computers. Well, not quite. But I do remember when computers were programmed with punch cards, and I also remember buying my first personal computer, the Tandy Color Computer 2. The CoCo 2, as it was affectionately called by its many fans, came with a whopping 64kb of Random Access Mem...
Politics, News & Issues > Political & Economic Theory America is losing her freedom!: 6 of 37

New Hampshire's state motto "Live Free or Die" is becoming increasingly incomprehensible to many Americans. Most of us seem more interested in living securely than living freely, not realizing that increased security is often obtained at the expense of liberty and privacy. I was reminded of that a few weeks ago when New York...