: About Me

I've been a writer all my life having written over 1000 articles in my years including magazines, newspaper, wire services, blogs and Internet Newsletters. As a former Bureau Chief for the UPI Radio Network based in Los Angeles and a columnist for UPI Wire I have lived a lot and done alot.

I have a new book coming out in August called "Fan Letters to a Stripper; A Patti Waggin Tale" from Schiffer Publishing. You can see it at my web site www.pattiwaggin.com.

I have just started a new website www.readthisnovel.com where I am inviting unpublished authors to submit their registered fiction books for me to sell for them on CD or DVD. They get paid on sales $2.50 per, I get $1.50 and the buyer gets free shipping. We publish one chapter on thes site so potential buyers, agents, publishers can read it. If they want the book they order it and we send them the disc. Works must be registered at least by Registered return mail, and contract signed. Book is always yours, we just sell it for you. It may not be you can' t find an agent or publisher in the normal way, you may find one here. Site is live but needs some tweeking which will take place shortly. contact me for details... brillpro@prodigy.net.

I'm currently a weekend anchorperson at KNX 1070 Newsradio in Los Angeles and you can hear me weekend mornings at www.knx1070.com streaming on line as well as on the air. My passions are sports, collecting sports memorabilia and selling it. I've spent nearly 40 years in broadcast journalism, have a passion for international news and have visited 27 countries. I also write The Brill Report, a blog on www.sportsbuy.com.

My passion is ...

International news

I know too much about ...

sportscards

My parents always told me ...

You can do whatever you want to do in this world

My childhood ambition ...

play major league baseball for pittsburgh

My favorite memory ...

My sister throwing me a surprise BD Party at age 6

Why I write ...

I have something to say

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

Movies

My first job ...

newspaper boy

My best moment ...

Having all three of my kids talking world affairs at dinner table

My inspiration ...

Mrs. Cynthia Menck, my speech teacher in High School

Business > Business Issues Is Wal-Mart bad for America?

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Is Wal-Mart The Great Satan or Our Guardian Angel? The answer to the question above depends upon who you ask but you will probably get more votes for the man with the horns from business owners and suppliers while consumers will vote for the angelic hosts. The issue is "Green" today and while the word is so over used in our current society Wal-Mart is going gung-ho green. An announcement this week basically laid it on the line to suppliers, if you read between the lines, "Go Green" or "Go Elsewhere." The issue is really the power of the world's largest retailer to force the issue, and the ...

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