President Trump Government officials’ response to the COVID-19 pandemic shows perhaps more than ever before why people can’t depend on them, and need to think for themselves. I refer not just to President Trump’s speculation that ingestion of cleaning agents might kill the virus, or his early declaration that the pandemic was a hoax, […]
Finally, paperback copies of my novel Blood on Their Hands arrived today, in three large cardboard boxes. They look great, and now I can begin mailing them, with my signature, to anybody who wants one at a lower price than Amazon charges. To order, go to my website: http://bobbrinkwriter.com. That elevated my mood such that […]
George Floyd As the incident of police brutality in Minnesota unfolds on the TV screen, with more videos and evidence produced and murder charges filed, my mind relives the incident that gave rise to my latest novel, Blood on Their Hands. By the way, it’s on sale on Amazon in the Kindle edition for […]
Scene from The Handmaid’s Tale Repeatedly when I read The Handmaid’s Tale, the global best seller by Margaret Atwood, my mind reverted to two things: (1) the North Korean society depicted in Adam Johnson’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Orphan Master’s Son, and (2) the American society that Donald Trump is trying to convert to […]
John Feffer The issue of racism and police brutality toward Blacks in America is critical and must be addressed, and my new novel Blood on Their Hands does just that, rendering in the microcosm of personal dramatization the racial bigotry that pervades American society. But this issue is only part of a broader problem […]
Dr. David Brownstein As an author, I am a follower of another author: Dr. David Brownstein, who has an oeuvre of 11 books, seven of them national best sellers, including The Miracle of Natural Hormones, which I have but haven’t read yet. Brownstein has long been a thorn in the side of government health […]
Charles Dickens “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. It was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness. It was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity. It was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness. It was the spring […]
Bookstore reading A pandemic can do more than send people to their early graves, create cabin fever for those quarantining or just staying home to reduce their chances of infection, and send the economy into a tailspin. For authors launching books, it makes for a rocky road. Yours truly hit the trail with his […]
In case you’re bored, and want something to do in late happy hour time today — 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m — I will be doing a Zoom presentation with the West Palm Beach public library. I’ll discuss my new book, Blood on Their Hands, and the one just before it, Murder in Palm Beach: […]
Costco Lantana, Florida It goes without saying that people are staying home much more during the virus (DV) than before the virus (BV) – acronyms which, when combined, form BVD, which was a type of popular men’s underwear that my dad wore decades ago (and is still made by Fruit of the Loom). Where […]