Which Way Home, Tangled, Cafe Zupas

By John Brown | February 22, 2011 - 9:08 am |February 22, 2011 John's Reviews - books, movies, whatever

Child Migrants Each year, thousands of Latin Americans travel hundreds of miles, hoping to enter the United States illegally. About five percent of those attempting to make the journey are children traveling alone, often on the tops of freight trains. Some of these children are in their teens. Some are as young as eight or →

Apologies to commenters

By John Brown | February 22, 2011 - 9:03 am |February 22, 2011 News - updates on books, events, appearances, etc.

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Back at the beginning of February my site was targeted for a spam attack. So I turned on Askimet which helps deal with that. Being new to Askimet and some of the wordpress setting changes I made, I didn’t know that a number of comments were being put into a pending queue. So a number →

See You at LTUE on Friday

By John Brown | February 15, 2011 - 9:00 am |February 15, 2011 News - updates on books, events, appearances, etc.

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My schedule has changed. You can see the updates below. As I said before, LTUE is one of the best writing conferences around. There are going to be quite a few authors there sharing tips on craft and the business of writing. BTW, it’s NOT going to be held in the Wilkinson Center as it has been →

Basic Economics, Avatar: the Last Airbender

By John Brown | February 9, 2011 - 10:29 am |February 22, 2011 John's Reviews - books, movies, whatever

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How to not be duped by political blarney Karl Marx was not a scientist. Nor was Adam Smith before him. They were philosophers. Theorists. Idea men. That’s what all economists in those days were. They had little tested knowledge, and so which economic system was best was all a matter of opinion. But things are →