The Crow's Nest

My long-running RACE WARS series continues to sell well.I have mixed feelings about that, and when I see what is now happening in a beautiful place like Charlotte, North Carolina, those...

I saw this number performed by the Stones live back in the late 90’s during their fantastic Bridges to Babylon tour. It is a song that, if released by...

So I’m brushing my teeth this morning, and what do I hear coming from the TV in the bedroom but that long-ago song by Tom Petty, Learning to Fly....

THOSE EYES.Ben Hogan was a man of smallish stature, but his sheer grit and steely-eyed demeanor intimidated nearly everyone around him. Here is “The Hawk” in the autumn of...

This was sent to me as a recommendation due to my long-standing love of good historical-based fiction. I wasn’t familiar with author Colson Whitehead, so the book sat unopened...

We have risen.But those lost must never be forgotten, so we must never forget.Few do it better than Mr. Springsteen…There’s a blood red circle On the cold dark ground...

I never much cared for Star Wars. You see, from a very young age, it was always Star Trek re-runs for me.And now Gene Roddenberry’s sci-fi masterpiece is celebrating...

Like battle-hardened and seemingly ageless soldiers of wealth and taste, the Rock -n- Roll circus that is the Rolling Stones marched through Latin America last year, entertaining millions, and...

One of the great things about the Internet is its use as a way-back time machine.So let’s take a trip, shall we, to an early-90’s band hailing out of...

Just a quick (and grateful) reminder to all of you who have read my latest novel, THE WRITER, to leave a review at its Amazon page HEREThe publisher will be doing...

Part-time quarterback Colin Kaepernick has decided to sit out the traditional playing of the National Anthem prior to the start of NFL games. Today he explained his reason for...

His name was Peter A. Kaisen, a seventy-six year old resident of Long Island, New York.He was also a military veteran.A few days ago, Mr. Kaisen wanted medical treatment...

Rather like this one…—————– 

I like to give it a day or two before commenting on something like the past weekend rematch between Conor McGregor and Nate Diaz bout. That gives the more...

Love me some Roadies.Showtime’s original series  joint-effort with longtime Rock -n- Roll quasi-documentarian Cameron Crowe, starts off a bit slow, but then the tour bus gets a rollin’ and the...

Sixty-five minutes.Another American military veteran gone.We can do better for those who have already done enough.My longtime readers know well my feelings regarding the sacrifices our military, both past...

From one iconic legend to another.John Lennon is long gone. Bob Dylan is still here.And so Dylan reflects on that very thing. He doesn’t give us the answers, but...

A little gem from Mr. John Lennon, whose own abrupt ending makes these words that much more poignant…Roll on John… https://vimeo.com/77656372—————–

The last six weeks have been a flurry of activity doing promotion for the first installment of my San Juan Islands Mystery series, THE WRITER , and the ongoing work in...

A haunting reflection on past addictions, a life nearly lost, and the woman who fought by his side to keep that life intact.And a true story…(Make note of the...

It was a phrase I first came across a few years back after a slew of readers suggested it to me following my first published novel, DOMINATUS was released. Dominatus, being...

D.W. Ulsterman’s Songs To Live & Die By: “RAINY NIGHT IN SOHO”August 5th, 2016I love music because music helps me to love and appreciate life.There’s a saying out there...

Readers of my first novel, DOMINATUS, will likely recall how the globalists took over state and local law enforcement in order to fully implement the slew of freedom-destroying “mandates” that...

Mr. President, with all due respect, you need to shut your damn mouth.You have no moral claim upon the sacrifices of this nation’s Gold Star families.NONE. ZERO. ZIP.The vast...

Has it really been nearly six years since I first began watching AMC’s Hell on Wheels?There was plenty that initially drew me in. A Southern-loner protagonist, multitude of Irish...

I had a reader message me on this subject and I must admit, I hadn’t thought of it this way as I watched Mrs. Clinton attempt to talk tough...

George R.R. Martin’s world of Game of Thrones continues to fascinate millions, due in great part to the HBO adaptation of the epic series that somehow manages to so...

The headline is a thing meant only for the pages of a novel or the images of a film – a thing of fiction, not all too gruesome and...

The folks over at Bad Lip Reading have done it again. Politics is so often the parade of the unintentionally absurd, it’s nice to find something that is intentionally...

“He’s not a politician – he’s a leader.”So goes the growing chorus of support for Donald J. Trump, business mogul turned Republican presidential candidate.After three days of introductory speeches...

I have long considered myself a common sense environmentalist. That is to say, I advocate for clean air and water, responsible handling of waste materials, etc. (Drop a piece...

2016 has made it all too clear how divided America is at this time.My multi-season  RACE WARS series explores what this country might look like should that division worsen just...

Ok, I’m about to venture into yet another moment that has publishers cringing.DON’T TALK POLITICS, they say. IT WILL HURT BOOK SALES, they say.I think my readers got my...

In the coming days, I’ll be exploring the waters of the San Juan Islands again for some much needed R&R as well as a bit of research for the...

Longtime MSNBC contributor Eugene Robinson is a profit-motivated racist.Allow me to explain.Mr. Robinson has made a career off of the manufactured premise of a racist America. It has long...

The ENTIRE premise of Black Lives Matter is a lie.It is the purposeful manipulation of the intellectually lazy and simple-minded, with a goal that has nothing to do with...

I realized it right away as soon as the news reports started rolling in.Then some readers picked up on it as well, requiring that I speak to the uncomfortable...

Make no mistake, reader, Hillary Clinton broke the law.She did so over and over again, and yet, today, FBI Director James Comey indicated his agency would not be recommend...

How few of these kinds of stories do we hear from the Mainstream Media? Did you know that this event is not officially classified as a successful use of...

After my latest novel, THE WRITER was chosen for publication, I have had many current and/or aspiring authors message me in the last few weeks to ask my opinion on the Kindle Scout...