david98014Sep 12, 20103 minReflecting on 9-11A local journalist wrote recently comparing the disaster of 9-11 in 2001 to that of Custer in 1876. As a “Custer buff” I was immediately ...
david98014Aug 20, 20102 minFlogging My WaresYesterday I had a book signing, probably one of the fantasies of those seeking to be published. The wannabe author imagines being seated ...
david98014Aug 2, 20101 minHistoric Photos of Seattle in the 50s, 60s, and 70sMy latest book with Turner Publishing is now out, Historic Photos of Seattle in the 50s, 60s, and 70s. I had posted the availability on t...
david98014Jul 22, 20103 minVideo LynchingsThe recent kerfuffle over the dismissal of a civil servant who was framed by a doctored video underscores something I’ve believed for a l...
david98014Jun 30, 20103 minGunsMonday, the Supreme Court reinforced its position that gun ownership is an individual right as set out in the Second Amendment to the Con...
david98014Jun 10, 20101 minDrill BanI get irritated with the clamor to ban offshore oil drilling because of the current disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. I wish people would t...
david98014May 28, 20103 minNew BooksI received good news this week. University of Washington Press is listing two books of mine in their online catalogue. The first is Power...
david98014May 25, 20101 minWhat are you going to wear?Steve Sadis, the producer and my co-writer for The Power of Snoqualmie Falls informs me that the video has been nominated for an Emmy. Th...
david98014May 24, 20103 minSpillIt’s time to join the cacophony over the Gulf oil spill. I worked for the EPA as a criminal investigator for sixteen years, thirteen of t...
david98014May 4, 20104 minMay 4I can’t believe that it’s been forty years since the killings at Kent State. In Kent, Ohio they call the event May 4th like December 7th ...
david98014Apr 1, 20106 minThe ChiefTwo weeks ago, Mike Shanahan died. He was my chief of police and assistant chief for two years in the early 70s. I moved on to be a feder...
david98014Mar 25, 20102 minNew ContractThe folks at Turner Publishing Co. in Nashville have a new project for me, Historic Photos of Seattle in the 50s, 60s, and 70s. It’s the ...
david98014Feb 2, 20102 minSmart MoveToday there appeared a news item about Seattle Police and a man who was the subject of a felony arrest warrant. The police followed the m...
david98014Jan 31, 20105 minHistory on TelevisionI will rant a bit on history as it appears on cable. I say cable since the broadcast stations don’t feature much in the way of documentar...
david98014Jan 8, 20108 minOpening for the centennial history of Seattle Children’s HospitalSix-year-old Alice lies half reclined on the stretcher struggling against asthma to breathe. Her alveolar sacs are paralyzed and her lung...
david98014Jan 8, 20103 minClosureIn my posts about my work speaking up for abused and neglected children I have mentioned those kids who are adopted once their parents’ r...
david98014Dec 17, 20095 minEpiphanyThis is another theological term like reincarnation, resurrecton, and immaculate conception hijacked by literature and modern culture. Ep...
david98014Dec 11, 20093 minLuckThe loss of five police officers in a little more than a week here in the Puget Sound region made me remember how lucky I am to having co...
david98014Dec 10, 20092 minChristmas 2009It’s been a year of premiers, the big events that mark chapters in life. Where to start? We all strolled the red carpet to meet Kellen Ri...
david98014Nov 26, 20091 minTurkey DayMy ancestors were at the first one in 1621. Teenagers Elizabeth Tilley and John Howland survived that first winter when her parents died ...
