Monthly Archives: April 2009

A Very Practical Look at Creation Care

Gardening Eden, How Creation Care Will Change Your Faith, Your Life and Our World by Michael Abbate; 2009;254 pages; Waterbrook Press, Colorado Springs, CO; 978-0-30744-499-8; 4/11/09-4/15/09 In the interest of full disclosure Mike Abbate is a friend of mine, with whom I have had some great discussions about all kinds of issues. Mike gives valid [...]

This will make you angry

The Wrong Guys, Murder, False Confessions and The Norfolk Four by Tom Wells and Richard A. Leo; 2008; 342 pages; The New Press, New York, NY; 978-01-59558-401-4; 4/7/09-4/11/09 In July of 1997, Billy Bosko returned home from Naval cruise to find his wife Michelle, raped and stabbed in their bedroom.  When the police were called [...]

From the Halls of Montezuma…

First to Fight, An Inside View of The U.S. Marine Corps by Victor H. Krulak, Lieutenant General, USMC, Retired;1984; 252 pages; United States Naval Institute, Annapolis, MD; 0-87021-785-2; 4/2/09-4/7/09 From the Halls of Montezuma to the Halls of the Pentagon, General Krulak has seen much of what has made the Corp the storied institution that [...]

Shane Scully goes bad

On the Grind, A Shane Scully Novelfiber optic by Stephen J. Cannell; 2008; 306 pages; St Martins Press, New York, NY; 978-0-312-36628-5; 4/2/09-4/2/09 Shane Scully is thrown off the force for committing a felony and blackmailing someone.  He is thrown out of his house for having an affair with a movie star.  He is scum [...]

I will look at Upper Deck Differently

Card Sharks, How Upper Deck Turned a Child’s Hobby Into A High Stakes, Billion Dollar Business by Pete Williams; 1995; 278 pages; MacMillian Publishing, New York, NY; 002-629061-8; 3/26/09-4/2/09 For those of you who don’t know I collect baseball cards, I even have a blog about my autographed Padres collection at Padrographs.blogspot.com .  Also I [...]

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