Predictive Analytics By Mel Goldberg Frederick sat at his computer and wrote what he thought was an intriguing sentence to start his story. “Yesterday Peter Green got angry. He bought a Russian-made Kalashnikov AK-47 and a magazine of thirty rounds of 30 caliber bullets.” Then he thought about Checkov’s gun. If you mention a rifle
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Never Sell Signed Books! By Mel Goldberg I sold my autographed books at the Bookman’s Used Book store in Flagstaff. I hated to do it but I got over $300 which really helped. I started walking back to my car, wondering why used book stores always seem to be in older parts of town.
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Jim Tipton By Mel Goldberg When death finally comes can she be in the form of that woman wearing the black bikini walking toward me on the beach at Guayabitos. Death finally came to Jim Tipton, Lakeside’s premier poet, on Wednesday, September 16, at 9:45 AM. One can only hope she wore a black
May 13—Not A Day To Celebrate By Mel Goldberg Mexicans celebrate Independence Day on September 16, the day in 1810 when Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla rang the bell of his little church, issued his famous Grito de Dolores, and called for independence from Spain. When Spain signed the Treaty of Córdoba on September
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A Brief History Of Jews In Mexico By Mel Goldberghttp://www.wix.com/goldmiel/authormel Arriving with the first Spaniards, Jews have lived in Mexico since the fourteenth century. Their history in Mexico may be divided into three significant time periods: the 14th, 18th, and 20th Centuries. The first Jews arrived about thirty years after the start of the
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Sea Love By Mel Goldberg As an ex-pat retired teacher vacationing near the ocean in Barra de Navidad, I enjoyed walking on the shore under a full moon. The calm water had a silvery sheen and I liked being alone. On rare occasions, dead seals washed up on the shore, so I was not
1984 – The Movie By Mel Goldberg To protest President Donald Trump’s alleged proposed cuts on cultural programs, including the entire elimination of the National Endowment for the Arts, participating theaters in April throughout the United States and other countries screened the film 1984 based on the novel by George Orwell. The story centers on Winston Smith, whose job
The Serpent’s Tooth By Mel GoldbergRe-Published by Request “How Sharper Than A Serpent’s Tooth It Is To Have A Thankless Child” —King Lear (Shakespeare) Act 1, scene 4, After my mother died, my father came to live with me in Arizona. He needed special care because of his Parkinson’s Disease. He had the
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Are All Terrorists Muslims? Not Even Close! By Mel Goldberg Because of the attacks in Paris, London, and Garland, Texas, there is a misperception that most terror attacks are committed by Muslims. How many times have we heard “Not all Muslims are terrorists, but all terrorists are Muslims” on the Fox entertainment channel. Not
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