On Editing Wikipedia
As I approach retirement I am trying to explore new activities, and recently have registered as a Wikipedia editor. My idea is to start small and revise a few articles about things and people I know. I...
View ArticleBefore You Send Your Self-Published Book to Reviewers, Do This
Every published author gets requests on a constant basis from authors. These are invariably first-time authors. The person wants the established author to do one of four things: 1. Review his...
View ArticleAd-Blocking Software Shuts Down the MSM’s Business Models
About two months ago, I could not access Forbes. I got a message: turn off your ad-blocking software. I didn’t. I notice that Forbes has reverted to its three-second delay strategy. The Telegraph, a...
View ArticleThe Magnificent Pre-Election Blindness of The New York Times
You can judge the competence of a newspaper by the articles that its editors run. Consider this article from The New York times. Here is the headline: Donald Trump and the G.O.P.: The Party of Lincoln,...
View ArticleNewsweek Cover: Madam President
It’s Dewey Defeats Truman all over again. Maybe you bought one. Check the eBay auction price.
View ArticleLazy Authors vs. Link Shorteners
One of my pet peeves is a full-URL in a footnote in a printed book. The footnote may be 60 characters long. It may be longer. The author is visibly lazy. He did not type in this URL. He used cut and...
View ArticleThe Key Breakthrough in My 57-Year-Old Project
Once in a great while, something bizarre happens to me. Once in a while, something convenient happens to me. When something bizarre and convenient happens, I call it providential. If it’s providential,...
View ArticleWant a Free Book? Click “Print”
The PDF lets people get access to books long out-of-print. It is a marvelous technology. Recently, I sent off 15 volumes that are 40 years old to a company that converts books into PDFs. This is going...
View ArticleWashington Post Almost Commits Suicide. (Maybe Next Time!)
On the evening of March 27, I clicked a link to an article in The Washington Post. Within seconds, the page went blurry, and I got an ad asking me to pay for a subscription. I then went to the home...
View ArticleFree PDF’s: 2900+ Pages of Articles I Edited
From 1974 to 1981, I edited The Journal of Christian Reconstruction. I got the idea for this journal in 1973. Chalcedon published the volumes. They are available on Chalcedon’s site, but in a revised...
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