James J. Patterson

Transmogrify the Antinomian Kakistocracy

An Interview with “Roughnecks” Author, James J. Patterson

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"You can change the dimensional make-up in someone’s mind with a single chord of musical phrase, or excite their imagination, invoke any of the mindful emotions. You can do the same thing with images in words, of course. But music can find a direct path to a person’s core that he or she may have … [Read more...] about An Interview with “Roughnecks” Author, James J. Patterson

Donald Trump and the False Infallibility of Riches

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Donald Trump has proven to the world what Washingtonians have been experiencing, albeit on a smaller scale, with a local billionaire named Daniel Snyder, for years, that a person being rich guarantees nothing when it comes to having the competence, expertise, and most of all, the ethical … [Read more...] about Donald Trump and the False Infallibility of Riches

The World of Yesterday (Armistice Day, 2018)

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From the forthcoming collection Junk Shop Window My father always said that his first memory was of standing on the couch in his parent’s living room, small hands on the back cushion, peering out a picture widow at a neighborhood street in Bend, Oregon. There is a slow-moving line of cars and … [Read more...] about The World of Yesterday (Armistice Day, 2018)