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Graduation & Reflection

A quotation from a 1941 High School Graduation Ceremony

                        College, High School, even Eighth Grade graduations are a time for student joyous celebration and hopeful dreams of what is yet to come. They are also, or could be, an opportunity for reflection. To think about the challenges faced and overcome, the influences of professors and teachers, the guidance from parents, the friendships […]

Tom’s Book Sale & Autograph Event

Two pictures. One of Tom with his books. One of his books on display.

Hello one and all. On April 26, I was at Monarch Bookstore and Gifts shop, in Overland Park, Kansas, to sell and autograph my books. While there, I met and chatted with other authors as well as many book lovers. Food and drink were available, and children enjoyed the face painting. For those of you […]

Book Sale and Author Autograph Event

In celebration of Independent Bookstore Day, this Saturday, 26 April 2025, Tom will autograph his books for sale. He will be at the Monarch Books and Gifts store in Overland Park, Kansas, from 11 am – 1 pm.

Now Available

Hello One and All: In “The Third Party Candidate,” Augustus Lincoln Treatise engages in a second attempt at the Oval Office. Angelica, his wife, agrees. However, their children have widely varying thoughts on the plan. In the midst of a divided nation and wars across the globe, Augustus tries to secure the presidency. Will voters […]

My Next Book

Look for my latest book later this month or early November.

Fail to Vote, Pay a Fine

As we Americans approach another presidential election, we might take a trip into the distant past. A time before there was a United States, the era of British colonies. Many of the colonies had mandatory voting laws. A qualified voter who did not show up at the polls on Election Day was often punished.* He […]

Next Book Coming Soon

Hi all:  I’ve been feverishly working on my next book. Hope to have it available in September. That is why I have been absent from several postings. In the meantime, as this year’s political campaigns heat up and candidates vie for your vote, I recommend you read my book “President You” to get some ideas […]

What is an American?

… What then is the American, this new man? … hence that strange mixture of blood, which you will find in no other country… He is an American, who, leaving behind him all his ancient prejudices and manners, receives … the new mode of life he has embraced, the new government he obeys, and the […]