Last winter, as I was editing my debut novel, The French Revolution, I confronted a thorny section detailing a wild Christmas scene which my editor had highlighted for revision. Penned with youthful vigor and imaginative flair, the scene was a hell of a romp but also...

Two publishing industry titans smashed into each other last week, and it couldn't have come sooner.

Basically, Random House has been screwing authors by assuming ebook rights they were never contractually awarded--because ebooks hadn't been invented in contracts negotiated fifteen-plus years ago....

One year ago today -- Bastille Day -- I released my debut novel The French Revolution on Twitter. It got some pretty good attention, and last fall I landed a traditional book deal with Soft...

I was pleasantly surprised at the gym last week to find the NFL draft on TV. In case you missed it, the networks now station cameras in top recruits' homes, where they lounge around in...

The long string of blunders in Vancouver evokes memories of post-Katrina FEMA incompetence. There's the Olympic torch breakdown and subsequent sequestration from the general public, the weather, the luge tragedy and cover-up, the day-long travel ordeals to see mountain sports,...

"Dizzying, enveloping, vertiginous ... I ran out of adjectives." - New York Magazine

"You've never experienced anything like it, and neither has anyone else." - L.A. Times

Breakthrough technology. An experience like no other. The rare focused rush...

It is an outrageous act of snobbery. Of short-sightedness. Of knee-jerk small-minded reactionary head-burying ignorance and, worst of all, not appreciating the fundamental tenets of today's marketplace.

In 2009, the customer is king. Unfortunately for the literary world, a few publishers have...

Starting today, Bastille Day, I'm releasing my entire debut novel--The French Revolution--on Twitter. As far as I can tell, it's the first full-length literary novel ever released via tweets.

My immediate reaction, were I in your shoes, would be incredulity. Who reads...

You may have heard that a few glorified cowboys down in Texas have been intimating thoughts of secession.

Go for it guys, so long as you don't mind being Saudi Arabia's far-flung American cousin.

OK, strong statement--but the think about it for...

A few weeks back Michael Jackson -- without question the greatest performer of a generation -- announced he was setting up his circus tent in London for a last-ever stint of fifty concerts.

My reaction: pure, liquid joy.

Bad was the first...

Don't say it can't happen.

The Romans went bankrupt. So did the Soviets, Enron, Argentina, Lehman Brothers, even sweet little Iceland.

With an estimated deficit of $9.3 trillion over the next decade, the United States...

The iPhone is a gorgeous, near-perfect device that reads minds and moves planets. It's also destroying the traditional concept of memory.

Start with the basics: voice calls. Of all the phone numbers I use regularly, I only know five...

The people have spoken, and the Republicans aren't listening. And as usual, they're not listening as a group.

After mismanaging the country into fiscal ruin, two endless wars, and a pair of landslide elections rejecting their rule, yesterday the Republican leadership urged their members to oppose Obama's stimulus plan...

Quick--what happened in 2007?

I'm not talking about your sister's wedding, your Tijuana honeymoon, that bare-knuckles fight with your parents at Christmas, the new dog-catcher job, or other personal battles won or lost. Try to think of global events, newsworthy happenings worthy of...

Reagan forgot to duck. Bush didn't. It's unforgettable television that, upon reflection, appears to sum up the man and his presidency.

Watch the video. From behind we see the Shoe Thrower lurch up, ragged and uncouth, doing his best to reinforce all negative...

You wanna antagonize me
Antagonize me motherfucker
Get in the ring motherfucker
And I'll kick your bitchy little ass
Punk

I don't like you, I just hate you
I'm gonna kick your ass, oh yeah!
Oh yeah!
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