My Interview With Isaac Asimov (a Memoir)
When I learned that THE Isaac Asimov was coming to Baltimore, I immediately began plotting how to attend. Imagine being a science fiction reader and having a once-in-a-lifetime … Read more
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Red States in the Sunset
Should Trump find himself unable to run for office, might he feel he owes the red states that supported him, and even America? Before he got lost in … Read more
How Much is a Lie Worth in the Dating Game?
$787.5 million for lies? What about Dating Lies? According to my study, they have different values: One-offs & Whoppers! It’s time for Online Daters to stop the dating … Read more
View from a Stationary Perch
A writer’s recollection of significant moments and sites often plays a major role in the creative process. I received a letter recently from a writer-friend who lives in … Read more
Where Your New Year’s Resolutions Go to Die! Top 10
Whether verbal or signed by a notary – our yearly resolutions are not written in stone: here’s where they go to die. We all have the best of … Read more
A New Year’s Tribute to the No. 2 Pencil
The author began writing with a No. 2 Pencil and ink pen whose nib could be dipped into an inkwell set into a desk. As we age, Robert … Read more
The Jerry Duncan Show Interviews Former Vice President Mike Pence
Wherein our intrepid talk radio show host interviews former Vice President Mike Pence about his new book “So Help Me God.” ANNOUNCER From under a rock in your … Read more
‘Clarity, Mr. Wolf, Clarity!’
A nationally known professor returned my first paper with a devastating “C –” intoning, “Clarity, Mr. Wolf, clarity!” I took a wanderjahre between my sophomore and junior college … Read more
The Particle Poet’s Inflammatory Smoking Jacket
One colleague’s smoking jacket was rumored to be the same one he had worn for twenty years without being dry-cleaned. Most faculty dressed casually in the once upon … Read more
Location, Location
We at the TLC understand concern about our article linking the former president and Henry James. It’s all about location. Some readers of Humor Times have emailed (a … Read more
