by Hank Nuwer | Apr 15, 2025 | Uncategorized
26 years ago, I denounced and rejected a policy for freelancers by Sportcut.com. About that time, Sportcut.com and Pete Rose announced a new scheme to get him reinstated into baseball despite his gambling on baseball. Then, not with a bang but a whimper, the lights...
by Hank Nuwer | Apr 15, 2025 | Uncategorized
What happens after you find yourself mired in a precarious situation you could and should have avoided? That’s the premise driving “On the Old Denali Road,” a short story by Alaskan author Daryl Farmer in his collection “Where We Land,” published by... by Hank Nuwer | Apr 6, 2025 | Uncategorized
By Hank Nuwer The love story of Frank E. Butler and his dead-shot bride began at a shooting match. He was a professional marksman with a male shooting partner. They traveled all over the Midwest in search of shooting matches.... by Hank Nuwer | Apr 6, 2025 | Uncategorized
By Hank Nuwer This is the story of George Washington Clear, born in 1849, the youngest son of Phillip and Mrs. Clear. On June 7, 1871, Clear married a young woman from Union City, IN, named Anna Moist. George and Anna soon raised a baby they...
by Hank Nuwer | Apr 6, 2025 | Uncategorized
By Hank Nuwer The Greenville Democrat said James J. (J.J.) Webster looked too dignified to be a criminal. “Rather did he appear as a bank clerk,” the paper said. Tall and dark, Webster wore spectacles and a brown business suit at his trial. The...