Archive for the 'Readers Write' Category
Wednesday, February 20th, 2019
Correspondents Rene Hartman and Bill Hodges responded to my Monday post by asserting the Republican — and even the Libertarian — parties are (have become?) just as bad as the far-left Democrats.
Full Article Categories: 2020 Elections, Education, Elections, Immigration, Media, Politics, Readers Write, The Deep State
Monday, June 19th, 2017
Brunette here again. Guess I’m in an uncharacteristically chatty mood lately . . . not to worry, Vin will be back. And I’ll revert to my usual quieter self sooner or later. đ
Full Article Categories: 2016 Election, Brunette's rants, Free Speech, Media, Politics, Readers Write
Wednesday, May 18th, 2016
A friend whoâs a Republican (hey, no oneâs perfect) writes to ask: âIn your opinion, with The Donald at the GOPâs helm, are we doomed? I say nay, but others say oh hell yes. I think Hillary is too unsavory for most to support while the Donaldâs brashness appeals to the lowest (voting) common denominator. […]
Full Article Categories: 2016 Election, About Town, Big Brother, Elections, Media, Readers Write, Uncategorized
Wednesday, May 18th, 2016
A reader of my May 10 column in âFirearms Newsâ (formerly “Shotgun News”) — the one headlined “Donald Trump On Guns” — wrote in: âThe column started off great, but as we got closer and closer to the end Vin apparently got wound up listening to his own rhetoric.
Full Article Categories: 2nd Amendment, Big Brother, Common Defense, Drug War, Entheogens, Law Enforcement, Readers Write
Saturday, June 6th, 2015
I sell books both online (www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?sortby=0&vci=51238921) and in our brick and mortar bookstore, inside the Charleston Antique Mall in Las Vegas.
Full Article Categories: Books, Collectibles, Fiction, Literacy, Readers Write
Saturday, March 14th, 2015
Thomas B. Roberts, professor emeritus at Northern Illinois University, edited the books “The Psychedelic Future of the Mind” and “Psychoactive Sacramentals: Essays on Entheogens and Religion,” the latter of which was acknowledged as a valuable source in my latest novel, “The Testament of James.” Dr. Roberts (no known relation to the Beatles’ Doctor Robert) was […]
Full Article Categories: Books, Drug War, Entheogens, Fiction, History, Jesus, Readers Write
Thursday, February 19th, 2015
Out of Wyoming, firm proponent of self-ownership Mama Liberty has weighed in with a thoughtful commentary on “The Testament of James” (here), focusing on what the tale tells us about the nature of organized religion, and its relation to social control. “Some people got together and figured out how to use the belief or disbelief […]
Full Article Categories: Books, Drug War, Earth Stewardship, Entheogens, Fiction, Free Speech, Jesus, Readers Write, Religion
Tuesday, February 10th, 2015
The genial John Walker, formerly of Autodesk et al., has posted a new review of “The Testament of James” here:
Full Article Categories: Books, Drug War, Entheogens, Fiction, History, Jesus, Readers Write, Religion
Thursday, December 11th, 2014
Has it really been five years — Thanksgiving of 2009 — since I posted a “readers respond” column under this headline? For those who’d like another gander at what passes for reasoned, well-documented debate among the defenders of today’s mandatory government youth propaganda camps, I believe it’s still posted at https://vinsuprynowicz.com/?p=374 .
Full Article Categories: 2nd Amendment, Big Brother, Common Defense, Education, History, Literacy, Readers Write
Sunday, August 17th, 2014
My fellow booksellers in these parts were recently advised to research and stock books created under the auspices of the FDR-era âFederal Writersâ Project,â a tax-and-spend-and-elect outfit created in 1935 as part of Franklin D. Rooseveltâs Works Progress Administration. Thatâs good advice as far as it goes. Writers who later became well-known, from Nelson Algren […]
Full Article Categories: Big Brother, Books, Collectibles, Economics, Education, Fiction, History, Literacy, Readers Write