After I wrote Unintended Consequences, many people said they’d eagerly read anything I chose to write in the future, and I’m foolish enough (or vain enough) to take them at their word.
A novel is like a big, strange creature with an uncertain but lengthy gestation period. Ross in Range, my weekly Internet column, is a way to keep in touch with readers while they’re waiting for the next major birthing. There’s no particular theme to it; anything that comes within shooting distance and captures my interest is apt to end up here: Current events, financial matters, social issues, and government follies are all fair game. So are things that don’t have any real significance in the big scheme of life, but interest me anyway--like lost causes, incurable optimists, and just about anything that turns dead dinosaurs and Ben Franklins into noise and laughter.
That’s both the promise and the curse of the Internet: Anyone can write anything they want without first getting someone else to approve it for publication. Whether anyone will think it is worth reading is a whole different matter. The free market reigns supreme, as it should.
The one constant of Ross in Range is that, health permitting, I’m going to have a new one of these columns for you every single week. All columns will be archived here, so you can catch up on any that you missed.
Ross in Range columns haven't always been forthcoming recently. Sorry.
Past Ross In Range columns, most recent column on top:
- Thoughts About the Presidential Race, or
There’s a Reason We Feed War Prisoners but Execute Spies
- 5/8/08
- Risking the Alienation of Some Readers, or
Most of My Beliefs About Religion Were Decided in Kindergarten
- 4/22/08
- Thoughts About Straying Politicians, or
Will a Wife Ever Spill the Blunt Truth and Are All These Guys Morons?
- 3/13/08
- Life Imitates Art, or
JR Has a Soulmate, His Own Cindy Caswell, and He Wants to Keep Her
- 4/24/07
- The Future of Private Aviation, or
An Open Letter to Tom Poberezny
- 6/22/07
- A Visit to the World of Daytime TV III, or
JR Tackles "The Worst Show On Television" - 5/31/07
- A Visit to the World of Daytime TV II, or
The Semi-Wasteland of Court TV - 5/27/07
- A Visit to the World of Daytime TV, or
An Interesting Advertising Demographic - 5/25/07
- Thoughts on the Virginia Tech Massacre, or
When Will Congress Admit Its Culpability? - 4/24/07
Click here for listings previous to 2007
There’s a Reason We Feed War Prisoners but Execute Spies - 5/8/08
Most of My Beliefs About Religion Were Decided in Kindergarten - 4/22/08
Will a Wife Ever Spill the Blunt Truth and Are All These Guys Morons? - 3/13/08
JR Has a Soulmate, His Own Cindy Caswell, and He Wants to Keep Her - 4/24/07
An Open Letter to Tom Poberezny - 6/22/07
JR Tackles "The Worst Show On Television" - 5/31/07
The Semi-Wasteland of Court TV - 5/27/07
An Interesting Advertising Demographic - 5/25/07
When Will Congress Admit Its Culpability? - 4/24/07
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