Political Debates 2016……
Political Debates 2106 Dateline: Lake Geneva Wisconsin. February 11, 2016 Well, you may like Bernie, but in listening to the latest debate in Milwaukee earlier tonight, I found Bernie to be rather nasty in trying to make his point while running Hillary down. He used that hoary old and disrespectful phrase “with all due respect” several times. Everyone knows exactly what that phrase means. I give you no respect at all. He...
Beat the Drum Slowly, Arch Patton’s Generosity?
BEAT THE DRUM SLOWLY Short Story By J. Strauss. Zurich, part of the social igloo called Schweiz (the Germanic third of Switzerland), lay spread before him. Arch Patton stood on the roof of the Hotel St. Gotthard, the only hotel less than half a kilometer from the train station. It was cold, but then Zurich is cold to foreigners even when it’s ninety degrees, which is seldom. He blew the smoke from one last puff of the last...
Tagged in Sierra Leone, Arch Patton Arrives in Africa
TAGGED IN SIERRA LEONE Arch Patton arrives in Africa By James Strauss The Internet termed the place to be Lungi International Airport, Sierra Leone, but no description was given, nor would it have served, not even for the seasoned African traveler. Those of life experience chose to avoid such places. There was nothing to be observed that wanted of memory and certainly nothing to be gained in the way of compensation for time or labor....
FULLY FUNCTIONAL, a Short Story by James Strauss
FULLY FUNCTIONAL Short Story By J. Strauss Lieutenant Howard never ran with lightening speed. He was more controlled, as befitting his rank of lieutenant and position of shift commander. He moved with a glow across the spectrum of his small town fiefdom. Twenty-five thousand citizens rested under his care, almost all asleep, as he commanding the midnight to eight shift. He took his first dose in his cruiser down at Main Beach...
Advent Trees and Star Wars…..
Four days in between me and Christmas. I must finish the fourth and fifth Advent trees today so the fourth will be up tonight and then the fifth I will light up on the 23rd. The first four are all white lights, except for that weird yellow…………
About Me
James Strauss was born into a Coast Guard family during WWII. He’s lived in four countries and twenty-seven states, in places from South Manitou Island in Michigan to Honolulu, Hawaii.
He’s held a variety of positions in many careers, from being a Marine Corps Officer wounded in Vietnam, a college professor in anthropology, a CIA team leader in the field and more recently as a screenwriter and novelist, along with publishing a Lake Geneva, Wisconsin newspaper.
James has published three novels; The Boy, The Bering Sea and The Warrior.