September, 2010 | Warren Adler

Month: September, 2010

Who Believes What?

Posted on: September 25th, 2010 by Warren Adler No Comments

Like most information junkies, arm chair philosophers, exhibitionist pundits, public scolds and dispensers of alleged wisdom and amateur behavioral analysts, I can now conjure that I have received an epiphany.

I know why most of us are angry, frustrated and disheartened by what is going on in our increasingly dysfunctional political landscape. Indeed, it is not only a domestic crisis but a global one.

6th Annual Warren Adler Short Story Contest

Posted on: September 20th, 2010 by admin 6 Comments

People’s Choice Voting is Closed.

Winners Get Published on Kindle and Amazon and Win Cash Prizes.

Cash prizes will be offered to the winners as follows:

1st Prize: $1,000
People’s Choice Prize: $500
Remaining finalists: $50 each
Honorable mentions: $25 each

Here is the 1st Prize winner:

Fields Where the Glory Does Not Stay by Lones Seiber of Morristown, TN.

Here is the People’s Choice winner:

Historical Insignificance by Garret Clancy of Studio City, CA

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Remaining finalists:

Arti by Neil McCabe of Chico, CA
Squid Jiggers by Judi Blaze of Vashon Island, WA
Madame du Jour (Lady of the Day) by Solange Anduze James of Boulder, CO

Here are the Honorable Mention winners:

The Cat by Michael Rhodes of Austin, TX
Car Accident by Jamie-Kate Heminway of Plaistow, NH
Bad Dog by Sarah Liley Cheever Tomkins of Chevy Chase, MD
A Slow Boat to Cork by Larkin Maguire of New York, NY
Black Eyed Susans by Morgan G.

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Some Thoughts About Nine Eleven

Posted on: September 10th, 2010 by Warren Adler No Comments

And so it is September 11th again and we can all breathe a sigh of relief that another year has passed in which we have not had a massive terrorist attack against our homeland.

Because we have escaped mass slaughter at the hands of Islamic extremists, we are now experiencing a different kind of narrative.