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As the kids are getting ready to head back to school, I’ve been thinking about the current state of education in the U.S. What the heck happened to it? We used to turn out highly educated students from our public schools, kids who could compete and excel anywhere in the world. Now, we have crumbling [...]

Who would imagine that nerve gas experiments done on prisoners in Nazi Germany might one day wind up as flea control products for our pets? The past influences the present–an obvious statement, perhaps, but one that is too often ignored. A considerable part of my research for my novel,  Conspiracy, took me to World War [...]

Fehrman:  Conspiracy is an unusual novel with mixed genres and a blend of fact and fiction. Why did you chose to write it this way?
Alden: My original intention was to write a nonfiction work about mass control and group manipulation. When I began the research, I discovered a lot of coincidences popping up. As I [...]

Each day I see the net closing in and more people tuning out.  It’s certainly easier to bury yourself in the tube, sports, video games or whatever – and it’s a whole lot more pleasant than  focusing on what’s going on around  you. But what happens if the majority of us take our awareness and [...]

Do your thoughts ever feel so jumbled it’s like clothes spinning in a dryer? Do you ever wonder if you have ADHD? Is it just stress? Or is it caused by pesticides on your food – organophosphates, to be precise – the kind regularly sprayed on your fruits and vegetables? Sure the chemical companies say [...]