Archive for November, 2006

Grisham pens a real life courtroom drama

Tuesday, November 28th, 2006

The Innocent Man By John Grisham Doubleday $28.95 hardbound
By BILL DUNCAN The News-Review
If you thought John Grisham’s fictional courtroom drama kept you turning pages, then you are in for a real life courtroom drama in his newest book, a true account of a man sitting on death row in Oklahoma for a [...]

A tribute for the citizen soldier

Monday, November 27th, 2006

 
Book ReviewThe Devil’s SandboxBy John R. BruningZenith Press
By BILL DUNCANThe News-Review 
At first, John R. Bruning, a writer and military historian from Independence, Ore. was considered an outsider and not fully trusted by the men he was interviewing. He had proposed a book telling the story of the citizen soldiers from the Oregon [...]

Get a head start on those “Christmas Letters”

Monday, November 20th, 2006

 
Book ReviewChristmas LettersBy Debbie MacomberMIRA Books$16.95 hardbound 
By BILL DUNCANThe News-Review
 
Long before Debbie Macomber became a best selling writer, she wrote an annual Christmas letter to friends and family. She remembers that the response she received from those early letters encouraged her to become a professional writer.
If you have read any [...]

Life in a Quonset Hut

Monday, November 20th, 2006

By BILL DUNCANThe View From Here

A little piece of history is being demolished on the campus of the Veterans Hospital in Roseburg. Few people, especially employees of the hospital, will be sadden by the demolition, but indeed it is a piece of history going to the breakers.

Townfolks may not even [...]

Let’s see is going left north, or northwest?

Sunday, November 12th, 2006

By BILL DUNCANThe View From Here

I don’t do well with compass points. Tell me to go left or right, but never north, or south, east or west unless you want me to get lost. I  have first hand experience in this.
You probably won’t find it on your calendar, but [...]

What ever happened to classy insults?

Thursday, November 2nd, 2006

By BILL DUNCANThe View From Here
As the election draws near this Tuesday, a reader, Charles Becherer of Roseburg, wonders what ever happened to classy insults. We get plenty of verbal exchanges between candidates, but they are not classy quotes. Becherer feels barbs today have no class.
He shared with me a collection of [...]