David Milton McGowan

  Write a Review! They're eating the dogs of the people who live in Springfield. Why is it you can’t find comprehensive information about events in the news. Why is it that news sources give us fantastic headlines but very few facts to support those wildly emotional headlines? It’s because of you. Yes, you. You didn’t write a review to the paper saying something like, “I really appreciated the information about that drug bust 6 blocks away from where I live. Because of it I was able to make efforts to keep my family safe.” Or perhaps it was, “Thanks for the story about the intersection at First and Main. We need to bring that up at council.” Because you didn’t support him/her they couldn’t make a living doing what nature has designed them for and they’re now a cashier at WalMart ………. Or driving a garbage truck. And now you can’t find out anything about what’s happening in your town/neighborhood/district. All you get is the sensationalism of headlines --- sometimes hav...

  Heat Waves, a Mirage, a Vision But in reality, a Void Loving Father figure and TV star. It started way back in 2004. Some TV executive took a failed business man and made him into a reality TV star. Oh, this business man had seen successes, but only by ignoring integrity and morality. By leaving his partners, those to whom he had originally sold many ideas, who believed in co-operative efforts and loyalty, to try and complete whatever disaster he had originally talked them into. A project that, through the manipulation of facts sounded good but proved to be impossible under those circumstances offered by reality. So, this new reality TV star led business graduates and real-estate agents through a variety of tasks that were often mean and impossible. On the rare occasions when they actually achieved success – seldom completely but often partially due to actual intelligence and tenacity superior to the host’s – they were instructed to “Move on to the next phase.” However, mos...

The Eleventh Hour  It is time, once again, to remember that for those things worthwhile, such as the safety and security of our loved ones and  descendants, it is often necessary to work and fight right to the Eleventh hour of the Eleventh day of the Eleventh month. Here is a story and a poem, both of which  I've posted before on Remembrance Day and are also included in my short story collection "People of the West: A short story timeline". You can find a link to that by clicking on the right half of a picture of me on the right side of the screen. The collection is also available as an audio  (narrated by the author, which, surprise, surprise, is me) which you can download to your phone, tablet or computer and listen to while your working, driving down the road or simply laying in the sun. The Battle of Britain story is my rendering of the story originally related to me by the main character whose name was mot Harry Burnside. The poem is something I created from a s...