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“Research has shown, for example, that only about one in five mass murderers commit suicide after the homicidal event (Duwe 2000, 2004).” Western Criminology Review 6(1), 59-78 (2005) A Circle of Distortion: The Social Construction of Mass Murder in the United States Grant Duwe Minnesota...

"Hitler is another historical figure whose sadism emerges not only in the "final solution," but also in his sexual use of whipping and sadistic pornography, his sexual abuse of a niece who later suicided, and his creation of a private pseu-do-religion made up of fragments of grail legends and...

I'd argue that "Zen.." proposes that there is such a thing as "Absolute Truth," but that we need to redefine it, and come to understand it in our own way. Which makes me think of Kierkegaard. I'd accept that he was "counter culture" for his time, but wonder if you'd consider him relevant to...

If the genre includes Thoreau and Hess, is "Counter culture" the best name for it? Also, I see a lot of similarities between "Zen.." and "Catcher.." The search for absolute “Truth” can lead to insanity. I loved “Fear and Loathing..” It certainly makes the point that anyone hoping to find...

Fair enough. I was talking about "Zen and..." the other day. Why do you consider it a "counter culture" book?'

Dave Eggers (born March 12, 1970 in Chicago, Illinois) James Frey Gender: Male Birthplace: Cleveland, Ohio Birthday: 9-12-1969 Augusten Xon Burroughs (born October 23, 1965) Ann Coulter Date of birth (location) 8 December 1961 New York City, New York, USA

I think that some day you could be a half decent writer. I base my opinion at least in part on your age. Am I wrong?

Do you need a reason to be inflammatory around here?;)

The guy sitting beside me was a Buddhist. We had a long conversation about whether a Buddhist should write for publication, or just write. It was fun; you do meet some interesting people.

I'm impressed by your response. You've got some talent and the right attitude. You keep working at it, which is probably more important than anything. Actually, you'll know you're good when people start asking you if you have been kidnapped in the middle of the night, because they think...

When the Republicans nominate, and the country elects, a president who allegedly did cocaine, does drug use really count as "Counter culture?"

Don't be surprised if the person who sits beside you is "The next Dan Brown, except a much better writer, with a much more important subject. And believe it or not, it's all based on a true incident."

What is the selection like in Saudi Arabia? Can you get pretty much anything that we have here in the West, or are certain titles censored?

95% of people who take a writing course, spend more on writing courses than they ever earn writing. 100% of the people who take writing courses believe that they are in the 5% who are going to earn some money. (Source: the percentages sound right to me.)

"He woke in blackness. A cold room. Bare toes wiggled against linoleum or tile flooring. Fingers attempted to crawl like stubby caterpillars against arms of a wooden chair. Charles Pierce’s first thought: constrained. His second thought: naked." You're getting better. To get even bettter, I'd...

Everything is controversial here. I guess you're never too young to learn that no matter what you write, someone will hate it. In my opinion, if you write, you're a writer. Why you write, what you hope to accomplish by writing, what you expect people to say about your writing and what you...

Works for me. They let 13 year old soccer players compete against each other. That seems to make more sense to me than forcing them to compete against adults.

I read this today: A study just released by Scholastic and Yankelovich more or less gives statistical confirmation to what you probably already knew: Kids start losing their enthusiasm for reading as early as age 9, and the decline continues through age 17. Children of readers read more. The...

Very astute. I believe that commercial fiction and literary fiction both have their strengths and weaknesses. Readers can enjoy both. Enjoying one over the other doesn't automatically make you a good person. Good writers can take the strengths from both. (Shakespeare had some good blood...

I don't have a strong opinion on "Who's the greatest." I just think getting millions of children to read is a tremendous accomplishment. I also think that becoming richer than the Queen of England by writing is a tremendous accomplishment. (If anyone out there truly believed that it was easy...