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Mar.03.2013
Gun Guys: A Road Trip by Dan Baum Reviewed by Geri Spieler | Released: February 28, 2013Publisher: Knopf (336 pages)
“Gun Guys is smart and informative—an education for anyone the slightest bit curious about why gun owners are so passionate about...
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Jan.27.2013
Robinson Devor is a film director and writer. His video is independent of my book. Devor is creating a feature film about Moore, which is still in production.
http://robinsondevor.com/video/57572806
Sara Jane Moore’s bullet came within six inches of killing President Gerald Ford.
When...
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Jan.23.2013
Our thanks to author and internet research guru Geri Spieler for this informative guest post. Whether researching info for a book or an upcoming blog post, here are some helpful hints and sites!
Conducting Internet research is a challenge. It’s time consuming, often confusing and who ever...
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Jan.09.2013
Al Jazeera English: Too Uncomfortable For U.S. Audiences
Are we uncomfortable with news that has not been sanitized by our own American-based, networks? Is that the reason there is so much pushback to Al Jazeera English on U. S. network TV?
I think so.
It seems we...
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Dec.26.2012
A Trip Through The Google Gateway
Would you use one book to do all your research on a subject? Probably not.
That is what you do when you use Google as your only source.
Google, as wonderful as it is, is not the only search engine in town. It is huge, yes, but still limited. However,...
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Nov.12.2012
Candy (not her real name) needed to get an "A" on her final research paper. An "A" would ensure that her grades for her junior year in high school would help maintain the Grade Point Average (GPA) she was desperate for to qualify for the college of her choice.
Candy plagiarized...
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Nov.07.2012
Canvassing South Philly: Silicon Valley Goes East
The back-story about what propelled me from Silicon Valley to the back streets of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to work for Pres. Obama, is that I learned to value the right to vote at my mother’s knee.
The immediate impetus was my outrage...
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Sep.12.2012
I hadn't planned to volunteer for the Obama campaign. I know I will vote for him, so I decided that was enough.
I'm very busy trying to make a living as a freelance writer. I'm one of the 8.1 percent unemployed that has given up looking for a real job.
The competition is fierce...
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Aug.29.2012
Ah for the years of presidential campaigns gone by.
Political pundit's call the run-up to presidential elections the Silly Season. The time when campaign rhetoric jumps to conclusions about what is going to happen, based on small pieces of information. As Congress is in recess until...
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Aug.26.2012
When I read about Seth Rosenfeld's new book, Subversives: The FBI's War on Student Radicals, and Reagan's Rise to Power, I wasn't all that thrilled. I was especially piqued about his piece on Richard Aoki as an FBI informant. Why? Was it just professional jealousy? As an author of...
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Aug.21.2012
The Ascent of the A-Word: Assholism and the First 60 Years. by Geoffrey Nunberg
Book Review
It is delightful that a respected linguist would take up the challenge of writing about an inelegant word that has become a staple of our spoken language.
Although it is not surprising as his other books...
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Aug.05.2012
Come on, admit it. You've Googled your name. Actually, it's a good idea. You should know what is on the Internet about you.
Usually you'll find such things as what you've...
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Aug.05.2012
Come on, admit it. You've Googled your name. Actually, it's a good idea. You should know what is on the Internet about you.
Usually you'll find such things as what you've...
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Jul.11.2012
How much privacy are we willing to give up ensuring our safety against possible terrorist attacks?
Do we have a choice or has this line already been crossed? Have we become a "Big Brother" society...
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Apr.29.2012
As a newspaper reporter, occasionally I was assigned to report on a story whose subject I didn't know well.
I learned that if I don't know what questions to ask. Otherwise I was at a huge disadvantage and at risk for being misled.
When these assignments came my way, I...
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Because I am 60 years old, I remember the assassination attempt well and figured decades ago that I knew enough vital information about the shooting and about Moore herself to move on to other topics. Spieler's book shows the error of my thinking.”
—Steve Weinberg, San Francisco Chronicle
About Geri
Geri Spieler is an award-winning investigative journalist, author and research director.
Geri teaches advanced Internet Research Skills and performs research for individuals and organizations looking for research to help them make better decisions.
Causes Geri Spieler Supports
Gobal Tolerance, Village Harvest, harvesting produce for the homeless and hungry. American Lung Association, Big Brothers and Big Sisters,