NOTES from the BIG CHAIR

A very grainy image, but here are my flowers on the Fourth of July. The red and pink ones on the column are now nearly twice that size. The zinnias on the steps? Well, they're about the same.

The latest review in The New Jersey Express Times and Pennsylvania's Morning Call.

Also, Newsweek and The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

LATEST STORIES
Don't miss our latest at National Review Online on the Medal of Honor, its history, and most recent recipients. See it here.
Then there is The American Warrior - Part I at Family Security Matters. See it here.
Also at NavySEALs.com we discuss Naval Special Warfare: What is it? How is it unique as an arm of U.S. special operations. See it here.
FORTHCOMING APPEARANCES
Received a call on Thursday from Westwood One regarding my doing some regular commentary on The Jim Bohannon Show and America in the Morning. I've done Jim's show before. He's fantastic. No doubt the best-at-night coast-to-coast.
Stay tuned for more on this.
PIRATES
Last Sunday evening, Gail Selinger's and my new book, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Pirates, was featured on two History Channel programs - Modern Marvels and True Carribbean Pirates. Gail was also featured as one of the expert commentators and, as expected, she was brilliant. Great shows!
GREAT BOOK
The New York Post thinks so, as does The Sacramento Bee and many others.
Nothing but stellar reviews.
Also mentions in The Seattle Times, others.

WTSjr

[Please visit W. Thomas Smith Jr. at uswriter.com]

Was recently interviewed by Rolling Stone writer Steve Knopper for a piece in this morning's edition of The Chicago Tribune.
We discuss pirates. See it here.

The Fourth of July (July 4, 1776) is not only the 230th anniversary of our nation's declared independence. But the following year - July 4, 1777 - Captain John Paul Jones aboard RANGER unfurled the "Stars and Stripes."
It was the first time our flag was flown over an American Navy warship.

Semper Fi,
WTSjr