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Professional Review of “Reunion” by Blueink

Reunion James Kennedy George Jr. BlueInk AuthorHouse, 301 pages, (paperback) $19.95, 978-1-4685-2968-5 (Reviewed: June, 2012) The novel Reunion mostly details the experiences of a teenage boy growing up in Princeton, West Virginia, in the late 1950s. It’s largely an autobiographical tale, with narrator Jimmy Jackson acting as proxy for the author. The story highlights Jimmy’s…
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Professional Review of “Reunion” From Kirkus

REUNION George, Jr., James Kennedy AuthorHouse (312 pp.) $24.29 hardcover, $16.72 paperback, $1.99 e-book ISBN: 978-1468529678; January 6, 2012 BOOK REVIEW A 60-year-old man comes to terms with growing up with an alcoholic father in George’s debut novel. Framed by narrator Jim Jackson’s high school reunion in the middle-class Southern town of Princeton, W.Va., George’s…
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Voting Fraud. Threat?

Voters going to the polls this year will encounter new rules, with photo ID requirements and fewer options for early voting among the most significant changes. These are part of a wave of new laws enacted in 33 states by Republican-controlled legislatures. Supporters say these new rules are required to endure honest elections. Democrats say…
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Celebrate the Land-Grant Act

It has garnered some recent news, not all that much, but 150 years ago, on July 2nd, 1862, President Lincoln signed a bill authored by Representative Justin Morrill of Vermont. Passed and signed during the darkest days of the Civil War, this law granted federally owned or controlled land to the states for the states…
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