Once upon a time quality branding followed quality product.   In order to be recognized as a premium line, the manufacturers, designers, whatever, had to actually produce quality goods.    You, the consumer, could tell the goods were of high quality...

(Los Angeles) “The Guys Who Spied for China,” by Gordon Basichis has just been posted on Kindle, Amazon’s EBook publishing arm.   The novel is based on his real life experiences uncovering Chinese Espionage Networks operating in the United...

Language can be an art form.    It is the tool, the medium with which writers and orators work to define the human experience.   With the best of writing and, in fact, in the best or oratory and even casual conversation we use language to drill...

Years ago my grandfather went to the steam baths.   These were not the steam baths of today, anemic cubes of tile with a little spritz of hot vapor every now and then.  No these were the old time Russian Baths.  These were the real thing.   The...

(Los Angeles) Minstrel’s Alley, an independent publishing and media group, has entered the publishing world with the publication of its first book, “The Guys Who Spied for China.”   The book was written by Gordon Basichis and is based on his...