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I am a longtime Las Vegas journalist and author of two books, Sun, Sin & Suburbia: An Essential History of Modern Las Vegas and Howard Hughes: Power, Paranoia & Palace Intrigue. In addition to writing a weekly column for the Las Vegas Review-Journal, I am often asked to speak to civic groups and classes about Las Vegas and its colorful history.

This site provides biographical material, contact information and links to related websites (such as the places where you can order my books). It also connects you to archived articles I have written and to my blog, Dogsbody, where I irregularly post comments on an array of subjects, from the movie I saw last night to the book I just finished to something I read in the paper. Yep, it's kind of like a million other blogs clogging up the Net's arteries. But once in a while I have something to say that might be worth thinking about and perhaps commenting on.