In the months preceding and following a presidential election, publications and websites give us thousands of annoying articles like...

Many spam robocallers take great pains to hide their identities and evade law enforcement, but I am more intrigued by those who brazenly...

I recently blogged about a couple of prolific spam robocallers, including Midland Credit Management (MCM) and the now defunct...

Earlier this year, I wrote about getting repeated hang-up telephone calls from an outfit called Midland Credit Management or MCM.  You...

UPDATE: I have a new blog based on this concept, in which I'll be taking a look at all of the supposedly "bad" Number #1 hits throughout...

Update: For Part 2 of this story, click here. It’s a scenario everyone knows and dreads: The phone rings with a call from an unfamiliar...

Continuing with the obscure music theme of late, I present six of the best forgotten novelty records. I mean no disrespect to Weird Al...

My posts about obscure ‘80s songs (here and here) are far more popular than those about sleazy robocallers, and so I bring you another...

As the one or two regular readers of this blog already know, I have a beef with the bill collection industry. Not with all collectors,...

Failure is all around us in 2022, as many powerful institutions are proving to be much less competent than we once believed. People are...

It has been a summer of bad news for American politicians. Economic fear is at its highest since the Panic of 1837, causing President...

This post won't help sell any of my books, but I'm providing it as a public service. A friend recently introduced me to DALL-E mini, a...

A few months ago, I wrote a commentary about ‘80s songs that were once huge hits but then faded away into oblivion. It was a popular...

This month is the second anniversary of my most successful book, Telephone Terrorism. This work of non-fiction discusses phone spammers...

Update: This post is about songs that were once really popular in the U.S., but that no one ever hears (or even discusses) today. You...

Until recently, I didn't think I'd ever write another book. I was exhausted, grouchy, and out of ideas. But, as a wise man once said,...

Warning: This is one of my boring legal analysis posts. It’s best appreciated by those who have already read my book Telephone Terrorism....

Noted attorney and blogger Eric Troutman recently reviewed my book Telephone Terrorism: The Story of Robocalls and the TCPA. Eric is an...

Today the Supreme Court issued its ruling in AAPC v. Barr, in which the constitutionality of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA)...

All of the thirteen official U.S. National Archives presidential libraries and museums are currently closed due to the coronavirus...