March 13, 2016:
“No other developed country embraces firearms the way ours does. The more we argue about them, the more it seems their mystique grows. But just how guns became part of our cultural DNA has been a long journey. And that is where Lee Cowan begins.”
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Campaign for The American Reader
May 9, 2016:
“As luck would have it, page 99 of The Gunning of America points the reader right toward my biggest authorial challenge in the book—but also one of its singularities and unique contributions. The first half of the page describes the demise of Benjamin Tyler Henry, the embattled genius inventor of the fearsome repeater rifle that, before too long, will be renamed from the “Henry” rifle to the now-iconic “Winchester” rifle, in honor of its capitalist and manufacturer rather than its maker. Like other aspiring mechanics and Yankee inventors of his day, Henry had been “’wealthy several times,’ his obituary notes, and poor just as often.” But here, on this page, we’re seeing how the power is shifting in 1866 from the creative inventor with creative talent but no capital toward the industrialist, Oliver Winchester, who had capital but not creative talent.”
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Wall Street Journal
The Commercial Origins of American Gun Culture April 22, 2016: “Oliver Winchester started his career in 1848 as a men’s shirt manufacturer. He did well enough that, by 1855, he could afford to invest in a fledgling New Haven firm called the Volcanic Repeating Arms Company—and start to shift over to the gun business, where his name became famous.”
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THE BEST AMERICAN ESSAYS 2013
October 8, 2013: Honorable Mention:
An American Scholar essay of mine won honorable mention in the Best American Essays of 2013. www.amazon.com/Best-American-Essays-2013-ebook
GLAMOUR
May 19, 2014: The Semi-Happy Marriage:
Author Pamela Haag Explains Why It’s So Common, and How to Avoid Being a Statistic www.glamour.com/sex-love-life/blogs/smitten/2014/05/unhappy-marriage-advice.html
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
March 25, 2014: The 21st century marriage, for better or worse
https://www.pamelahaag.com/pdf/chicagotribune_march2014.pdf
NEW YORK TIMES
December 30, 2012: “Death by Treacle” Wins New York Times’ David Brooks’ 2012 Sidney Award
nytimes.com/2012/12/28/opinion/brooks-the-2012-sidney-awards-part-ii.html?ref=todayspaper
PSYCHOLOGY TODAY
June, 2013: “Mending Challenging Relationships”
psychologytoday.com/articles/201306/blogs-mending-challenging-relationships
TORONTO GLOBE AND MAIL
What do wives find hot? (Hint: It’s not folding laundry)
theglobeandmail.com/life/relationships/what-do-wives-find-hot-hint-its-not-folding-laundry/article12277999/