RON DESANTIS SOUNDS LIKE A COMMUNIST

Checkout my latest Substack post here: https://open.substack.com/pub/stephenshaiken/p/ron-desantis-is-a-communist-check?r=7amx5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

FINISHING A NOVEL FIFTY YEARS AFTER STARTING IT

Click here to read Stephen Shaiken’s Substack Post on the Fifty Year Break in Writing Queensborough Rock

A GREAT INTERVIEW ABOUT QUEENSBOROUGH ROCK

Another podcast interview about this rock ‘n’ roll novel! Covers a lot of NYC territory from the late sixties and early seventies.  Click here to listen to the Gritty Hour interview with Stephen Shaiken about his novel, Queensborough rock CLICK HERE TO VISIT THE AMAZON PAGE FOR QUEENSBOROUGH ROCK

WATCH MY INTERVIEW ON THAIRISH TIMES

When I was in Dublin, I had the pleasure of being interviewed by Pete of Thairish Times, a successful YouTube Channel that came to be in Thailand but is now based in Dublin and focusing on broader topics. In this interview I talk about my life as a criminal lawyer and my NJA Club series […]

I Finally Get to Take A Liverpool Beatles Tour

I’ve been a rock ‘n’ toll fan my entire life. In fact, I wrote a novel, Queensborough Rock, based on my own experiences as a would-be rock manager in the late Sixties and early Seventies. I wouldn’t have written it if I didn’t want people to read it, and so far those who have are […]

DON’T POST THE TEN COMMANDMENTS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS

Inage courtesy of The Forward   DON’T POST THE TEN COMMANDMENTS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS It’s bad for everybody. All wise traditions have the same prohibitions on murder, theft, lying, adultery. (If it’s too difficult to talk about gender or sexual orientation, how the hell can the teachers explain adultery?) Not all wise traditions hold that […]

ANOTHER GREAT REVIEW FOR QUEENSBOROUGH ROCK

Here’s another glowing review of Queensborough Rock, the rock ‘n’ roll novel you’ve been waiting for. If you enjoyed Daisey Jones and The Six or Utopia Avenue, this book is for you. Click here to read the review in Let It Rock.(It’s a long read but well worth it as Dmitri gives you a basis […]

FIRST PODCAST INTERVIEW ON QUEENSBOROUGH ROCK, MY NOVEL

Here’s an interview of me on Booked On Rock Podcast, a show dedicated to rock ‘n’ roll books. I discuss Queensborough Rock, my recently released novel, set in NYC during rock’s classic era.Available on Amazon: https://lnkd.in/e_53kF7G CLICK ON THIS LINK TO HEAR THE INTERVIEW:https://lnkd.in/e66JUHfd Courtesy of Author Morgan Wright

TWENTY YEARS AFTER WE WENT TO WAR IN IRAQ, WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED?

Twenty years after our ill-fated decision to go to war in Iraq, Yahoo News noted the anniversary. It got me  thinking about whether our current strategy in Ukraine is qualitatively different, and whether we have learned from the disasters in prior wars. I conclude that we have and what we are doing is both necessary […]

THE COVERS OF MY FOUR NOVELS (A NEW NJA CLUB NOVEL COMING NEXT MONTH!)

Click here to visit the Amazon series page.