J.Michael Martinez

The first recorded assassination attempt against an American president occurred on January 30, 1835, as Andrew Jackson entered the...

On Tuesday morning, May 29, 1979, John Howland Wood, Jr., a judge on the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas,...

This blog summarizes Chapter 11 of my forthcoming book titled Political Assassinations and Attempts in US History: The Lasting Effects of...

In this blog, I discuss Chapter 10 of my forthcoming book titled Political Assassinations and Attempts in US History: The Lasting Effects...

In this blog, I discuss Chapter 9 of my forthcoming book titled Political Assassinations and Attempts in US History: The Lasting Effects...

Abraham Lincoln once delivered a speech about the challenges facing the nation during his era. “It is said an Eastern monarch once...

I began writing my blog six years ago this month. As amazing as it seems to me, this marks my 149th posting. As I have done every July...

In my youth, I attended a fair number of rock and roll concerts. I saw all the acts I genuinely cared about (at least those who still...

In this blog, I discuss Chapter 8 of my forthcoming book titled Political Assassinations and Attempts in US History: The Lasting Effects...

On February 22, 1974, bleary-eyed passengers lined up at Baltimore-Washington International Airport to shuffle onto a DC-9 airplane. It...

Friday, November 22, 1963, became a date forever enshrined in the hearts and minds of Americans old enough to recall what they were doing...

“Oh, my God, they’ve shot Bobby Kennedy!” My mother literally gasped, dropping the cigarette from her lips as she drove me to day care...

In this blog, I discuss Chapter 4 of my forthcoming book titled Political Assassinations and Attempts in US History: The Lasting Effects...

In this blog, I discuss Chapter 3 of my forthcoming book titled Political Assassinations and Attempts in US History: The Lasting Effects...

In this blog, I discuss Chapter 2 of my forthcoming book titled Political Assassinations and Attempts in US History: The Lasting Effects...

In this blog, I discuss Chapter 1 of my forthcoming book titled Political Assassinations and Attempts in US History: The Lasting Effects...

I have just completed a manuscript titled Political Assassinations and Attempts in US History: The Lasting Effects of Gun Violence...

This posting features Chapter 61 of my ongoing action novel, The Day of the Gun. Chapter 61 From outside of Room 336, Officer Marsh...

This posting features Chapter 60 of my ongoing action novel, The Day of the Gun. Chapter 60 Steve Harris’s news conference had gone well....

A major reason that I began writing a blog in 2011 was to discuss writing — specifically, my plans and ruminations for carving out a...