This is the home of Jack Behrens’ web magazine which features a monthly menu of contemporary features, issues, commentary and information to entertain, inform and help you cope.

The 2009 writerjackweb.com connection will offer something borrowed, something blue, something old and something new to paraphrase the clever Glenn Miller phrase for assorted music during the dark days of World War II.

Dark days have reappeared again and we’re still at war which makes it appropriate, I believe.

Writerjackweb.com will feature a new column, continue a few that have sustained readership and sadly drop some old friends that simply didn’t generate interest.  Gone, for example are 1st Down and Camp David.  1st Down was a year’s experiment to see if I wanted to go back to my days covering the Cleveland Browns and create a topical pro football corner.  It didn’t generate response.  Thus, it fades out of sight.

Ironically, while Camp David continued to top the popular columns I’ve written I can no longer sustain it.  The reason?  Unless the Obama Administration decides to do more than past presidents, there is little a writer outside of Washington DC can solicit from bureaucrats who zealously protect a Maryland presidential retreat most Americans know little about. Unfortunately, the government wants to keep it that way; secret since 1942.   I’ve had a 35 year fascination with the camp, its history and purpose.  But the government insists the camp is a secret installation...and there’s little citizens can do.

We will continue the TimeOut column which gives me latitude to write about various subjects in our society.  It ranked 2nd in popularity and it is followed by three other columns that had decent support from readers who have written to express their views.  They are: Life...and Beyond, Big Bands and Great Ballrooms and Looking Back.  Only On Campus has its supporters and we’ll keep it also.

We’re going to add a column on Coping to examine how you’re handling these precarious times and circumstances.  Like the Depression and World War II, America is at a crossroads today and I want to offer a voice of help from the perspective of 55 years working in college, government, business and life experiences. 

Obviously, I’ll continue Reader Feedback. As I’ve said many times your comments, criticism and opinions help fuel what this is all about. You can reach me at jbehrens@roadrunner.com.

Take the time to read the commentary and comment...and remember,  I need your voice, too.  Without it, the fun is gone. 

Have a good year...and stay with me. Bookmark www.writerjackweb.com.