I’m for Debating Anything
Stephen Hopkins: “Well, in all my years I ain't never heard, seen nor smelled an issue that was so dangerous it couldn't be talked about. Hell yeah! I'm for debating anything. Rhode Island says yea!” 1776 Musical. This line from the musical 1776 came back to me as...
At Last – Wild Cards to Broadway
In case anyone missed it. Big news on the Wild Cards front. Wild Cards to Broadway
The Whore Syndrome
Or to put it another way -- Women-are-just-so-alluring-that-men-can't-control-themselves-so-the-women-have-to-be-denied-opportunites-so-men-don't-lose-control. Which is insulting as hell to men and puts women in a symbolic burqa. Why am I writing this? Because I...
Killing Your Babies (Literarily Speaking)
No, this is not a post about my abortion. Literarily not literally. Anyway -- Let me tell you how THE IMPERIALS SAGA came to pass. Years and years and years ago I was on a panel about the third Star Wars movie The Return of the Jedi. Among its many failings was...
A tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds
"A good deed is never lost; he who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love." Basil Caesarea. Why am I quoting a Saint? (I was going to use Galatians 6: 7-9 but that particular quote seemed more ominous than encouraging so I went...
If It Quacks Like an Anti-Semite….
I hate to even link to this Tweet. The man is vile on every level, but you have to see the genesis of what came out of Trump's mouth today. So a few days ago David Duke, former imperial wizard of the Ku Klux Klan and all around racist, anti-Semite, neo-Nazi tweeted...
Arrival & Rogue One
I ended up seeing ARRIVAL and ROGUE ONE relatively close together. I liked both movies a lot, and have been mulling over the similarities and differences for the past month or more. I think I’m ready to take a stab at talking about them....
The Marketplace of Ideas
Last night the campus of Berkley was roiled with protests that turned violent, led to objects being thrown, fires being set, and ultimately the cancellation of a speech by noted alt-right gadfly and baby Nazi Milo Yiannopoulos. This is not a productive way to resist,...
What’s An American?
A friend of mine just posted a long and very moving post about his father who managed to get to America out of the ashes of the Holocaust. It got me thinking about these white nationalists and the angry Trump voters who want America for the Americans and would shout...
Lots and Lots of Wild Cards
So Tor has a special on a Wild Cards book bundle. If you're interested to jump in here's a way to start. Wild Cards Book Bundle. There is a new Youtube interview up where a number of us talk about Wild Cards. Wild Cards Interviews. And finally here is the cover...
