Simon Pegg Doesn’t Like The New Star Trek Trailer Either
I, along with much of the Trek admiring world, rolled my eyes at the new Star Trek trailer, which seemed to indicate a continuation of the franchise's descent into being yet another safe,…
7 (More) Signs That People Dislike You or Stop Being Insecure, You Clod!
I'm pretty sure this listicle was drawn up by a bitter unpaid copywriter who took one of those content mill gigs on Craigslist: 7 Signs People Dislike you. It includes…
A Quick, Tardy Note About SPECTRE
I just caught Spectre. (Yes, it's been over a month, but I've had things to do.) I'd place it in the middle of the 007 pack, in the territory occupied…
Obama, Trump, and Something I Put In My Book
When I was writing Summer of Long Knives, Bush's War on Terror was still fresh on my mind. Part of what kept me going through the novel was a chance…
People, Get a Grip
Niall Ferguson, who isn't content to be ridiculously wrong about economics, has a go at comparing the attacks in Paris to the Fall of Rome: I am not going to…
My Answers To 31 Questions For Atheists
Steve Shives put me on to this series of questions for atheists by apologist Matt Slick. (Unfortunate name, I know, but let's try not to hold that against him.). I've…
One of My Favorite Dialogue Exchanges Of All Time
It's from the Dudley Moore/Peter Cook/Eleanor Bron film Bedazzled. I don't know what recent events could have made me think of that.
Summer Of Long Knives Kindle Edition Is Free Through November 14th
So we did this with Dismantle the Sun because it was my birthday. Now we're doing it with Summer of Long Knives because...well...actually it's part of a larger promotion by my publisher. Anyway,…
You Too Can Be A Public Lunatic–A Reading List
Do you feel like no one's listening to you? Are you ignored at parties, in meetings, or during GOP Presidential Debates? Is it your wardrobe? Your breath? No. The real…
Willis Carto, Sugar Daddy to Holocaust Deniers, Is Dead
From the SPLC: According to reports from white nationalists, Willis Carto, a man active on the radical right for more than 60 years, has died, aged 89. Carto was one…