Politics
A response to George R. R. Martin from the author who started Sad Puppies | Monster Hunter Nation. ...AND an excellent response to this whole Sad Puppies Hugo Award mess from the guy who started the whole ball rolling. As a mostly libertarian (objectivist) type person, you probably can guess which side I'm on. I…
Don't get me wrong, I've enjoyed participating and watching sports and entertainment since I was a kid. That said, about a year or so after 9/11, I started to notice something in our (American) culture that began to disturb me. What enraged a nation to war just a short sixty years before (not just the…
First off, I'm a vet. I enlisted in the US Navy in 1979, and served honorably until 1986. This is the day to remember those who fell in service to our country. On this day, I see this: "they died so you can be free"(tm)...repeated ad nauseam. If we are remembering 1776, 1861 and 1941,…