Let’s talk about the fascist state.  By which I mean, let me talk about the fascist state. Not of yesteryear, not of days long gone, but of today.  Fascist state meaning fascist government, nation, ruling party—fascism out in the open, trying to hide itself as, what?  Nationalism?  Populism?  Nativism?  Freedom from oppression and tyranny?  Self-rule? … Read more

I haven’t seriously looked at the news in over a week and a half.  Is it true that burnout is directly correlated to intent?  I don’t know.  It’s probably correlated more to duration, which involves prolonged intent.  At any rate, I know I didn’t view the general, erstwhile-worthwhile news as anathema before I began to… Read more

So, I’ve got a question. Has there ever been a president in modern history who continued to generate so many bumbling political headlines after he left office—and his administration generate such negative press, still—than Donald Trump? Just think back to the last fifty, seventy years or more. How much did you hear about the continued… Read more

So, you want to be a writer, do you, kid?  Well, the first thing you have to realize is that no one cares about your meritless blog, the fictionalized, slice-of-life vignettes you’ve written based on your unremarkable existence, your ghetto zombie apocalypse, your girlie shojo manga, your period piece sci-fi romance set on the high… Read more

Such hypocrisy in the world today. *smh* No no—by me. Sure, I’ll be the first to admit it. Everyone does it, everyone engages in it, but I‘ll be the first to admit it: Yes, I do that thing that everyone else does that we all publicly say shouldn’t be done by anyone. I’m a hypocrite.… Read more

These primaries, I swear to God.  What the hell is the point of anyone who, say, lives in Oregon having to care about what goes on in a Texas primary?  I mean, from a news standpoint, it’s news, so it gets reported, and the news hopes to continually profit from people tuning into it.  But… Read more