Courageous left-wing media beats stuffing out of Straw Puppy
Speaking of Social Justice Zealots, it’s not shocking to see a woman like Amanda Marcotte jump on the anti-Puppy bandwagon. Salon is, after all, the publisher of such intellectual giants as Arthur Chu,...
View ArticleThe Mote in Gernsback’s Eye
I’ve said before that it usually doesn’t matter how much a conservative shouts or points at a problem with liberal behavior, the liberals usually don’t pay any attention until another liberal sees the...
View ArticleHoarders of rectitude
Scott Adams (of Dilbert fame) wrote some interesting commentary this week. How familiar it all sounds, given the SF/F storm of 2015. I agree with Scott. It’s a disheartening thing when any Presidential...
View ArticleROGUE ONE review, with minimal spoilage
I still remember how I felt, coming out of STAR WARS: Episode I. Very mixed emotions. I kept telling myself that it was impossible for STAR WARS to capture me, as an adult, in the same way I had been...
View ArticleHow the ctrl-Left drove me away from American liberalism
A good friend of mine, who also happens to be an outstanding author, once quipped, “If I am forced to choose a side, I choose the side which is not forcing me to choose sides.” Seldom have I ever...
View ArticleThe LAST JEDI that could have been
The Last Jedi. I give it a 6.5 out of 10. I also think with maybe one or two significant tweaks to the main plot points, it could have been an 8. Alas, the fingerprints of whatever committee Disney is...
View ArticleGuns and abortion illustrate the chasm between American paradigms
Of all the potentially explosive political topics in America today, abortion and guns probably reveal the most—regarding our intense moral, ethical, and ideological divide. In both cases, the antis are...
View ArticleSlowly mothballing the old WordPress site
I finally did what I’ve been meaning to do for two years: set up a native WordPress structure over at www.bradrtorgersen.com As a consequence, I’m going to be slowly mothballing and/or archiving the...
View ArticleBook launch for A Star-Wheeled Sky
Amazon paperback. Amazon Kindle edition. Amazon Audible.com audio book edition. Barnes & Noble paperback. Barnes & Noble Nook edition. FOR OVER A THOUSAND YEARS the Waywork has been both boon...
View ArticleWednesday double-barreled book BOMB!
WEDNESDAY MORNING DOUBLE-BARREL BOOK BOMB! My friend and colleague Larry Correia has been kind enough to double-promote Tuesday’s releases of A STAR WHEELED SKY and Dan Willis’s IN PLAIN SIGHT. Please,...
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