Self-Help

Self-Help

If you've read a self-help book, been to therapy, or attended a motivational seminar, you may be familiar with the locus of control concept. Someone with an internal locus of control is self-directed, whereas someone with an external locus of control sees himself as being at the mercy of outside…
September 16, 2022
Shoot the Devil

Shoot the Devil

The Superversive crew announce their latest anthology collaboration, whose central message I heartily endorse. My lovely and talented editor L. Jagi Lamplighter writes: Shoot the Devil-In the Face! Stories by myself, John C. Wright, and eight other excellent authors. Admit it. Haven’t you wanted to punch him, kick him, or…
September 15, 20226 Comments
Elonk Musk Popcorn

Twisty Twitter Saga

Billionaire Elon Musks's already Byzantine dealings with Twitter have taken another twist. Twitter's shareholders have officially voted to approve Elon Musk's $44 billion bid, allowing the board to take the company private if it can force the billionaire to uphold his deal in the upcoming trial. The shareholders met for…
September 14, 20223 Comments
Adirondacks

It Shook Him

Reader Luke West comments: I live in the Adirondacks, where The Last of the Mohicans story takes place* and we’re almost on the NY/Vermont border. There is a mountain nearby that has two marked hiking trail approaches, one on the lakeside of Lake George from the west, the other from…
September 13, 2022
Ferris Bueller

Ferris Bueller’s Day Off

The 1980s teen comedy genre isn't a field known for producing great art or artists. Nostalgia blinds most contemporary viewers to the weed and fornication-fueled subversion beneath the presentable Reagan-era exterior. As film critics have pointed out, Hollywood got even more subversive in reaction to the conservative political turn. And…
September 12, 202219 Comments
Paranormal-Beliefs

Paranormal Beliefs

A while back, Chapman University did a study to determine the prevalence of paranormal beliefs among Americans. Majorities professed belief in Atlantis and ghosts. The unstated assumption behind the poll - and all polling - is that the majority's opinion matters. Indeed, we're often told that a majority supports democracy,…
September 9, 202214 Comments
Based Fall Book Sale

Fall Book Sale

In which author Hans G. Schantz announces his Based Fall Book Sale: Some complain about the culture. Others do something about it. Support non-woke authors and get yourself some great books from both established and emerging talent for only $0.99 – many titles free! It’s a sale too big for…
September 8, 2022
Witch Test Refresher

Witch Test Refresher

It's encouraging to see the Witch Test pioneered on this blog continue to gain wider use. Some recent Twitter interactions between witches and intrepid hunters occasioned this refresher post. Christianity is a necessary pillar of Western civilization. Not only do the Church's teachings inform our cultural and legal traditions, she…
September 7, 202214 Comments
oldpub warehouse

Oldpub Cope

A viral tweet that made the rounds over the weekend caused quite a stir in oldpub circles. Family festivities kept me from covering the story yesterday, so we'll dive in now. The background is that two of the big New York publishers are embroiled in antitrust litigation. An oldpub author…
September 6, 20225 Comments
panic

Panic Rewind

As the 1980s vanish in the rearview mirror of the speeding clown car that is America, Generation Y's role as the last cohort with personal memories of that era gains added importance. The closest thing to a political vision that Conservatives have pushed for Millennials' and Zoomers' whole lives is…
September 2, 202222 Comments