Last Day for XSeed on Indiegogo

The runaway hit Indiegogo campaign for my new mecha/Mil-SF novel Combat Frame XSeed reaches its conclusion at the end of today. As of this writing, we stand at an astonishing 336% of our original goal with the second book and trading card stretch goals fully funded. Thanks to all our awesome backers!…
October 7, 2018
Enjoy the Wedding Steve

Enjoy the Wedding Steve

Let us draw together for judgment. Key Senate swing votes Jeff Flake, Susan Collins, and Joe Manchin have announced they will vote yes to confirm Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the US Supreme Court this weekend. After months of debate, last minute allegations of sexual assault, an FBI investigation and dozens…
October 5, 20184 Comments
What Enthusiasm Gap?

What Enthusiasm Gap?

Nate Silver's vaunted Enthusiasm Gap, which was supposed to drive the blue wave and give Democrats control of Congress, has closed. Just over a month away from critical elections across the country, the wide Democratic enthusiasm advantage that has defined the 2018 campaign up to this point has disappeared, according…
October 4, 201827 Comments

Dems Are Afraid

Reader Durandel comments on yesterday's post: Republicans show their demoralization by being quiet. Libs show it by having histrionic displays of emotional incontinence. Republicans are “fired up” when they express righteous indignation and post dank memes. Libs do the same by telling dumb jokes and mocking their enemies on tv…
October 3, 201812 Comments
Democrats Play with Fire

Democrats Play with Fire

And are getting duly burned. As of now, in the wake of the testimony, only 37 percent want Kavanaugh confirmed, but only 44 percent say he should not be confirmed. But… Because “corroboration” is the only standard a wide majority of Americans care about, if this FBI investigation clears him,…
October 2, 201817 Comments
Waid vs. Meyer Round Two

Waid vs. Meyer Round Two

Early this summer I reported that Richard Meyer of Diversity & Comics fame was having Marvel writer Mark Waid prosecuted in New York, California, and Texas for interfering with the publication of Meyer's Jawbreakers comic book.  Now Meyer has turned up the heat on Waid again by filing civil suit against…
October 1, 201816 Comments
Star Wars Is Still Dead

Star Wars Is Still Dead

Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy has renewed her contract with Disney for three years. The re-up comes as the division gets back on solid footing following “Solo: A Star Wars Story,” the Alden Ehrenreich Han Solo spinoff that suffered disappointing box office returns and behind-the-scenes drama after the studio dismissed directors…
September 29, 201816 Comments
SCOTUS Held Hostage

SCOTUS Held Hostage

In a twist so on-the-nose that no self-respecting fiction author would have written it with a straight face, the US Senate and Supreme Court find themselves at the mercy of a single political hack named Flake. The latest curve ball in a harrowing committee process that has seen Judge Brett…
September 28, 201817 Comments

XSeed with JimFear

My podcast tour in support of Combat Frame XSeed continues on the JimFear 138 podcast. The airing of this episode was delayed due to injury, and I hope our esteemed host is on the mend. Listen in as we delve deep into my new mecha/Mil-SF world's lore. And don't forget to…
September 27, 20187 Comments
Liberalism in Slow Motion

Liberalism in Slow Motion

Catholic blogger Peter Kwasniewski observes that Conservatism is Liberalism, only slower. A conservative is one who wishes to conserve the good at hand, which means maintaining the status quo while correcting notorious deviations. But the conservative has no principled motivation to return to and recover what has been lost, for…
September 27, 20188 Comments