Unaligned Views

Unaligned Views

Yesterday Origins Game Fair, one of the most prominent gaming conventions in the country, posted this announcement on their Facebook account regarding scheduled guest author Larry Correia: Larry's blacklisting from Origins follows ConCarolina's disinvitation of best selling conservative author John Ringo last month. Taken together with Mark Waid's potentially criminal…
May 15, 201818 Comments
Mark Waid Destroys Comics

Mark Waid Destroys Comics

A feud that's been simmering between comic book reviewer Diversity & Comics and far left industry pros like Mark Waid recently came to a head. If you're not up to speed on this continuing saga, the short version is that D&C started a YouTube channel where he frequently demonstrates how SJWs…
May 14, 201820 Comments
The Third Dragon

The Third Dragon

It's my unmixed pleasure to announce that fandom's biggest readers' choice award is gearing up for its third landmark year. Welcome to the third annual Dragon Awards! A way to recognize excellence in all things Science Fiction and Fantasy. These awards will be by the fans, for the fans, and…
May 11, 2018
Wild Stars III

Wild Stars III

It's my sincere pleasure to join Cirsova in making a special pulp-related announcement. We have a HUGE project that will be out later this summer! Cirsova Publishing is teaming up with Michael Tierney and Little Rocket Publications to celebrate the upcoming 35th Anniversary of the Wild Stars with the exclusive…
May 10, 201810 Comments
Son of Return of Amazon Zombie Memes

Son of Return of Amazon Zombie Memes

Legacy media stooge David Leonhardt took up his pen the other day to add a clueless editorial to the august body of clueless New York Times editorials. The target of Leonhardt's poison pen was Amazon, which makes his editorial a double threat since it also expands the canon of mainstream…
May 9, 201819 Comments
Getting out of our own Way

Getting out of our own Way

Reader Durandel comments on yesterday's post: I’ve said for years the West is now entirely made up of infantilized generations. Civilization is built on the back of men. What are we to build with generations of perpetual 14 year olds? The authoritarian who shows up to whip these kids into…
May 8, 201834 Comments
If this Goes on

If this Goes on

The Postmodern world isn't so much a world without rules as it is a place where there are no longer any widely recognized authorities capable of enforcing the rules. This situation didn't just materialize out of nowhere one day in 1968. At least in the West, disowning the authorities that…
May 7, 20189 Comments
Non serviam

Non serviam

...Is the real philosophy of the Enlightenment, as yesterday's Anonymous commenter explained (this blog's commenters have been on fire lately!): I don't comment either but I've noticed that a lot of this, including the argument with Misha, comes down to the re-definition of liberty. The Old Definition: The freedom to…
May 4, 201813 Comments
They Get It

They Get It

Reader anonme proves that wise men only speak when they have something to say in this comment on yesterday's post: I generally stay out of your essays on liberty, freedom, individuals et al, but I'll chime in briefly. I've long had a theory that you have abandoned conventional politics, instead…
May 3, 201827 Comments
I’ve Never Met an Individual

I’ve Never Met an Individual

Conservatives and Libertarians continue to volunteer evidence for my assertion that their empty posing and incoherent ideologies are standing athwart attempts to stop the Left's destruction of the West. Exhibit A: Conservative reader Nate Winchester's comments on the relative effectiveness of appeals to reason and emotion. There's two catches. The…
May 2, 201810 Comments