Bringing Shame Back

Bringing Shame Back

While I expected two general types of pushback against my recent post that was (only tangentially) related to "This Is me", the volume and lockstep uniformity of those knee-jerk responses surprised me. To recap, first we have the pop culture copper tops who've been plugged into the mass media Matrix…
April 26, 201814 Comments
Cat Pay Pig

Cat Pay Pig

A Twitter user's reaction to yesterday's post perfectly demonstrates the effectiveness of aiming for the emotions instead of the intellect. To the untrained eye, my interlocutor may look like a vaguely anthropomorphized cat, but its semi-literate tweeting soon reveals its true nature as a Disney paypig. Now, some might be…
April 25, 201819 Comments
What We’re Really Up Against

What We’re Really Up Against

...Is revealed as Vox Day attempts to explain the Right's dire need to produce cultural products that can counter the Left's highly effective propaganda. It's hard not to be stirred by the new SJW anthem, THIS IS ME. It hits all the right rhetorical chords. Only if you understand what…
April 24, 201839 Comments
You Have to Commit

You Have to Commit

Commenter anonme offers a valuable addendum to the Culture War Field Manual. Going to agree with all the points, and chip in my two cents.  >1. Stop Giving Money to People Who Hate You You have to commit to this one. No you can't just ignore them and they'll go…
April 20, 201818 Comments
Culture War Field Manual

Culture War Field Manual

Reader Heian-kyo Dreams comments: I don't watch much tv, but probably end up using some of the products with distasteful ads. I don't buy many Trad pub books, but I do buy a ton of indie authors (like you.) I'm not sure how else to contribute to declowing the world other…
April 19, 201815 Comments
RIP Art Bell

RIP Art Bell

A weekend news item that may have gotten lost in the shuffle with all the stories about Syria, Russia, and Trump's lawyer was the death of legendary talk radio host Art Bell. Art had been mostly retired for over a decade. My audience tends to skew younger, so it's unclear…
April 18, 20183 Comments
A Comical Tragedy in Nine Parts

A Comical Tragedy in Nine Parts

Courtesy of nonexistent Nazgûl @kaijubushi: For more short fiction that's equally insane, but in a different way, check out my new SFF short story collection Strange Matter.
April 13, 20182 Comments
Sparing the Poet

Sparing the Poet

It's my pleasure to present the readers of this blog with the foreword to my upcoming short story anthology. Spend some time on authors’ blogs or online writing groups, and you’ll meet people who claim to be aspiring writers. I use “claim” because there’s no such animal. Our actions define…
April 9, 201813 Comments
We Have to Go Back

We Have to Go Back

All the way back. Not to the 1950s. The rot had already spread far and deep by then. Express a desire to turn the clock back to a better time, and nine out of ten Americans will instantly assume you mean the 50s. That's because there are no real traditionalists…
April 6, 201818 Comments
Selling Our Past Back to Us

Selling Our Past Back to Us

Author JD Cowan issues a Jeremiad against the Morlocks who destroy culture while pretending to create it, occasioned by his viewing of a Netflix nostalgia cash-grab. The program was called Everything Sucks! and is supposed to be a Wonder Years or Freaks and Geeks of the 1990s. For those that…
March 28, 20189 Comments