Generational Rights and Duties

Generational Rights and Duties

Stereotypes get a bad rap, but when you get right down to it, they're just ways of conveying shared social understandings quickly and efficiently. A common stereotype online these days is the trope of the out-of-touch Baby Boomer wagging his finger at younger folks who have less than he did at…
January 13, 20217 Comments
The Plural of Omnibus

The Plural of Omnibus

It's often remarked in the dissident art scene that right-wing creators don't support each other. Authors like Jon Del Arroz are making a conscious effort to cross-promote more likeminded artists, which is a hopeful sign.Jon recently did me the honor of inviting me on-stream with science fiction grandmaster John C.…
December 28, 2020
The New Speakeasy

The New Speakeasy

An old Libertarian axiom dictates that government crackdowns on undesirable transactions don't destroy those markets, they just create black markets. The Roaring 20s speakeasy was a classic example that emerged in response to Prohibition. Today in the Whimpering 20s, illegal commerce is seeing a resurgence as the continued lockdowns are…
December 17, 202022 Comments
Fun and Games

Fun and Games

 The crowning feather in Vampire: The Masquerade's cap has always been its rich and extensive lore. Its video game tie-ins' forays into SMRT stories aside, VtM boasts an immersive setting that deftly synthesizes a broad spectrum of influences from Bram Stoker to Anne Rice; from Slavic folk tales to Genesis--which…
December 7, 20201 Comment
Be Not Afraid

Be Not Afraid

 The protracted election circus that's dominated the news all week has my inbox filled with urgent questions from folks who are heavily invested in the outcome. These queries range from asking if the American Dream is really dead (it died a long time ago) to speculating that all this chaos…
November 9, 202011 Comments

The Paradox of Tolerance

A favorite pseudo-dialectical tactic of the Left when it comes to defending cancel culture is the paradox of tolerance. As explained by philosopher Karl Popper, the argument goes that a total commitment to tolerance would end up destroying tolerance since intolerant people would eventually take over through coercion or threats.…
June 24, 202024 Comments
A Mark of Midwittery

A Mark of Midwittery

A word of caution I frequently give my editing clients is that excess repetition quickly exhausts readers' patience. Most authors quickly get the concept. Continued reliance on repeating the same old saws ad nauseam is a mark of midwittery and creative bankruptcy. Whether former Disney author propagandist Chuck Wendig never…
June 15, 202024 Comments
Neo-patronage

Neo-patronage

Imagine that you're an artist of some sort desiring to make a living through your art. In the case of novelists, this used to mean seeking approval from an agent and then an editor before landing a book deal with one of the big New York publishers. That publishing model…
June 8, 202010 Comments
Witch Hunter Franssen

Witch Hunter Franssen

It's heartening to see awareness of Deat Cult witchery spreading--if not into the mainstream, then into the larger counterculture. That's what made Steve Franssen's dissection of Vice's puff piece on a Millennial web cult so satisfying. The moment he lays eyes on cult leader's bookshelf and realizes she's an actual…
April 29, 202012 Comments

Moral Terms

Spend enough time staring into the abyss toward which the Left is hurtling us, and you eventually notice that political ideology is just a thin layer of scum coating the surface. Politics is, after all, the art of properly organizing society toward the greatest good for the most people. It's…
April 23, 20208 Comments