When I was in my teens, I wondered about how I could know that the news I was seeing was true. After all, the Soviets (that’s what Russia used to be, “back in the USSR, boys…”) had their own news that they claimed was true, how did I know what REALITY was? One of my … Continue reading
Category Archives: Politics
Meandering Monday about Which Poison to Pick
My superpower is luck – more properly SERENDIPITY. Even when bad things happen to me, the silver lining becomes apparent. I like to tell myself that I usually land on my feet in a better position – it’s not always that way, but when do you see a cat act like that fall he just … Continue reading
Meandering Monday about Where We Stand (Or Will We?)
So much narrative… As we wrap up 2020 (even though it’s intent on sucking up the air of 2021), theer are so many things troubling me that I need to give voice to. I should really be trying harder to keep this blog from straying into the overtly political – the problem is, EVERYTHING is … Continue reading
Meandering Monday about Cheaters, the Rule of Law, and the Mob
**Sorry – this is two political Meandering Mondays in a row. Blame the LEFT for the way they’ve behaved for the last four years, and what they’ve done to our election, and OUR DEMOCRACY. I like to play games. The challenge of competing with other players to see who can win is something I’m always … Continue reading
Meandering Monday about 2020 and Living with Uncertainty and Corruption
Raise your hand if 2020 is your favorite year. Unless you’re an anarchist, I don’t think so. This year has too much uncertainty even for a speculative fiction writer like me. We live in a meandering time, in a meandering world, in a meandering country. When will Covid be over? Will I be allowed to … Continue reading
Meandering Monday about Protests, Rioting, Anarchy and Clarity
I am so sad. I was so looking forward to expressing my excitement – my JOY!!! – at the launch of SpaceX’s Dragon, and its arrival at the ISS. Instead we have cities across the U.S. on fire, and mobs of criminals roaming our streets. The RULE OF LAW is one of the main defining … Continue reading
Meandering Monday about Complexities, Compromising, & Coronavirus
There is no perfect answer to how we deal with the Wuhan Coronavirus. You don’t want people to die, but we (in the U.S.) lose tens of thousands to influenza each flu season (this last one was fairly light – around 18,000 deaths; usually we’re looking at 30,000 or so – just for perspective.) You … Continue reading
Meandering Monday about Russian Static
They’re back! In case you don’t remember (or only got the Dem-MSM spin), we’ve just had a couple of years of collusion investigation (on Trump, not on the real colluders) that wound up unable to find any evidence. In the course of that investigation, there were gratuitous assertions that Russia wanted to help Trump, but … Continue reading
Meandering Monday about Misleading Words
Sorry, but I have to go a little political today. There are things more important than whether I sell books… It’s about the Narrative; the BIG LIE is in play in America. It’s like 1984. I watch the news and see stories told in opposition to the facts, and those distortions are repeated over and … Continue reading
Meandering Monday about Who’s Fostering Hatred
Sorry – a rant is due. There are some things I need to say about the dangerous place where we are as a country. Some people will condemn me for not taking the appropriate, politically correct view. I may be trolled. I may never sell another book (mind you, if I stopped reading, listening, and … Continue reading
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