The Summer 2014 Plunder of Souls Blog Tour stops today at Drey's Library, for my second appearance this month, and at the blog of my agent, friend, and fellow author, Lucienne Diver. At Drey's Library, Sephira Pryce, the beautiful and dangerous thieftaking rival and nemesis of my hero, Ethan Kaille holds forth on the best inventions of modern ( Read more... )

My post on politics, ideology, and the writer is now up at "A Dribble of Ink," the blog site of Aidan Moher.  Here's the link.

So let me get this straight.  He says he won't release his tax returns, and then says that he won't release them until April, and then, after admitting that he paid taxes on his $42 million/year income at a rate "in the 15% range," he releases them in January.  His effective tax rate was actually 13.9% or so ( Read more... )

They call Obama "the food stamp President," and then they accuse Democrats of engaging in class warfare and of playing the race card ( Read more... )

As the 2012 Presidential race shifts into high gear, something unexpected is happening on the campaign trail. Young Independent and Democratic voters who are disappointed in President Barack Obama are turning to Republican Libertarian Ron Paul as their candidate of choice. This is not merely odd, it’s irrational. It’s like a vegetarian giving up on ( Read more... )

There are, I believe, two ways to read what the GOP is doing at the Congressional and state levels.  On the one hand, this may be all driven by ideologues -- it's easy to dismiss the budget battle in Washington and the craziness in Wisconsin as the overreaching of Tea Party Republicans emboldened by their electoral success.  That would explain why ( Read more... )

Mitch, John. It’s David ( Read more... )

"Republican Party Dead at Age 156:  Party of Lincoln Succumbs to Palinitis After Lengthy Battle for Soul"

After last night's primary results, a part of me truly expected to see a headline of this sort in this morning's newspaper.  For those of you who haven't yet heard the news, Tea Party activist Christine O'Donnell has apparently won the ( Read more... )

Two recent events have brought me back to my historical fascination with Constitutional history, and to my admiration for the foresight of at least some of the founders.

Specifically, I speak of the judicial ruling on gay marriage handed down by Judge Vaughn Walker, who struck down Proposition 8, the ban on gay marriage approved by California voters ( Read more... )

Amid the continued politicking on health care and new reports of Tea Party thuggery, comes this from a friend of mine who lives in Australia.  One of the oft-repeated lies in the health care debate is that sure-fire applause line:  "The United States has the finest health care system in the world."  The only problem is, we don't.  Read this.