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Category Archives: Prose
Shakespeare is not “woke”
https://www.foxnews.com/us/william-shakespeare-ditched-by-woke-teachers-over-misogyny-racism “William Shakespeare, thou hast been getting canceled. An increasing number of woke teachers are refusing to study the Bard — accusing his classic works of promoting “misogyny, racism, homophobia, classism, anti-Semitism, and misogynoir.” A slew of English literature teachers told … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, Prose, Uncategorized
35 Comments
“Targets,” an old story by Jim Peak (Basilisk)
Jim had been out shooting with a friend and wrote this. pl ———— The two men, heavy laden with the implements of destruction, scuffed through crunching autumn leaves. The scent of winter was somewhere near by. “I … Continue reading
Posted in Prose
6 Comments
“Strike The Tent” trilogy by W. Patrick Lang
Available from: iUniverse http://www.iuniverse.com/Bookstore/BookSearchResults.aspx?Search=patrick%20lang E-Book version of all three available at iUniverse Barnes and Noble http://www.barnesandnoble.com/s/W–Patrick-Lang?keyword=W.+Patrick+Lang&store=allproducts&iehack=%E2%98%A0 Amazon http://www.amazon.com/Butchers-Cleaver-Confederate-Secret-Services/dp/0595474764/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1358700423&sr=1-1&keywords=The+Butcher%27s+Cleaver I was interviewed some time ago by the North Carolina Museum of History concerning the writing of this trilogy. "The Confederate … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Intelligence, Prose
41 Comments
“The Major Won the Croix de Guerre” Alan Farrell
In Memorial Day weekend and in honor of MACVSOG I have decided to put up Alan Farrell's story as titled above. It is one of my favorites. The unit involved was really a "hatchet company" of MACVSOG. pl Download The … Continue reading
Posted in Farrell, Humor, Prose
41 Comments
Elon Musk and Isaac Asimov
"Last year, Elon Musk's personal Tesla might have gotten all the headlines during SpaceX's historic rocket launch back back in February, but the Falcon Heavy also carried a second, secret payload almost nobody knew about. Stashed inside the midnight-cherry Roadster … Continue reading
Lava Tubes on Luna – Why build a lunar space station?
" … a graduate student in Purdue's Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, led the study that examined whether empty lava tubes more than 1 kilometer wide could remain structurally stable on the moon. The Purdue team found … Continue reading
Posted in Prose, Space
53 Comments
Where Are the Heroes? by Publius Tacitus
The American media and many American political leaders, Republicans and Democrats, are a complete disgrace as they have cheered Donald Trump's illegal and unjustified order to launch cruise missiles against a backwater Syrian Air Force outpost. The American public are being sold … Continue reading
Posted in As The Borg Turns, Borg Wars, Current Affairs, Iran, Iraq, Media, Middle East, Policy, Prose, Russia, Syria
170 Comments
“Carolina in the Mornin'” by the turcopolier
(Haywood County) "General Westgard’s plan was simple. He would have the 2/26 N.C. Infantry form in line with their armor support behind Hill 765 to the right of Black’s paratroopers, but behind the ridge line and out of harms way. … Continue reading
Posted in Prose, The Military Art
12 Comments
“A Scytheclaw and her Boy” by Tyler
“The Lady fell for another To the Beast she was a mother Dragons talk and Dragons mock But the Beast begins his stalk They stand! They fall! Then they flee! How many of … Continue reading
Posted in Prose
27 Comments
“Hilaritas” by Mark Riebling
"I think there is an important book to be written on the stultifying effect of Protestantism on English Literature. This thought comes from a two-fisted reading of Chaucer and Spenser. In 1380 English Lit. is earthy and saucy, and in … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Fine Art, Prose
34 Comments