Category: Serious Commentary
The Shadow Side of the Greatest of Canyons
The National Park Service celebrates the 100th anniversary of its existence this year with record numbers of people flocking to its lands to experience their majesty. The NPS has successfully set aside and safeguarded many of the natural features of…
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Healing the Front Line: the Strong Side of Criticism!
You know, the things that matter are the things that really, really don’t matter! … Confused yet?! Well, let me put it another way. Whether you’re involved in satire, critical scholarship, the media, blogging, activism, or anything else that deals…
Paintings to Remember: A Narrative Nonfiction by Rafiq Ebrahim
ED: Welcome to our great new writer, Rafiq Ebrahim! From the composer Modest Mussorgsky’s ‘Pictures at an Exhibition’ to the Alexander Sokurov movie, ‘Russian Ark,’ galleries have been well recognised as assortments of ‘ikons’ that can all point beyond themselves…
Matter Over Mind: 9 Rules that MAY JUST Help Fix Your Microbiome!
‘Mind over matter,’ or so they say, but does the same apply in reverse? Well, some people believe a lot of mental and spiritual health problems have a physical basis, and are related to gut dysbiosis (poor balance of microbes…
Big Non-Fiction Projects: Things You Need to Think About Before Starting SENSITIVE TOPICS!
Writing satire stories is a great skill that isn’t universally held by everyone… but what about those of you who are even more ambitious, and want to write some big non-fiction stuff, and maybe even about socially, politically, historically, or…
“You Started It!” – The Real Roots Of The Iranian Conflict.
Many protesters carried signs stating “You Started It!” This was the Iranian answer to Trump’s assassination of Soleimani, the Iranian General that has caused such an uproar in that country and brought missiles roaming down upon our bases.
Shadowlands Odyssey: Marvels, Mystery, Magic, Mystique, & Mysticism!
Another exciting book, to be published later in the year! (Will more content be added before publication? We’ll see!) Embark with Baron Byron Q C Lockhart, Esq… On the this wondrous journey to the subterranean SHADOWLANDS… Devoted to the very,…
REPUBLICANS: Trump Does NOT Care About Abortion. PERIOD!
Wake up, Republicans and religious people. Don’t take things at face value. This is bait: you are being bribed.
Things Fall Apart: Is the UK Doomed to Dystopia, or Are We on the Verge of Real Progress?
The election of Boris Johnson in the UK has led to fears that the UK has voted in a potential dictator. Some scoff at ‘Boris Derangement Syndrome,’ just as many people scoff at ‘Trump Derangement Syndrome.’ Others are convinced the…