Kill the King, Part II

The only way to kill a man is to look into his eyes and drive the blade home. A man should know that he’s dying. More importantly, he should know why.

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Kill the King, Part I

A hawk-faced footman opened the door to the prince’s private residence even before Colter reached for its iron knocker. He waved Colter inside, squinting into the darkened street briefly before closing the

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Trump Packs the Courts

As I was preparing to shred the latest issue of Rolling Stone Magazine*, I noticed a rather alarming headline: Inside Trump’s Judicial Takeover. Well, it’s alarming to Rolling Stone, to be sure. 

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Preserving the Harvest: Peppers

Frost is in the forecast here, so I spent Saturday morning cleaning up / pulling up the south garden. It needed some work, to be sure. After the original potato / garlic

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Why Would She Lie?

One of the “gotcha” questions supporters of Dr. Christine Ford hurled at those of us who didn’t believe she was telling the truth was, “What does she have to gain by lying?”

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Plan Next Year’s Garden Today

The nights are growing longer, the mornings cooler. And that garden that held so much promise last spring is limping into its final weeks, maybe days.  Frost lies ahead, then snow. There

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Anatomy of a Smear

It will come as no surprise to readers that Men of the West stand firmly behind the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the United State Supreme Court. While he’s arguably not the

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Send the Dreamers home

Their nations need them: STOCKHOLM (AFP) – The Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama*, said Wednesday that “Europe belongs to the Europeans” and that refugees should return to their native countries to

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Anatomy of a gaslighting

If you were anywhere near a media website or Twitter during planted Senator John McCain’s embarrassingly long apotheosis ceremony on Saturday, you doubtless came across an article or ten with headlines like

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