Films About Totalitarianism: A Series

 

Scribbling with Scars

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I am almost done with the dermatologist diversion [stitches out/freezing to come] and we're having a strange weather condition here in Phoenix known as rain.

In other words, I'm being driven in-doors.

Where the files and the banker's boxes play.

And there's also the issue of writer's sloth.

Yesterday began a detailed review of the draft of my second novel. 

Many months ago, I placed it on the shelf in order to complete Pilate's Magician.

My biggest "novel" chore right now involves reacquainting myself with the characters and deciding upon the correct tone.

The first part is easy. The second one is crucial.

And then, unless there is a mega-surprise, the book will go through multiple drafts.

I am more of a re-writer than a writer.

Nicholas Bate has been a major inspiration. The man is truly amazing. If you haven't read any of his novels, I recommend beginning with Pierre Lambert, Detective.

Marco Rubio on Far-Left Terrorism

 

So Bad It's Good

 

A 1930s Perspective

If you think that our times are strange, curl up with these books and make some comparisons.

Holy Man/Iranian Gandhi/Man of the Year in 1979

 Giscard d'Estaing admitted years later that President Carter had asked him to take in and protect Ayatollah Khomeini, whom the president described as a "holy man," while the newspaper Le Monde referred to him as the "Iranian Gandhi." Khomeini had been designated Time's "Man of the Year" in 1979, after being able to organize the downfall of his sworn enemy, the Shah of Iran, from his gilded retreat at Neauphle-le-Château. The abandonment of their friend and ally did not bring good fortune to the two Western heads of state. 

- From The Suicide of France: The Quiet Revolution That Destroyed a Nation by Éric Zemmour

Motivation

"The first time I walked into a trophy shop, I looked around and thought to myself, 'This guy is good!'"

- Fred Wolf

Films About Totalitarianism: A Series

 

An Intellectual Feast

 

Let's have a Presidential Civic Fitness Program in high schools and expand perspectives.

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