Paperback Writer

 

Nicholas Bate is working on a new novel.

Spreading the Word

Now that Pilate's Magician is out there, I'm hearing from some marvelous people who are spreading the word.

The novel is neither dry nor preachy, but after one woman joked that she would be getting a new yoga mat along with the book, I've been tempted to add a new marketing slogan:

"It's not about Pilates."

So far, the award for dedication goes to the man who called from New Orleans to tell me that he was taking it to his Alcoholics Anonymous meeting.

"False Black Power"

 

Nitwittery Update

Ann Arbor, Michigan gets rid of "neighborhood watch" signs.

Albert Had No Idea of What Was Coming

 We live in a time when men, driven by mediocre ferocious ideologies, are becoming used to being ashamed of everything. Ashamed of themselves, ashamed to be happy, to love and to create . . .. So we have to feel guilty. We are being dragged before the secular confessional, the worst of all.

- Albert Camus, Actuelles. Écrits politiques, 1948

Black-and-White Film Flashback

 From "Sweet Smell of Success":

High Tech and Defense

City Journal: The Far Left goes after Palantir.

Hmm. Are the Chinese tech companies refraining from doing defense work?

Omar Bradley

Take a few seconds to visit A Layman's Blog and read the insight of General Bradley.

We need such reminders. We need such people.

Citizen Free Press

Have you discovered Citizen Free Press? Click here.

I just learned of it.

{HT: Jonathan Wade]

Black-and-White Film Flashback

 

The film version of the Nevil Shute novel. I recall when it came out. 

Everyone saw "On the Beach."