What happens to war when magic and other wyrd forces come into play? When men and monsters go to war with each other? Sometimes against, and sometimes together. What otherworldly forces might come into play when the natural and the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Archive for March, 2025
Raconteur Press is releasing the first of two Wyrd Warfare anthologies this week. The two anthologies are geared towards showing you how warfare might be pursued if wyrd and magical powers were available to us. I am looking forward to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I remember when Obama shut down our shuttle program and forced us to work with the Russians to get up there. Then Trump invited private companies to take up the slack and multiple companies answered the call. Then Biden sparked[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The short-lived Republic of Texas survived for a time between Mexico and the expanding United States of America. The problem was that there were some disagreements with Mexico as to the exact nature of the Republic of Texas. Firstly, the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
When the nation that became Mexico rebelled from Spain, not everyone agreed with the rebellion. There was in fact a rather impressive civil war over the whole affair. And the new Mexican government was not what you would call gentle[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Southern Border of the United States of America was formed by war and rebellion. The Spanish first colonized Central and North America long before the United States moved westward. They moved up to the Rio Grande River area, to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Continental United States of America has a pair of geographical borders and a pair of negotiated borders. The East and West Coast are fairly hard to dispute. The Northern Border is a mix of a geographical and arbitrary border[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A nation that wishes to remain strong must have a common language. The people must be able to speak to each other and understand each other. To know what they are saying. This is why something as simple as an[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A nation must have strong borders to survive. History is filled with nations that did not maintain control of their borders and died. Many borders over history have been geographical. That river over there. The big stone next to the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Five years ago, I had finally reached the end of my long legal journey to getting my house back. I owned a vacation house up north and sold it. The people buying it stopped paying for it so I went[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…