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Anti-Muslim Film Obscures Real Islamist Evils
The biggest problem with a crude video like the “Innocence of Muslims” is that it obscures a rational, fact-based discussion of the very real evils underpinning today’s Islamist movement. Sam Bacile’s badly done, incendiary polemic provokes a psychological reaction that discourages critical thinking. It encourages some people to dismiss the valid evils of current-day Islamists. […]
Calls To Censor Anti-Muslim Film Are New McCarthyism
Bacile’s anti-Muslim film was an amateurish piece of trash. So is the drivel we get from the Ku Klux Klan and spinoffs. But America’s First Amendment protects them both. Bacile certainly is stupid, stupid, stupid. But Professor Butler is wrong, wrong, wrong. She tried to walk some of that back — or sugarcoat it a […]
What Would The Prophet Protest Today?
Out of my own personal spiritual interest — and in then process of research for faith-driven thrillers like Die By Wire, Perfect Killer and Daughter of God — I have read the Qu’ran from beginning to end at least three times. If the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) were alive today, his protest would […]
The Amazon Conundrum
The Amazon Conundrum sounds like the title of one of my thrillers, but it’s about thrillers rather than being one. See, Amazon has this “Prime” program for Customers and for Kindle books. For customers, the select program starts with paying $75 per year to get unlimited free shipping. It’s a damned good deal. I’ve been […]
My Tesla Evolution 2: Ion Engine + Atom Smasher = Cosmic Engine
This is the third in a series. See also: My Tesla Evolution 1: Coil, Laser, Ion Rocket How Nikola Tesla & A Butter Knife Turned Me Into A Rocket Scientist I never called it a “Cosmic Engine.” But that’s what the newspapers wound up calling it and the name stuck (see below). My Papa […]
My Tesla Evolution 1: Coil, Laser, Ion Rocket
WHICH ONE OF THESE COULD HAVE SHOCKED A SMALL CHILD INTO BEING A ROCKET SCIENTIST? Thomas Edison didn’t invent direct current, but that’s what he used to power his other inventions. It’s hard to distribute and is limited. But still useful for an old technology. It’s impossible to tell whether it was the butter […]
How Nikola Tesla & A Butter Knife Turned Me Into A Rocket Scientist
NEW! The Kindle edition of my Cold War thriller, The Tesla Bequest, was published today. Click here for more. Nikola Tesla turned me into a rocket scientist. Or it might have been a butter knife that did it. I think both. IN THE BEGINNING WAS THE BUTTER KNIFE The butter knife came first, […]
Think Like An Actor, Write Like God
Molly Ringwald wrote a very interesting piece recently for the New York Times: Act Like a Writer. “The appeal of diving into a character has always been the back story: everything that my character has been through up to the point when the audience first encounters her. I have eagerly invented intricate histories that I […]
S/he Who Doesn’t Dare Never Wins
We have no more giants in politics. Greatness has fled the national stage. We are a country of excuses and naysayers who ask “why?” instead of “why not?” “Who dares, wins” is not just an SAS motto, it’s a philosophy increasingly lost among the 50% of Americans who get government benefits and pay no taxes. […]
Why The National Parks Need To Scare Hell Out Of Its Visitors
The wilderness is wild. It will kill you if you aren’t trail smart. That’s one of the things I try and teach son William, and daughter, Kate (above). That photo was taken on Kate’s first backpack this June, in the Carson-Iceberg Wilderness area (just over the hill from the Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center […]
