Prof. Ornery Talks Politics

The ornery ramblings of a former political science professor turned fiction author

Publishing House Baen Books Attacked by Cancel Culture

EDIT: I’ve added the responses from Toni Weisskopf and David Weber at the end. Baen Books […]

Book Review: Knowingly Familiar

This week’s book review is Alma T.C. Boykin’s Knowingly Familiar. It is Book 16 in the […]

Prompt: Trees

It’s been a week of snow and ice storms, which makes perfect weather for writing. For […]

Cancel Culture, Fear, and Censorship

And now we bring them all together. Fear is the thing that ties cancel culture and […]

The Culture War is Coming For You Whether You Like it Or Not

THE WOKE: Everyone we don’t like is a nazi. If you disagree with us about anything, […]

Be A Happy Warrior

You will be made to fear is the mantra we’ve been living with for almost a […]

Book Review: Divided We Fall

I’ve always liked anthologies because I can get a taste of multiple authors at one time. […]

Week 5 prompt: Memories

This week’s prompt challenge came from Leigh Kimmel. Leigh’s prompts always make me think. This time, […]

How does a third party become viable?

The question came up in an online group: What would it take to get you to […]

Book Review: “What Does This Button Do?” by Bruce Dickinson

This week’s book review is not an urban fantasy selection. It’s Bruce Dickinson’s autobiography, What Does […]