Prof. Ornery Talks Politics

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

Family and writing

I am on vacation in central Oregon with various family members. This is our annual get-together. […]

Opinions and balance

Hanging out with a friend and former student this weekend. He’s been in the Middle East […]

Detours

So, we’ve hit a snag in our escape plans. Shockingly, that snag is money (I know, […]

Writing and real life

I was just reading over on Mad Genius Club a post about real life interfering with […]

Friends

It’s been a week. In that time, I’ve done…what? Write, edit, read. All good. We did […]

Lazy Sunday

Lazy Sunday afternoons are great. Until you start feeling guilty that you aren’t doing anything. But, […]

In Defense of All We Hold Dear

I just posted a short story…it’s free! In Defense of All We Hold Dear was inspired […]

Writing and Procrastination

Yesterday’s post was rambling and a tad incoherent. Today’s post comes to you courtesy of my […]

Memorial Day

Contrary to what a lot of people seem to think, Memorial Day is not the same […]

Total Control

Political philosopher Hannah Arendt coined the term “totalitarian” to denote those political systems which were created […]