Maybe this is a real first step
Down the road to progress
That has so long been visible to us
But on which we are so reluctant to travel
…
Maybe, just maybe
We will listen to the sweet song of unity
That we sing when we see the humanity
In human beings
…
Maybe, just maybe
There are so many problems to overcome
And they will bury us
Beneath their magnitude
…
But maybe
Just maybe
In today’s justice
There is a spark we won’t let die
…
Rest In Peace, George
From the Posthumously Published Memoirs of General Theodore H. Simmons. Commandant, United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID), Fort Detrick, Maryland. Declassified June 23, 2041.
The concept itself wasn’t new or original, and although the execution had gone smoothly, it was the plan’s audacious scope that made it truly spectacular, 21st century total war waged across the economic, political, and public health spectra under the effective cover of plausible deniability. And Operation Apex had worked. Almost.
To make the attack invisible, it didn’t just need to seem as though the pathogen had jumped from a flea to…
Today’s assault on the Capitol was an Insurrection invited by the nation’s commander-in-chief
It has since been deleted — thank goodness Twitter finally had the fortitude to stand up to Trump — but here is the “president’s” tweet today in the aftermath of the violence he invited and unleashed upon the US Capitol today:
These are the things and events that happen when a sacred landslide election victory is so unceremoniously & viciously stripped away from great patriots who have been badly & unfairly treated for so long. Go home with love & in peace. Remember this day forever!
Impeach Brett Kavanaugh
The federal courts are tainted by illegitimacy. This is true throughout, but is nowhere more pronounced than on the Supreme Court. The blatant hypocrisy Republicans showed by refusing to consider Merrick Garland but ramming through Amy Coney Barrett destroyed the legitimacy of the institution.
Rightfully furious over this undemocratic hijacking of the federal court system, liberals and democrats are considering numerous ways to rectify this illegitimacy and make the court a credible body again. While some sort of action is necessary to restore the legitimacy of the court and prevent the anti-democratic attempt to entrench minority rule orchestrated by Republicans…
The Siege of Acre (1189–1191 CE) as told through the vignettes of my toy soldiers.
The Siege of Acre was fought between the invading army of the Third Crusade, led by Richard II King of England and Phillip II of France and Acre’s defenders, soldiers of Saladin’s Ayyubid Sultanate.
The following story is historical fiction.
Nathan Chandler
The Siege of Acre (1189–1191 CE) as told through the vignettes of my toy soldiers.
The Siege of Acre was fought between the invading army of the Third Crusade, led by Richard II King of England and Phillip II of France and Acre’s defenders, soldiers of Saladin’s Ayyubid Sultanate.
The following story is historical fiction.
Hazm Ayad of Damascus
The Siege of Acre (1189–1191 CE) as told through the vignettes of my toy soldiers.
The Siege of Acre was fought between the invading army of the Third Crusade, led by Richard II King of England and Phillip II of France and Acre’s defenders, soldiers of Saladin’s Ayyubid Sultanate.
The following story is historical fiction.
Sumayl ibn al-Ghazali
The Siege of Acre (1189–1191 CE) as told through the vignettes of my toy soldiers.
The Siege of Acre was fought between the invading army of the Third Crusade, led by Richard II King of England and Phillip II of France and Acre’s defenders, soldiers of Saladin’s Ayyubid Sultanate.
The following story is historical fiction.
Conrad of Saxony
In his alternate reality, it is impossible for him to lose
Donald Trump lost the presidential election. Decisively, in fact. Biden not only gained a whooping 5 million more votes than Trump, he will ultimately end up with either 290 or 306 electoral votes. Though the vote in some swing states was fairly close, the final score is not. Joe Biden crushed Donald Trump.
Unsurprisingly — after all, he said as much during the lead up to the election — Donald Trump is refusing to acknowledge the results and using the United States government as a tool to protect himself from the outcome of the democratic process. Frankly, anyone who is…
The Siege of Acre (1189–1191 CE) as told through the vignettes of my toy soldiers.
The Siege of Acre was fought between the invading army of the Third Crusade, led by Richard II King of England and Phillip II of France and Acre’s defenders, soldiers of Saladin’s Ayyubid Sultanate.
The following story is historical fiction.
Hugh FitzSimmons of Calais
Will Staton
Career Educator. Author of “Through Fire and Flame: Into the New Inferno.” Bylines at Arc Digital, Areo Magazine, and the Strategy Bridge.
