Author: Nob Akimoto

…you have to admit these people are fishing morons, or a crowd-sourced art project.

Just shouting out a congratulations to my friend Lesli, who will be published in a new anthology alongside such greats like Gaiman, Bradbury, Poe. Keep an eye out y’all for: Psychos: Serial Killers, Depraved...

Or maybe both. …I do try not to hate on this state…I’ve met many wonderful Texas natives. And then you read something like this… It’s almost enough to make me take up drinking again.

Dear Readers, Some of you may know that over the last year or so, I’ve been struggling with finding funding sources to finish my graduate degree. I’ve decided that an attempt at crowd-sourcing might...

…has died. Her work and life speak for themselves. Rest in peace, dear professor. May we prove equal to your insights.  

Note: This post is part of our League Symposium on inequality. You can read the introductory post for the Symposiumhere. To see a list of all posts in the Symposium so far, click here. In...

…this girl wouldn’t have to spend a day in jail and pay a fine. The nerve of some people, to think they can work to support their family and do school work and that...

Yes, yes, I know… Go ahead and gloat. http://gawker.com/5912071/lbj-school-of-pubic-affairs-apologizes-after-unfortunate-typo-goes-public

…and I can take or leave it if I please. It was much easier to be an outsider at 25 than at 15. Not that it’s easy. Anxiety attacks, bipolar mood swings, a general...

Can we please remember that Edmund Burke was a WHIG politician, not some grand old Tory?

Dear readers, the posts by both Blaise and Burt have put me into a contemplative mood. The mention of the Romanovs and Massoud put that germinated into a thought: What does it cost to...

Hello dear readers. Having taken a detour into state formation in fantasy worlds, I’m now going to bring fantasy into policy making. Perhaps a week or so ago, I noticed that Sully brought up...

Good day, dear reader. After gnashing my teeth a bit at the recent Virginia legislation (which I will not rehash, as my fellow Leaguers have done the heavy work), I have decided to focus...

Sometimes it’s easy to forget that there is such a thing as progress. Whatever else is being proposed in the name of “security” these days, this certainly isn’t. Let’s keep it that way. http://www.allegiancemusical.com/video/never-forget-never-again

Over at the Duck of Minerva, Robert E Kelly has a two part blog post discussing the applicability of Jack Snyder’s “Myths of Empire” theory to China.