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Originally posted on The Soulful Veteran's Blog: Sarah McCoy wrote a post for the Huffington Book Blog about “Men of War are Conflicted Characters“. After I read her post, I wanted to leave a comment but couldn’t because that section was closed, so I’m writing it here. You may want to read McCoy’s post. It’s well written and deals with…
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Originally posted on The Soulful Veteran's Blog: In 1772, Lord Mansfield’s judgment in the Somersett’s Case emancipated a slave in England, and that helped launch the movement that would abolish slavery in the British Empire. If the thirteen American colonies had stayed in the Empire, there would have been no Civil War to end slavery, because slavery in the United States would have…
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In Defense of Authors Perceived as Behaving Badly – Part 1/3
It may be the duty of an author to defend his or her work against negative reviews.
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John Carter film named one of worst flops of 2012 – but is that wrong?
Why does the ‘John Carter’ film keep getting so much coverage in the media as the box office loser of 2012 when it wasn’t?
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Originally posted on The Blogging Goth: The Mail on Sunday’s front page from 16th December 2012 There are three factors which define my response this story. I am a human being, a Goth, and a Journalist. As a human being, I abhor and reject the horrific violence committed in Newton, Connecticut. As a Goth, I abhor and reject any association…