Readers, this December marks my first appearance in a mystery/crime anthology!
You can order a copy of Mickey Finn: 20th Century Noir Volume 5 and read my story, “Three Sorry Langers.”
I can’t wait to get my copy.
Author Archives: Caleb Coy
I Have One Election Prediction For Tomorrow
I have a big election prediction:
Regardless of what happens next Tuesday, Trump will claim an early victory, and then cast serious doubt on the counting at the end.
Jesus is Lord, and Neither Party Acts Like It
At first glance, it could not be any more clear.
Recently, Kamala Harris told Christians in her audience “you’re at the wrong rally,” when they declared “Jesus is Lord,” and J.D. Vance declared “Jesus is Lord” to a host of cheers and applause. If you believe Jesus is Lord, you should obviously side with the guy who says that, especially since your only other viable option is the woman who would kick you out for saying that. Continue reading
On the Myth of an Anti-War Trump
The other day a guy told me that it’s been so long since we’ve had such an anti-war president. I told him, “Yeah, it’s been a long time since Jimmy Carter.”
He said, “I meant Donald Trump.”
Is Trump anti-war?
Bad Reasons To Vote For Someone
Your family always votes for this person.
Your family always votes for their opponent’s party, and you want to spite them.
Your spiritual advisor told you and a bunch of other people it was your duty or calling to vote for this person.
A celebrity you really like endorsed this person.
A celebrity you really don’t like endorsed their opponent. Continue reading
New Writing Out This Year
Readers,
This past six months some writing has come out.
I just had an essay just come out in Plough, “Eating Anything”
Read it here! Continue reading
Five Reasons Writers Reference Other Works
Maybe you were like me, reading the Ray Bradbury short story for the first time, “There Will Come Soft Rains.” You read about the robot characters in the house faithfully tending to the humans who are long gone. Then [SPOILER ALERT] a robot reads a poem, then the house burns to the ground. Continue reading
“Drill Baby Drill” Won’t Fix The Economy
They always tell me, “do your own research.”
Actually, it’s usually, without punctuation, “its lies wake up America dont listen to the experts do your own research.” Or something like that.
So I did. I did my own research. It turns out that if you want the economy to get better, you can’t just start drilling for more oil and assume the price of everything will go way down. Continue reading
An Opportunity To Fund a Twelve-Year Blog
Readers, I want to thank you for reading this blog for over a decade. I started this blog in 2012. Originally it was a blog about being a father, but I realized the platform could be useful, and so I kept at it for twelve years.
I’ve covered topics from religion, to politics, to parenting, to literature, to the different ways to describe Tom Waits’s Voice.
In all this time, the blog, of course, has been free. And I intend it to stay that way.
And while I believe in free resources and I don’t like asking for money, I’d like to give readers an opportunity to support the work of this blog. Writing takes work. And when it comes to doing research, that work can sometimes take hours.
Not to mention that I’ve had work published outside this blog, and believe it or not, some journals don’t pay their contributors. But I try to provide links to them anyway.
So if you have found this blog enjoyable, useful, or even tolerable throughout the years—or maybe you just feel the urge to support another “starving artist” in this world— today you have the opportunity to give a little something to help support that work. At your discretion.
So if you feel so inclined, here are three venue options through which you can support a hard-working writer.
Paypal
@CGuard
Venmo
@Caleb-Guard
Cashapp
$CCGuard
God bless you all. And God bless Robin Hood!
When Jews Say Stop Arming Israel
During the Nixon administration, much ado was made to paint anti-war protests as anti-troop or anti-America. The idea was that dissent itself was anti-America. A pernicious myth was replicated that college hippie protesters were calling soldiers “baby-killers” and spitting on them, despite there being no documented evidence of this, and most evidence pointing to compassion between protesters and soldiers returning home. Scores of noncombatants and veterans shared anger at government leaders for putting us in that mess.
I passed by a peaceful protest in support for the people of Gaza yesterday. I am aware that in some locations a select few protesters hurled some anti-semitic rhetoric (and rocks, apparently) at fellow students, and that is wrong. But to confuse a protest for Palestinian rights with a protest in the name of Hamas is to fail to learn from history. The protest movement happening across campuses currently is not anti-semitic any more than standing up for the rights of Jews in Germany would have been anti-Germanic.
If the protests are anti-Jew, why are Jews joining in? Jews rallied outside Schumer’s home in protest against giving aid to…Israel. It’s about stopping war and carnage. And in this instance, people of various identities, including Jews, are wanting to stop Jewish aggression against Gaza’s. Maybe they know something a lot of Americans don’t. Or don’t want to admit. Maybe these Jews know that the government of Israel has acted against Gaza (which, some of you probably don’t know, is not Hamas).
So while Fox news plays over and over again one clip of one Arab American hurling insults at one Jewish American—(and MSNBC is wasting everyone’s time showing shocking footage of *gasp* Trump’s limo pulling up to the courthouse)—look for when Jews, Arabs, Americans, Ukrainians, Russians, and people the world over are joining hands to call out world leaders. What exactly are all these people anti of? One another? Not when they do this. Not when they call for ceasing the violence brought on by those that failed in leadership.
Horrible leaders are trying to protect themselves. They want people at one another’s throats. It’s how they get votes. From Putin to Netanyahu to Haniyeh to Biden to Trump.
Protest them. Peacefully. You’ll get maligned. Keep going.
“This is the Passover that we take our exodus from Zionism. Not in our name. Let Gaza live.”
CALEB COY 