T.C. McCarthy's Blog, page 2
January 25, 2016
Awards Season Cometh
Regarding the #SFF 2016 Award Season (#Hugoawards, etc.): I have 2 short stories, both of which were published in 2015 in anthologies. They are "Pathfinder," in Operation Arcana (John Joseph Adams, editor) and "Saracens," in Onward Drake, (Mark L. Van Name, editor).
May 4, 2015
May 1, 2015
April 26, 2015
March 30, 2015
March 23, 2015
Save the A10 Warthog
Don't let the Air Force retire it. https://youtu.be/Kox74aXSj7o
March 14, 2015
January 11, 2015
The Paris Terrorist Attacks: Why We Are Not "Charlie"
We Are NOT Charlie Hebdo - click here: http://youtu.be/c44b7SouKFY
Many of us are politically correct; if you openly criticize Islam, you might be called a bigot. You'll be ostracized by your liberal friends, you won't be invited to the good cocktail parties, and your chances of being seen an important cog in new york or london society will evaporate. You won't get tenure, book deals, or acceptance within literary circles. The list goes on. But using these things as an excuse not to speak up is cowardice. Criticizing a religion does not make you a bigot - not as long as you do it with intellectual honesty and respect. Drawing cartoons, lampooning or satirizing a religion doesn't make you a bigot; this is an ancient way of making valid intellectual arguments. But we don't do this; we fail to defend those of us who take such a stand.
That's why we're not Charlie. But we can change.
Many of us are politically correct; if you openly criticize Islam, you might be called a bigot. You'll be ostracized by your liberal friends, you won't be invited to the good cocktail parties, and your chances of being seen an important cog in new york or london society will evaporate. You won't get tenure, book deals, or acceptance within literary circles. The list goes on. But using these things as an excuse not to speak up is cowardice. Criticizing a religion does not make you a bigot - not as long as you do it with intellectual honesty and respect. Drawing cartoons, lampooning or satirizing a religion doesn't make you a bigot; this is an ancient way of making valid intellectual arguments. But we don't do this; we fail to defend those of us who take such a stand.
That's why we're not Charlie. But we can change.
November 24, 2014
Erdogan, Turkey, and the Neo-Ottoman Empire: ISIS Ahoy!
Erdogan is up to his old (crazy) tricks. ISIS, ISIL, Daash, Caliphate, etc. http://youtu.be/ZaH38_CZDG0
November 4, 2014
My Dogs; My Kids
I made this video about my dogs, who can actually talk. Watch it if you don't believe me.
http://youtu.be/WuRWCXxPmB8
http://youtu.be/WuRWCXxPmB8
