When Washington’s aviation system failed, the administration sent out two officials to explain why nobody was responsible. By Pragmatic Issues | November 14, 2026 Somewhere in Washington, a clown car is on fire, barreling toward a cliff, and the two men in the front seat are arguing over who was
When did disliking another country’s government become justification for sending Americans to war? November 13, 2026 | Pragmatic Issues It is incredibly disturbing hearing the president of the United States discuss the possibility of military action against another sovereign nation as though it were another item on his list of
A Christmas Ghost Story Chapter One: The Trouble with Sherman McCauley Baddeck, Nova Scotia — December 2026 There were two things the residents of Baddeck, Nova Scotia, took very seriously. The first was Christmas. The second was making absolutely certain their neighbours knew they took Christmas more seriously than anyone else.
Those in Need to Pay The Price of This Administrations Ineptitude The Trump administration promised government accountability. But its SNAP policies raise a troubling question: Who pays the price when Washington confuses cutting spending with solving problems? By Pragmatic Issues | November 11, 2026 There is nothing wrong with reforming government
An American president is threatening imprisonment for political opponents who intend to exercise constitutional oversight. The country deserves to understand exactly what that means. November 8, 2026 | Opinion Four days after Americans voted to change the balance of power in Washington, President Donald Trump responded with a threat that should
* A warning to Democrats: accountability is not revenge, and winning is not governing.* November 4, 2026 | Opinion The election is over. The American people have spoken. Democrats have secured control of both chambers of Congress, and Washington is preparing for a significant shift in political power. But before the celebrations
Chapter Twenty-Three — What We Become Steve woke to Alex standing over him. For several seconds he didn’t recognise his son. Not because Alex looked different. Because he wasn’t doing anything. Just standing there. Barefoot. Silent. Watching. Steve blinked. ‘Alex?’ Nothing. The house was dark. 3:17 glowed
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When a president fears the verdict of the voters, the machinery of government should never become his insurance policy. PRAGMATIC ISSUES | SPECIAL REPORT | OCTOBER 30, 2026 Four days. That is all that remains before Americans head to the polls for the November 3 midterm elections. Four days before millions of
Something Wicked This Way Comes Pragmatic Issues | Wednesday, 28 October 2026 There is an old saying about haunted houses. The dead are rarely the problem. It’s the living who refuse to leave. Welcome to Washington, D.C., where the corridors are crowded with political ghosts, the closets are overflowing
By: C.M. Clark A Halloween Political Op-Ed Even the Dead Have Standards WASHINGTON, D.C. — There is a house at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue that has frightened Americans for generations. Its walls have witnessed wars, scandals, betrayals, affairs, impeachments, and enough political backstabbing to keep a cemetery fully occupied.
By: C.M. Clark Chapter Twenty-One — The Son Nobody slept after the dead came to the house. Steve tried. He sat on the sofa until sunrise with a baseball bat across his knees. It was ridiculous. Everybody knew it was ridiculous. The thing upstairs had worn Laura’s voice.
By: C.M. Clark THE HOLLOW SEASON Chapter Nineteen — What Belongs to You The morning after Alex turned eighteen, there was dirt beneath his fingernails. He noticed it while brushing his teeth. Black. Packed deep beneath every nail. Alex frowned. He hadn’t been outside. Not since Steve dragged him
By Cristal M Clark PROLOGUE Amelia told Jack that she graduated from college but a misspelling caused a delay in her diploma arriving one, of the many lies that she told him about herself and her life. Little did she know that her personal life was about to become a
THE HOLLOW SEASON Chapter Sixteen — The People We Love By morning, nobody wanted to try again. That was perhaps the strangest part. They should have. Steve knew that. A rational person would have driven east. Then west. Taken another road. Called the police. Called the highway patrol. Called somebody and
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BY C.M. CLARK Chapter Thirteen — Nora August 1975 Nora Miller could talk Steve into almost anything. That was the problem. ‘Dad will kill us.’ ‘Dad has to find out first.’ ‘He always finds out.’ ‘Because you confess.’ ‘I don’t confess.’ Nora looked at him. Steve sighed. ‘I occasionally
By C.M. Clark THE HOLLOW SEASON Chapter Ten — Three People Nobody mentioned what happened at the Buffalo. Not properly. That was how the Miller family dealt with things. They didn’t. Steve came home. Alex came home. Jessica asked where they’d been. Steve said, ‘The Buffalo.’ Jessica laughed.
By C.M. Clark THE HOLLOW SEASON Chapter Seven — Passing Through The missing couple had been married for six months. Nobody in Idaho Springs knew that yet. Nobody knew their names. Nobody knew they were missing. At 4:18 on Friday afternoon, they were simply another pair of tourists getting
By C.M. Clark THE HOLLOW SEASON Chapter Four — Things People Say By Monday, Alex had decided there were two Idaho Springs. There was the one tourists saw. That Idaho Springs smelled like pizza, coffee, beer and sugar. It sold polished stones, Colorado T-shirts, antiques and things made from