Category Archives: Society

Incompetent Leaders Refusing to Fight Forces of Nature?

Posted on 6.9.2017 by Sascha Kersken

We’ve seen it both in the real world and, recently, in the Seven Kingdoms. Some leaders think that climate change (global warming in our world, global cooling in Westeros) is just a hoax made up by their foes. Some of … Continue reading →

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Blame the Left V20.0 [English]

Posted on 10.7.2017 by Sascha Kersken

Just as I thought: Hamburg is being used as the alleged proof for yet another “left-wing radicals are far worse than right-wing radicals!!!!1!!!11!” narrative. While “Alt Right”, i.e. white supremacy, is sitting in the White House and other governments while … Continue reading →

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Traffic Collapse

Posted on 17.5.2017 by Sascha Kersken

Hundreds of thousands of individuals in grotesquely oversized particulate generators are not a “concept of traffic” but something that should vanish in favour of the extreme expansion of bicycle, train and electric mobility. Even IF the new conservative-liberal government here in … Continue reading →

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How To Make America (And Other Countries) Great (Again)

Posted on 1.5.2017 by Sascha Kersken

I am not American, and I’ve only been there once. But I have family living there, I’ve personally met many Americans, and I like some aspects of the country a lot — for example the fact that it’s an old … Continue reading →

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The Orange Colossus

Posted on 27.1.2017 by Sascha Kersken

(A new statue for a new time, with apologies to Emma Lazarus) Not like the mighty woman with a flame That used to welcome people to this land; Here at our spiked and guarded gates shall stand An orange man … Continue reading →

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“Summer of the Gods” for free!

Posted on 13.1.2017 by Sascha Kersken

My urban fantasy novel “Summer of the Gods” is now available for free as an Amazon Kindle ebook until Sunday, January 15. Enjoy! United States: http://amzn.to/2iZqHCO United Kingdom: http://amzn.to/2itEp3I Canada: https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B01N1Y3F5E/ Germany: http://amzn.to/2iUPwDZ

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Summer of the Gods

Posted on 1.1.2017 by Sascha Kersken

The English version of my first novel, “Summer of the Gods” (volume 1 of 3 in the Olympian Gods Trilogy) has just been published as an Amazon Kindle ebook. If you’re interested in mythology, (urban) fantasy, politics, or society, you … Continue reading →

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