Show Don't Tell: Chapter 4 A key to writing fiction that focuses on the action

After deciding what readers need to know, authors need to figure out how to SHOW it instead of TELLING it. open.substack.com/pub/communit...

Power, Greed, Ambition...and All These Evils Swalwell, Bondi, Nixon, Biden and the costs of covetousness

Power, Greed, Ambition.

Power, Greed, Ambition...and All These Evils Swalwell, Bondi, Nixon, Biden and the costs of covetousness

Power, Greed, Ambition...and All These Evils
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Heisting from Hamlet: Chapter 4 On using "method to the madness" and "play within the play"

More on the thinking behind the writing of a novel. Heisting from Hamlet: Chapter 4 open.substack.com/pub/communit...

To-Read Pile 10 The To-Read Pile is my regular digest of worthwhile governing- and culture-related essays, articles, and books (with some light commentary added).

A long compilation of great stuff to read. "The To-Read Pile 10" open.substack.com/pub/governin...

Trump’s Thomistic Turn on Judges? Is President Trump swearing off graduates of elite private universities?

Trump’s Thomistic Turn on Judges?
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Trump’s Thomistic Turn on Judges? Is President Trump swearing off graduates of elite private universities?

Trump’s Thomistic Turn on Judges?
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To Read Pile 9 The To-Read Pile is my regular digest of worthwhile governing- and culture-related essays, articles, and books (with some light commentary added).

My latest list of stuff you might've missed. To Read Pile 9 open.substack.com/pub/governin...

Grading the Justices in the Tariff Case How strong were the seven opinions in Learning Resources, Inc. v. Trump?

Grading the Justices in the Tariff Case
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"We don’t have to wait for the threats to become dire. We need more public leaders on the right thinking about the threats on the horizon."
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A Bipartisan Higher-Ed Reform Movement? And what to make of the IHE happenings in Virginia

A Bipartisan Higher-Ed Reform Movement?
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Outside of the most divisive topics, higher-ed has a number of areas ripe for reform.
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Ruled by Revolutionaries "Governing Right" means governing conservatively and soundly

Ruled by Revolutionaries
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My Review of Justice Amy Coney Barrett's Book She's not a novelist. She's a judge.

My Review of Justice Amy Coney Barrett's Book
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The Glorious Coming-of-Age Finale of Stranger Things This was never a hero's journey. It was about moving on to the next phase of life.

The Glorious Coming-of-Age Finale of Stranger Things
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Top 10 of 2025 The ten most-read pieces on Governing Right this year.

Top 10 of 2025
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The Good Book and them ancient Greeks knew the score. CommunityDay.substack.com

COMMUNITY DAY (part 3 of 13) PART II: Chapters 10 - 15

In COMMUNITY DAY (part 3 of 13): The narrator is visited by police, a memorial garden is vandalized, and a saloon turns into a casino in order to stay open during the pandemic. open.substack.com/pub/communit...

Why are K-12 and Higher Education So Different? 10 reasons these fields exist in different worlds--and the broader lessons for policy

Why are K-12 and Higher Education So Different?
10 reasons these fields exist in different worlds--and the broader lessons for policy. governingright.substack.com/p/why-are-k-...

COMMUNITY DAY (part 2 of 13) PART 1: Chapters 6 - 9

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The second installment of my novel, COMMUNITY DAY, drops tonight at 8pm. Subscribe now! communityday.substack.com/p/community-...

The first installment of my novel COMMUNITY DAY is now available! Perfect reading for a frigid weekend. communityday.substack.com/p/community-...

Only TWO DAYS until the Release of Community Day! Become a paid subscriber; also, the novel's front matter revealed!

Only TWO DAYS until the Release of Community Day! But today, the maps, the dedication, the epigraph, and the TOC are released! open.substack.com/pub/communit...

My debut novel, COMMUNITY DAY, is released in four days. Subscribe here to get it: CommunityDay.substack.com

Behind the Scenes of COMMUNITY DAY 9 days until the novel's release--some stories about how it was written

Behind the Scenes of COMMUNITY DAY
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In 12 days, my novel Community Day will be released as a serial via substack. Get it here: communityday.substack.com

My novel COMMUNITY DAY: Coming December 4!!! open.substack.com/pub/communit...

"Do You Know What Time It Is?" Yes. Time for conservatives to set a moral example for the next generation

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"Do You Know What Time It Is?" Yes. Time for conservatives to set a moral example for the next generation

"Do You Know What Time It Is?"
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