Goliath on the March
Who’s the Real David? David Hogg Vs. Kyle Kashuv
By Fred Tribuzzo
MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” has the unique ability to get any story, fact, or analogy ass backwards on a regular basis. The day before the March for Our Lives rally, a liberal guest, amidst a sea of liberal Joesters, gloated that the Parkland students couldn’t really be criticized, since, after all, they’re the Parkland students. The reporter then likened the teen movement against the NRA to David and Goliath.
Goliath was a braggart who challenged the Israelites to fight only him in order to win all or lose all. Today’s Goliath is David Hogg, Parkland survivor and braggart, hardly the boy shepherd whose story of bravery is actually echoed by the National Rifle Association.
An Exhilarating Alternate History Awaits You in Griff’s Lonesome George Chronicles
Volumes 1 and 2 are now available.
By Roy Griffis
Click here to pick up The Big Bang and here for its sequel Bringing the Fire. Learn more about author Roy M. “Griff” Griffis here at his website.
PreTeena: March 19-25 2018
Sunday Comics!
By Allison Barrows
You won’t want to miss these hilarious cartoons depicting the ups and downs of adolescence. Now each week’s strips will debut on Sundays as the lead strip of Liberty Island’s Sunday Comics feature. If you draw a comic and would like to have your work featured on Sundays, please contact us: [email protected]
2 Core Truths About Guns and the Second Amendment
By Mark Ellis
I read with interest Liberty Island contributor Audie Cocking’s essay about her family history with gun ownership, and the tragic death of her friend. The piece resonated because mine is a similar history, and the takeaways from both the essay and my experience reinforce two core truths about gun ownership and the Second Amendment.
‘The Tiger Shark’s Head’: Excerpt #1 from Jonah, a New Liberty Island Novel
Enjoy this and three more excursions into Jonah: A Novel of Men and the Sea, the debut novel of Howard Butcher
By Howard Butcher
Howard Butcher’s underwater thriller brims with authenticity, energy, and thematic depth. Buy Jonah: A Novel of Men and the Sea today on Amazon.
‘It Was Nice Being Alone With Someone I Was Going to Kill; I Could Really Be Myself.’
Rediscover Liberty Island’s first novel: Frank J. Fleming’s Superego!
By Frank Fleming
Click here to purchase Superego, and here for Sidequest, Frank’s newest comedic adventure.
PreTeena: March 12-18 2018
Sunday Comics!
By Allison Barrows
You won’t want to miss these hilarious cartoons depicting the ups and downs of adolescence. Now each week’s strips will debut on Sundays as the lead strip of Liberty Island’s Sunday Comics feature. If you draw a comic and would like to have your work featured on Sundays, please contact us: [email protected]
The 17 Liberty Island Books Published From January 2015 through February 2018
Check out these compelling titles that span across multiple genres
By David M. Swindle
Must-read novels by Frank J. Fleming begin and conclude this list of our books.
The Gun Debate: The Math Doesn’t Work…
A Reflection on How Far We’ve Come In 50 Years
By Audie Cockings
Seeing children tout their parent’s feelings on all things political is sad to me. And yet, there are students nearby, outdoors, passionately picketing against those who most fiercely protect the free speech they are exercising.
An eleven-year-old at Maryland’s Takoma Park Middle School is holding a sign stating, “GOP Math–Guns + More Guns = Less Gun Violence”. Pretty sarcastically insightful for a sixth grader, right?
New Fiction: Ishka’s Garden
An Honorable Mention from The Heroes Half of The Contest
By Bokerah Brumley
Beneath the alabaster arches over my narrow windows, something flutters against my curtains, interrupting my reading. I squint toward the sound as I rub my earpoints. They’re sore from concentration. I’ve spent my half-day studying the techniques recorded in the leather-bound journal of a master arborist.
A tree in my garden needs pruning before the Moontide festival. The tree that I’ve come to think of as Seesha’s Tree. My little friend will be so pleased with her new home. Fesh designed it well and picked the perfect branch. The two of them favor my Mergone and not many Fae can say a pair of the winged creatures live nearby.
