Peter Blauner
@peterblauner.bsky.social
9-time crime novelist, part-time TV writer, full-time bettor on underdogs.
Democracy and free speech are in real trouble. A piece about the fight we’re in. open.substack.com/pub/peterbla...
Democracy on the Ropes
Don't kid yourself. We're wobbling in a corner and getting the standing 8 count.
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September 17, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Democracy and free speech are in real trouble. A piece about the fight we’re in. open.substack.com/pub/peterbla...
A tribute to my friend Peter Walsh, co-owner of Coogan’s. open.substack.com/pub/peterbla...
You Should've Been There
Farewell to Peter Walsh, co-owner of Coogan's and many other things.
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April 20, 2025 at 10:34 PM
A tribute to my friend Peter Walsh, co-owner of Coogan’s. open.substack.com/pub/peterbla...
A new Substack about words worth fighting over. open.substack.com/pub/peterbla...
Fighting Words
Everyone is in favor of Free Speech - for themselves. So why do many want to police other people's words?
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March 26, 2025 at 2:01 PM
A new Substack about words worth fighting over. open.substack.com/pub/peterbla...
A new Substack. Are We Ready For The Next 9/11? open.substack.com/pub/peterbla...
Are We Ready For Another 9/11?
Will other countries offer us a hand after we've given them the finger?
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March 10, 2025 at 1:52 PM
A new Substack. Are We Ready For The Next 9/11? open.substack.com/pub/peterbla...
The Don (ald). A new Substack and an unfavorable comparison. open.substack.com/pub/peterbla...
The Don
Mr. President, you're no Don Corleone.
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February 20, 2025 at 5:35 PM
The Don (ald). A new Substack and an unfavorable comparison. open.substack.com/pub/peterbla...
A new Substack with a half-serious question: Should the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame keep going if Mariah Carey is up for consideration? open.substack.com/pub/peterbla...
Is It Time To Close The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?
Cleveland rocks. Recent decisions maybe not so much.
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February 14, 2025 at 4:21 PM
A new Substack with a half-serious question: Should the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame keep going if Mariah Carey is up for consideration? open.substack.com/pub/peterbla...
A new Substack with a half-serious question: Should the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame keep going if Mariah Carey is up for consideration? open.substack.com/pub/peterbla...
Is It Time To Close The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?
Cleveland rocks. Recent decisions maybe not so much.
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February 14, 2025 at 4:20 PM
A new Substack with a half-serious question: Should the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame keep going if Mariah Carey is up for consideration? open.substack.com/pub/peterbla...
A new Substack about discovering a great director who influenced Scorsese and Coppola. open.substack.com/pub/peterbla...
The Master
Discovering the movies of a great director who influenced Scorsese and Coppola
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February 10, 2025 at 10:17 PM
A new Substack about discovering a great director who influenced Scorsese and Coppola. open.substack.com/pub/peterbla...
The Devil’s Report Card on 2024. Old Scratch sez: It was a very good year! More here: open.substack.com/pub/peterbla...
Satan's Year In Review
The Devil’s report card on 2024: It ain’t 1941 yet, folks, but to quote Frank Sinatra: It was a very good year!
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December 30, 2024 at 5:55 PM
The Devil’s Report Card on 2024. Old Scratch sez: It was a very good year! More here: open.substack.com/pub/peterbla...
Combining two things readers are interested in - lists and hate - here's a column about Ten Things to Hate About The 21st Century. Readers invited to make their own suggestions: peterblauner.substack.com/p/10-things-...
10 Things I Hate About the 21st Century
I got mine. You got yours. Let's compare notes.
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December 23, 2024 at 5:13 PM
Combining two things readers are interested in - lists and hate - here's a column about Ten Things to Hate About The 21st Century. Readers invited to make their own suggestions: peterblauner.substack.com/p/10-things-...
How can we take stories about justice seriously when it's obvious that some people ARE above the law? A new Substack here: peterblauner.substack.com/p/beyond-law...
Beyond Law and Order
How do we tell stories about justice when it’s obvious that some people are above the law?
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December 16, 2024 at 7:52 PM
How can we take stories about justice seriously when it's obvious that some people ARE above the law? A new Substack here: peterblauner.substack.com/p/beyond-law...
a new Substack about the CEO killing. open.substack.com/pub/peterbla...
The Politics of Vigilantism
The assassination of United Healthcare's CEO has unleashed a torrent of celebration online. But are we letting ourselves off the hook?
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December 8, 2024 at 6:40 PM
a new Substack about the CEO killing. open.substack.com/pub/peterbla...
a new Substack about the CEO killing. open.substack.com/pub/peterbla...
The Politics of Vigilantism
The assassination of United Healthcare's CEO has unleashed a torrent of celebration online. But are we letting ourselves off the hook?
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December 8, 2024 at 6:37 PM
a new Substack about the CEO killing. open.substack.com/pub/peterbla...
What does the controversy about Cormac McCarthy mean in the new Trump era? A new piece: peterblauner.substack.com/p/no-country...
No Country for Old (Dead) Men (and Women)
Does the new controversy about Cormac McCarthy have a different meaning in the Trump era?
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November 27, 2024 at 2:17 AM
What does the controversy about Cormac McCarthy mean in the new Trump era? A new piece: peterblauner.substack.com/p/no-country...
The Trump cabinet so far is the best argument in favor of supporting WGA script writers. Because this is who you get when you watch too much "reality" TV.
November 20, 2024 at 2:31 PM
The Trump cabinet so far is the best argument in favor of supporting WGA script writers. Because this is who you get when you watch too much "reality" TV.
A movie review: open.substack.com/pub/peterbla...
Not Exactly "Pretty Woman."
A good new movie by a filmmaker who should be more famous.
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November 16, 2024 at 4:14 PM
A movie review: open.substack.com/pub/peterbla...
An interesting piece by my favorite young writer - who also happens to be our first born son: substack.com/inbox/post/1...
To Love a Chatbot
Parasocial Romance and Deep Horror in Florida
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November 12, 2024 at 9:11 PM
An interesting piece by my favorite young writer - who also happens to be our first born son: substack.com/inbox/post/1...
Okay, I was never a Twitter guy but I'll give this Blue Sky thing a shot. Here's a piece I just published: peterblauner.substack.com/p/on-getting...
On Getting Knocked Out. And Trying To Get Up Again
About heavyweights, poetry, and pulling yourself together.
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November 12, 2024 at 5:22 PM
Okay, I was never a Twitter guy but I'll give this Blue Sky thing a shot. Here's a piece I just published: peterblauner.substack.com/p/on-getting...