David Corbett
@davidcorbett.bsky.social
Recovering Catholic, NYT Notable author of seven novels, two writing guides, dozens of stories, numerous scripts, and too many poems. http://davidcorbett.com
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That time again: The audiobook for The Truth Against the World is now available at half-price. Narrated by the inimitable John Keating, whose other credits include Leon Uris's TRINITY, Ian McGuire's THE NORTH WATER, Benjamin Black's Quirke Series, and many more.)
Buy link in comments.
Buy link in comments.
November 9, 2025 at 4:07 PM
That time again: The audiobook for The Truth Against the World is now available at half-price. Narrated by the inimitable John Keating, whose other credits include Leon Uris's TRINITY, Ian McGuire's THE NORTH WATER, Benjamin Black's Quirke Series, and many more.)
Buy link in comments.
Buy link in comments.
For the terminally curious, may I offer a few crumbs for thought: this month's contribution to Writer Unboxed.
It's titled, "The Elusive 'I' in Identity (link in comments), in which I describe recent research that establishes you are not who you think you are, and neither am I.
It's titled, "The Elusive 'I' in Identity (link in comments), in which I describe recent research that establishes you are not who you think you are, and neither am I.
October 10, 2025 at 1:55 PM
For the terminally curious, may I offer a few crumbs for thought: this month's contribution to Writer Unboxed.
It's titled, "The Elusive 'I' in Identity (link in comments), in which I describe recent research that establishes you are not who you think you are, and neither am I.
It's titled, "The Elusive 'I' in Identity (link in comments), in which I describe recent research that establishes you are not who you think you are, and neither am I.
One more reason time travel novels seldom feel convincing.
October 3, 2025 at 9:20 PM
One more reason time travel novels seldom feel convincing.
I have a copy of her book, Prison Notes, about being jailed in the Jim Crow south after taking part in civil rights protests. It awakens you to the hard work of defying racism and autocracy. I have always loved this photo of her by Consuelo Kanaga.
September 11, 2025 at 3:49 PM
I have a copy of her book, Prison Notes, about being jailed in the Jim Crow south after taking part in civil rights protests. It awakens you to the hard work of defying racism and autocracy. I have always loved this photo of her by Consuelo Kanaga.
Why I love @groundnews.bsky.social -- check out the factuality and political leaning ratings at the top RH corner of each listing. I appreciate the chance to compare what I'm reading from MSM or my more left-leaning sources with what's reverberating inside the RW bubble w/o having to "go there."
August 28, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Why I love @groundnews.bsky.social -- check out the factuality and political leaning ratings at the top RH corner of each listing. I appreciate the chance to compare what I'm reading from MSM or my more left-leaning sources with what's reverberating inside the RW bubble w/o having to "go there."
Who makes the more valid point?
The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts.
--Bertrand Russell
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.
--William Butler Yeats
The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts.
--Bertrand Russell
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.
--William Butler Yeats
July 29, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Who makes the more valid point?
The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts.
--Bertrand Russell
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.
--William Butler Yeats
The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts.
--Bertrand Russell
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.
--William Butler Yeats
"What is asserted without evidence can also be dismissed without evidence."
--Christopher Hitchens
--Christopher Hitchens
July 29, 2025 at 3:08 PM
"What is asserted without evidence can also be dismissed without evidence."
--Christopher Hitchens
--Christopher Hitchens
Pam Bondi's new outfit ...
July 10, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Pam Bondi's new outfit ...
Must be going around
June 18, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Must be going around
It is perhaps no better sign of the times than this has become my “comfort reading.”
May 21, 2025 at 2:48 AM
It is perhaps no better sign of the times than this has become my “comfort reading.”
We should also care because of the bad faith arguments they make, the bogus history they invoke (Clarence Thomas), and the Machiavellian hypocrisy: the right channels every case suiting their purposes through Kaczmaryk in Amarillo precisely to get a national injunction.
May 16, 2025 at 2:53 PM
We should also care because of the bad faith arguments they make, the bogus history they invoke (Clarence Thomas), and the Machiavellian hypocrisy: the right channels every case suiting their purposes through Kaczmaryk in Amarillo precisely to get a national injunction.
There's an appealing assonance in the phrases:
belligerent ignorance
ignorant belligerents
The term came to me as I was contemplating how screwed the environment is. But the real culprits, the petrochemical industry, can't hide behind ignorance. They're cynically, hypocritically, greedily aware.
belligerent ignorance
ignorant belligerents
The term came to me as I was contemplating how screwed the environment is. But the real culprits, the petrochemical industry, can't hide behind ignorance. They're cynically, hypocritically, greedily aware.
April 28, 2025 at 2:25 PM
There's an appealing assonance in the phrases:
belligerent ignorance
ignorant belligerents
The term came to me as I was contemplating how screwed the environment is. But the real culprits, the petrochemical industry, can't hide behind ignorance. They're cynically, hypocritically, greedily aware.
belligerent ignorance
ignorant belligerents
The term came to me as I was contemplating how screwed the environment is. But the real culprits, the petrochemical industry, can't hide behind ignorance. They're cynically, hypocritically, greedily aware.
Gee, and here I was, thinking I was just plain lazy.
April 27, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Gee, and here I was, thinking I was just plain lazy.
First Vance destroys Ohio State’s National Championship trophy, then he kills the Pope.
And the stock market kicks off the week in the crapper, just for a little icing on the [insert scatological term of choice]
#EVTD
And the stock market kicks off the week in the crapper, just for a little icing on the [insert scatological term of choice]
#EVTD
April 21, 2025 at 2:18 PM
First Vance destroys Ohio State’s National Championship trophy, then he kills the Pope.
And the stock market kicks off the week in the crapper, just for a little icing on the [insert scatological term of choice]
#EVTD
And the stock market kicks off the week in the crapper, just for a little icing on the [insert scatological term of choice]
#EVTD
"[T]ime does not matter in China. Four years of war is a long time. But perhaps if your history goes back four thousand years it does not seem so long. The Chinese are born patient, and they learn endurance when they start to breathe."
--Martha Gelhorn, "The Canton Front" (March 1941)
--Martha Gelhorn, "The Canton Front" (March 1941)
April 17, 2025 at 4:35 PM
"[T]ime does not matter in China. Four years of war is a long time. But perhaps if your history goes back four thousand years it does not seem so long. The Chinese are born patient, and they learn endurance when they start to breathe."
--Martha Gelhorn, "The Canton Front" (March 1941)
--Martha Gelhorn, "The Canton Front" (March 1941)
"Magnanimity in politics is not seldom the truest wisdom; and a great empire and little minds go ill together."
--Edmund Burke
--Edmund Burke
April 16, 2025 at 3:00 PM
"Magnanimity in politics is not seldom the truest wisdom; and a great empire and little minds go ill together."
--Edmund Burke
--Edmund Burke