My position is that after 2008, anyone who tries to sell or trade mortgage-backed securities should be buried in concrete.

it's like watching the riot cops in Ghorman being sent as bait

Is our elected officials learning? No, no they is not.

You’re in a class war. The wealth and oligarchical classes are hellbent on cementing total control over the government, economy, and culture. It’s a process that’s been going on for forever and is now speeding up.

Politicians won’t save us. The media won’t save us. It’s up to us to save ourselves.

Happy New Year. 11/11

Once upon a time US tax brackets topped out at 77% for $1 million or more in annual income. Now it’s 37%?
Imagine that—the simple justice of recognizing that great wealth distorts a democracy & that we all rise when our nation can fully educate & meet the basic needs of every American, young & old.

His parting coda at the end: “Horror stories are best appreciated by those who are compassionate and empathetic…a paradox, but a true one.” This struck me because it’s how I regard the writer, whom, after all these years and pages, I can’t help but feel like I know.

And the ending story, which is tragic and poignant in a way I’m not sure he’s ever written, capped the book like a closing prayer.

me; an escape hatch at the end of hard days. And it all coalesced to this new collection, which is fantastic. You Like It Darker has some of the best stories since Nightmares & Dreamscapes (1993)…

So, I read them all. 5 collections, 113 stories, and more than two thousand pages. All in time for King’s latest collection, You Like It Darker, released earlier this month.