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This Week’s New Columns
March 30, 2025
The Daily Me – Doris “Hoppy” Daye
When it was pointed out that white South Africans make up only seven per cent of the population but own half the country’s land, Putzer responded, “When I was born, we made up only five per cent of the population and owned 60 per cent of the country’s land! Talk about oppression!”
Deconstructing the Administrative State Takes Building [ARNS]
It took me three days to realize that the woman hadn’t answered the question.
Headlines Suffer From Headline Fatigue
For You, Maybe
The Whale Was Probably Thinking, What Does A Poor Sea Mammal Have To Do To Get Some Privacy Around Here‽
Fate of Immigrants Up In Air [ARNS]
“Ooh, give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, please,” enthused El Salvador President Nayib Bukelelesong. “Six million Vesampucceri dollars will buy a lot of gold bathroom fixtures – absolutely necessary, I am told, if I want your President McDruhitmumpf to come on a state visit. Ooh, and when we put the prisoners you send us to work in the prison’s monogrammed hankie production facility, their incarceration will practically pay for itself! Talk about a win-win situation!”
The Swamp Hasn’t Been Drained, It Has Just Moved To TwitterX
THE DEVIL: Giant battles little guy? Oddsmakers say don’t bet against the giant? Little guy gets off a lucky shot and wins? I lost a lot of shekels that day, lemme tell you! Been used as a metaphor for one-sided battles for centuries? Surely, you must have heard of it (and I’m not calling you Shirley!).
On the blog:
To celebrate the 20th anniversary of Les Pages aux Folles, monthly samplers of different features of the web site have been produced and will be available for free download.
In addition to the content culled from the web site, each volume contains an introduction explaining the creation and/or evolution of the feature, as well as The Back Story, an exploration of the history and evolution of Les Pages aux Folles itself.
Satirist. Aardvarkist. Sci fi writer. Swift Satire Award winner Ira Nayman gets around. The Ugly Truth, the eighth novel in his Transdimensional Authority/Multiverse series published by Elsewhen Press, came out in July, 2022. “Girls Rule the Steampunk World!”, his 24th published short story, appeared in Brave New Girls: Chronicles of Misses and Machines round the same time.
In addition to his work as an author, Ira was the editor of Amazing Stories magazine for three years. During that time, he edited seven issues of the magazine as well as seven Amazing Selects, including work by Allan Steele, John Stith and David Gerrold.
Oh, and as you may have noticed, Les Pages aux Folles, Ira’s web site of political and social satire, is now 20 years old. In internet time, that’s positively ancient!
In addition to Les Pages aux Folles, Ira has written eight published novels and two dozen published short stories; he was also the editor of Amazing Stories magazine for three years. Below are links to where you can buy some of his work. For a complete list of Ira's publications and where to buy them, go to the Les Pages aux Folles book store
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