Tag Archives: history

The White Tower

Up over the hills, overlooking the city, it’s been sitting there for a long time. It’s waiting, but I might just be imagining things. The doors have been sealed for ages. “Only the most intelligent and erudite may enter,” is what the sign says, in bold serif, etched into the white stone. Whatever those standards […]

The Theft of Judgement

They’re about to do it again. I get it. They all want to feel special, and it’s easier to do by making rules to give themselves an advantage. Every animal does it as a matter of survival. This is prey. This is safe. This is dangerous. The apes became humanoid, competing for the same spaces. […]