Jerad W. Alexander
@jeradalexander.bsky.social
Writer. Author of VOLUNTEERS: GROWING UP IN THE FOREVER WAR. Rep'd by Massie & McQuilkin.
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“A mind tutored by history and literature knows that actors in the grip of a sacred cause tend to mean what they say — and that bombing a founding myth is more likely to consecrate it than to dissolve it.”
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Opinion | Is It 1914 in America?
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March 30, 2026 at 10:55 AM
“A mind tutored by history and literature knows that actors in the grip of a sacred cause tend to mean what they say — and that bombing a founding myth is more likely to consecrate it than to dissolve it.”
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/29/o...
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/29/o...
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I'm less interested in the 1st vs 3rd argument, more in the entitlement happening for someone to walk up and say this at a signing as if the author messed up the reader's hamburger.
Okay? Go away then? There are people in line behind you who want to engage with art, not demand extra pickles.
Okay? Go away then? There are people in line behind you who want to engage with art, not demand extra pickles.
“I have had readers come up to me at book signings and say, to my face, ‘I won’t read this book of yours because it’s in third person.’ ” slate.trib.al/T4OhzHf
Something Strange Is Happening With Books. It Could Reshape Literary Culture.
There’s been a profound shift in perspective preferences when it comes to romance novels.
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March 8, 2026 at 10:42 PM
I'm less interested in the 1st vs 3rd argument, more in the entitlement happening for someone to walk up and say this at a signing as if the author messed up the reader's hamburger.
Okay? Go away then? There are people in line behind you who want to engage with art, not demand extra pickles.
Okay? Go away then? There are people in line behind you who want to engage with art, not demand extra pickles.
I dug this novel way more than I expected. What a beautiful book!
March 6, 2026 at 1:46 PM
I dug this novel way more than I expected. What a beautiful book!
Watching this Trump UN speech, I don’t think it’s possible for a man to fellate himself more without actually removing a rib…
September 23, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Watching this Trump UN speech, I don’t think it’s possible for a man to fellate himself more without actually removing a rib…
I was today years old when I learned one Lt. William Calley (of My Lai infamy) got his ass kicked by Marines in Vietnam after he called them "soldiers." This happened just a few months before he was summoned to the U.S. to stand trial on charges of murder.
July 22, 2025 at 5:10 PM
I was today years old when I learned one Lt. William Calley (of My Lai infamy) got his ass kicked by Marines in Vietnam after he called them "soldiers." This happened just a few months before he was summoned to the U.S. to stand trial on charges of murder.
Twenty years in two wars and somehow, despite all our efforts, we’ve learned nothing. The Yosemite Sam ethic remains supreme. We deserve whatever comes.
June 22, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Twenty years in two wars and somehow, despite all our efforts, we’ve learned nothing. The Yosemite Sam ethic remains supreme. We deserve whatever comes.
So much for the "gang-tat check," I guess... (Also, the word "refugees" is doing a lot of work here...)
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May 9, 2025 at 6:40 PM
So much for the "gang-tat check," I guess... (Also, the word "refugees" is doing a lot of work here...)
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/09/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/09/w...
Lots of small d*ck/big truck energy here…
April 23, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Lots of small d*ck/big truck energy here…
Hey, what’s everyone up to?
April 22, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Hey, what’s everyone up to?
I don’t know, guys…. I’m suspicious…
March 23, 2025 at 6:22 PM
I don’t know, guys…. I’m suspicious…
I'm an unabashed George Packer fan: "He’s ridding himself and the country of restraining codes—the rule of law at home, the rules-based order abroad—and replacing them with a simple test: 'What’s in it for me?'"
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The Trump World Order
In the MAGA vision of the national interest, might will make right.
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February 21, 2025 at 3:05 PM
I'm an unabashed George Packer fan: "He’s ridding himself and the country of restraining codes—the rule of law at home, the rules-based order abroad—and replacing them with a simple test: 'What’s in it for me?'"
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
If any book should be made into a film or miniseries in these times, it’s this!
February 12, 2025 at 9:49 PM
If any book should be made into a film or miniseries in these times, it’s this!
Lots of folks are getting a backhanded lesson in the importance of government these two weeks. A little bit of civics might have gone a long way…
January 28, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Lots of folks are getting a backhanded lesson in the importance of government these two weeks. A little bit of civics might have gone a long way…
Instagram users are reporting their profiles are being forced to follow Trump, Vance, Melania, and others. Some have unfollowed them only to find the same profiles refollowed later.
January 22, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Instagram users are reporting their profiles are being forced to follow Trump, Vance, Melania, and others. Some have unfollowed them only to find the same profiles refollowed later.
Apparently, the Constitution has been removed from the White House website. Take from that what you will…
January 21, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Apparently, the Constitution has been removed from the White House website. Take from that what you will…
I’m Still Pissed About J6
(And I intend to remain so...)
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January 21, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Oh just Robert McNamara tear gassing John F Kennedy’s sister in the back of a limo one time….🥴
January 14, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Oh just Robert McNamara tear gassing John F Kennedy’s sister in the back of a limo one time….🥴
Fun fact: I've got a thing for hard-boiled crime fiction. This was a lot of fun to write. Thanks to the saints at Shotgun Honey for putting it up!
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Payback by Jerad W. Alexander
There’s the Fat Man. Watch him work. Detective Corlett—she sat behind the wheel under the shade of a big tree. At the back of a cul-de-sac, Fat Man sat on a stool in his garage turning wrenches on …
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January 8, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Fun fact: I've got a thing for hard-boiled crime fiction. This was a lot of fun to write. Thanks to the saints at Shotgun Honey for putting it up!
shotgunhoney.com/fiction/payb...
shotgunhoney.com/fiction/payb...
Reposted by Jerad W. Alexander
De Tocqueville, “Democracy in America”
January 5, 2025 at 2:33 PM
De Tocqueville, “Democracy in America”
Harkins and Westy want their war back... "By blindly trampling into places they did not understand, the Americans seeded hatred. Errant airstrikes not only killed innocents. They killed American allies — the very people who supported them the most."
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Takeaways From a Times Correspondent’s Return to Afghanistan
Here’s what he found.
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December 28, 2024 at 4:44 PM
Harkins and Westy want their war back... "By blindly trampling into places they did not understand, the Americans seeded hatred. Errant airstrikes not only killed innocents. They killed American allies — the very people who supported them the most."
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/28/w...
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/28/w...
I’ll be on the bridge. Don’t @ me…
December 25, 2024 at 6:28 PM
I’ll be on the bridge. Don’t @ me…
In 2016, SoftBank promised Trump a $50b/50k job investment. Today, they promised a $100b/100k investment. Call me crazy, but it feels like they just doubled the number for the Egg Prices crowd and called it a win.
December 16, 2024 at 2:55 PM
In 2016, SoftBank promised Trump a $50b/50k job investment. Today, they promised a $100b/100k investment. Call me crazy, but it feels like they just doubled the number for the Egg Prices crowd and called it a win.