Missive #667 Published 24 February 2026

Dark Mountain: Issue 1 is a book-length collection of new writing that goes deep into the roots of our culture, addressing the questions raised by the Dark Mountain manifesto: what do we do after we stop pretending that our way of living can be made "sustainable"? And where do we find new stories with which to ground ourselves, as that way of living passes?

Missive #665 Published 21 February 2026

Sharpe's Gold is the second (though ninth in chronological order) historical novel in the Richard Sharpe series by Bernard Cornwell first published in 1981. The story is set in August 1810 and features the destruction of Almeida during the Peninsular War.

Missive #663 Published 18 February 2026

The astonishing inside story of how Bud Light lost its position as the most popular beer in the United States from a longtime Anheuser-Busch executive.
Anson Frericks, a former president at Anheuser-Busch—formerly the home of America’s most popular brewery—watched as the company unraveled at the hands of globe-trotting financiers and progressive middle management.
Rather than pursue shareholder profits, Anheuser-Busch suddenly became focused on stakeholder capitalism and the vague mandates of environment, social, and governance (ESG). This ill-advised change cumulated in the shocking evaporation of $30 billion in market cap after releasing an advertising campaign starring political activist Dylan Mulvaney.

Missive #662 Published 16 February 2026

The Invisible Coup is not about chaos at the border. It is about something far more unsettling: how one of the most consequential transformations in modern American history unfolded quietly, incrementally, and without the consent of the people.

For decades, Americans have been told a simple story about mass migration. That it is spontaneous. Humanitarian. Inevitable. That the only moral response is acceptance, and the only alternative is cruelty. But beneath that familiar narrative lies a deeper reality, one shaped by policy design, institutional power, economic incentives, and global strategy. A reality in which migration has become one of the most effective political instruments ever deployed against a democratic nation.

Missive #660 Published 14 February 2026

Awesome first-fiction venture that immediately thrusts the author into P.D. James' dark orbit—with a peel-the-layers-off tale of utter emotional devastation, relieved only by the deep sensitivity and kindnesses of the detective hero, Scotland Yard Inspector Thomas Lynley.
Lynley, handsome, wealthy, and brilliant, is "so damnably charming" that pugfaced, ill-tempered probational partner Det. Sgt. Barbara Havers "couldn't understand why every criminal in the city simply didn't surrender to accommodate him." Now, Lynley must resolve a beheading already confessed to by the victim's obesely bloated daughter Roberta, who was found next to William Teys' body dressed in her Sunday best.