Disturbing...

Well, here's a disturbing article. If true, it seems that a semi-police state is now in effect in Minneapolis, with authorities performing warrantless raids on people and groups anticipated to be protesting at the Republican convention, "involving teams of 25-30 officers in riot gear, with semi-automatic weapons drawn, entering homes of those suspected of planning protests, handcuffing and forcing them to lay on the floor, while law enforcement officers searched the homes, seizing computers, journals, and political pamphlets."

The article is rather alarmist, so I have some doubts as to its veracity. Mpls. folks, is this really going on? Any mention of this kind of activity in the papers/news reports?

EDGE OF REASON & THE SORCERER'S PLAGUE

Here are the caveats up front: both Melinda Snodgrass and David Coe have been good friends of mine for many years. And because my reading time is limited, I tend to pick up books by friends -- I also pick them up to support them in their endeavors, because hey, we're all in this crazy business together, and if your books don't sell, you don't sell...

Now, if the book an 'okay' book, I might mention that I liked it. If I think the book has some flaws, I'm not going to mention it at all -- because once a book's in print, it's done and there's not a damned thing the writer can do about it, so my pointing out something I think is an issue isn't going to do that person a bit of good. So you won't hear about such things here.

But I find that I want to say more about these two books. Not because they're written by friends, but because in very different ways, they're very good books that deserve as wide an audience as they can get. Let's start with David, since I read his book first...

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( Sorcerer's Plague -- David B. Coe )

( Edge of Reason -- Melinda Snodgrass )