They Tried to Silence HimBy John Green They call it shadowban now.It’s a coward’s move. Not a clean fight. Not a bullet in the open, but something done in the dark. Mute the man, but don’t let him know. Let him shout into a room that doesn’t echo back. Let him bleed for work no one sees. Keep the value. Hide the voice.That’s what they’v

“The Smile Behind the Knife”By John BensonPublished in The Bleeding Ledger – A Crime MagazineHe was a man an Earth Angel Master Magical Healer who minded his own business. He didn’t ask for much—just truth, peace, and to be left the hell alone. But evil doesn’t leave the good alone. It circles them like wolves around a campfire, waiti

Housed in the spacious old brick warehouse, New Orleans Glassworks & Printmaking Studio is both of those a gallery and an establishment in which you should buy certainly spectacular and one of a kind items of glasswork. Visitors often have the chance to watch artists in motion, whether or not they’re blowing glass or working in other specialties

I did not ask to be chosen. I did not seek out the burden of sacredness or the weight of unseen war. But in the silence between battles and the spaces between breath, something called my name—and it was not a whisper. It was thunder.It came at night, as these things always do. When the world is quiet and the lies no longer hold. I was not sleepin

Empathy, Leadership, and the Golden Rule: A Vision for a Better WorldLife is a strange, often difficult ride. From the time we are born, we are thrust into a world that does not always make sense. We face pain, we face hardship, and we face the actions of others—both good and bad—that shape our paths. But through it all, there is one thing that