War and War and War, October Style
by Shep “The One Where Derek Gives Up” He never could handle two things at once. No one is surprised he couldn’t hack …
Hot, Motionless Summer
by Derek Maine “What was it like waiting for the bomb?” Like this. It is like this. I have failed my editors, failed …
America’s Big, Beautiful Birthday, A Heat Dome, & The Wartime World Cup
Derek Maine June, still somehow, 27th, 2026 Austria and Algeria are playing in Kansas City in a strange World Cup game. If the …
June, Wars
Derek Maine 6.3.26 For God’s sake just tell me who wins the war. I did this all to myself. 6.4.26 If I could …
May, 2026
by Derek Maine May 1, 2026 Dear Leader says we will be taking over Cuba. “Almost immediately,” he promises. New wars spawn. May …
The Crudest Month, an April at War
Derek Maine March 31, 2026 At 30,000 feet in the air, on my escape from Fajardo, I began drying out and replaying certain …
March in the War
Derek Maine March 1, 2026 Here we plumb the depths of human misery, the shape of our national boredom. For the second time …
February, 2026
Derek Maine 2.1.26 I bet too much money (three weeks at the weekly rate for my room here at the King’s Motel) on …
January, 2026
Derek Maine The United States military, in a brazen act, swooped into Venezuela under cover of night, and extracted the President and his …