Brant Goble

The Loudest Voice in the World: Part 2

April 12, 2021February 23, 2021 by Brant von Goble

(Part 2 of 6) Khiem—Kim, as pronounced by Elmer—is an odd duck. Not foreigner odd—she didn’t sound foreign when she spoke (which was not often) and Elmer guesses that she was raised in the States. She’s odd odd—no eye contact, flat voice, keeps counting spoons. Maybe she’s just terrified. People do strange things when they’re … Read more

The Loudest Voice in the World: Part 1

April 12, 2021February 17, 2021 by Brant von Goble

A band of light torques around her finger and then it drops. The rest flows down from her head and out in all directions—a messy, not-quite halo, hanging far too low, obscuring her otherworldly face.

Student Loans: Time for Reform

April 21, 2021February 1, 2021 by Brant von Goble

Showing compassion to those who have made bad decisions does not require that we allow them to profit at the taxpayer’s expense.

The Last Chance Corps: Death, Extreme Risk, and a Proposed Means of Redemption for the Unsavory Element

February 5, 2021January 18, 2021 by Brant von Goble

There is nothing inherently wrong with punishment, even of the most brutal sort, but we must offer those who have erred the chance to redeem themselves if we expect them to be anything other than habitual criminals and lifelong burdens on society. Sacrifice is the road that leads from person disgraced to citizen restored.