“We are Forerunners. Guardians of all that exists. The roots of the Galaxy have grown deep under our careful tending. Where there is life, the wisdom of our countless generations has saturated the soil. Our strength is a luminous sun, towards which all intelligence blossoms… And the impervious shelter, beneath which it has prospered.”

Wrong said Fred

Wrong said Fred

Fred Reed’s columns are often good fun to read, as he has a rather acerbic and highly entertaining style. For those who don’t know anything about him, he is quite a prolific writer. He is a US Marine and Vietnam veteran, who was severely wounded in the...
Monday morning SIMPathy

Monday morning SIMPathy

Monday. WTF. Not again. Especially not THIS Monday. Over where I am, it’s a public holiday, but for whatever reason, the city authorities have decided to turn the centre of the city into an LGBTQWTFISTHISSHIT bacchanalia for the whole of the long weekend,...
Sunday Scripture: Daniel’s Faithfulness

Sunday Scripture: Daniel’s Faithfulness

8 But Daniel resolved that he would not defile himself with the king’s food, or with the wine that he drank. Therefore he asked the chief of the eunuchs to allow him not to defile himself. 9 And God gave Daniel favor and compassion in the sight of the chief of...
Guest Post: Tame or Be Shredded, by The Male Brain

Guest Post: Tame or Be Shredded, by The Male Brain

Our good friend from Israel, The Male Brain, has very kindly translated another post by a retired Colonel from the Israeli Defence Forces, Tal Braun, for our education and enlightenment. What follows is an abridged and edited version of Col. Braun’s comments on...
Friday T&A: Cultural Compatibility Edition

Friday T&A: Cultural Compatibility Edition

Gents, that surely was the Week from Hell – especially if you are an American with any faith whatsoever left in your blatantly evil government. The guy supposedly in charge is clearly a senile feeble old man who is being controlled by forces that he cannot...
Jingoism cannot replace competence

Jingoism cannot replace competence

Former Task Unit Bruiser commander Jocko Willink put out a video recently in which he pretended to be the Commander in Chief of America, and framed a hypothetical correct and proper response to the catastrophe in Afghanistan: View this post on Instagram A post shared...
Home truths about the daemonic realm

Home truths about the daemonic realm

I am not a fan of horror films in general, and I am especially not a fan of horror films involving daemons, possession, and exorcism. In fact, before I became a Christian, I remember listening to my 6th-grade homeroom teacher – this was approximately 300 years...
Monday morning Kabul kar krash

Monday morning Kabul kar krash

Mondays. Don’t you just love ’em? Mine has been quite rough already, mostly due to the, uh, “joys” of dealing with a wide variety of government- and corporate-related stupidity. But I’m happy to report that this will not be quite so big a...
Sunday Scripture: Daniel’s Faithfulness

Sunday Scripture: Final Instructions

Don’t worry, lads, this is not some sort of goodbye post or anything. If I have anything to say about it, Didactic Mind is going to be around for a LONG time to come. This is simply a chunk of Scripture from 1st Corinthians right at the end of the book. 12 Now...
Friday T&A: Broken Dreams Edition

Friday T&A: Broken Dreams Edition

Boys, as I have pointed out MANY times before, sometimes, no matter how hard you work, no matter how smart you are, and no matter how well you present yourself, sometimes (quite often, actually) it simply isn’t enough. You will not get what you want. The...