“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.”

Ants and Grasshoppers

Now that he’s retired, my father has vastly more time for reading and keeping up with news and op-eds than I do. Which means, of course, that he sends them to me and to his friends around the world whenever he can, to gauge our views on a variety of subjects. He...

Introverts, Masterminds, and Inner Game

The Price of Introversion As might be readily apparent by now, I am an (off-the-charts) introvert. I am never happier and more comfortable than when I am alone- indeed, without alone time to recharge in a refuge from the rest of the world, I become downright ornery....

Daniel Hannan’s Speech at CPAC 2012

I’m pretty hard on conservatives in general; I don’t have much patience for their “small-c” conservatism and even though I’m actually more socially conservative than much of the God Squad in the current Republican Party, I have zero...

Never Use a Smith Machine

Martin Berkhan’s classic post on F***arounditis is worth going back to read over and over again, and I’ve been doing just that recently. His comments on gym-goers who refuse to learn how to lift properly spurred me into writing on a topic that I’ve...

Why I am a Libertarian

The Pointless Divide Danger & Play posted a brief but very good take on why he is neither a liberal nor a conservative: Big Government: Liberals say, “We need a strong social services program since I am afraid of losing my job and being unable to support myself.”...

The Police Loophole

Courtesy of Vox Day, here is a list of firearms companies that refuse to cater to municipalities where the police are able to carry weapons but the citizens are not. You owe it to yourself and your Constitution to at least consider becoming a customer. I know that...

What a Complete Badass Looks Like

Depending on your point of view, badassitude can be defined by a number of things- size, strength, prowess, skill, reputation, whatever. Here are five images- figure out for yourself which one represents the biggest badass: Now here’s the real point of this...

Weekend Linkage

Vox, as always, gets first place for his take on the bankster epidemic Vox once again shows why he is both a superintelligence and an award-winning cruelty artist Brother Bronan gives you an ear-shattering playlist of great death metal that will snap your neck and...

Beginner’s Guide to Eating Paleo

Courtesy of Spaniard from Return of Kings: The paleo lifestyle’s the first step in honing the discipline many of us never learned from our absent fathers. The lifestyle, known as the barbarian or caveman lifestyle, has been gaining in popularity in recent years....