Twenty Wasted Years
Most of you are old enough to remember exactly where you were on this day, 20 years ago. It's not difficult for you to cast your mind back to that awful day. You remember what you felt, and what you...
Friday T&A: Towering Legacy Edition
Touching on the legacy of September 11, 2001, is likely a sore subject for many of my readers, and I wouldn't blame anyone for reacting negatively for the fact that I'm posting eye-candy the day...
Guest Post: The Fighting 424 in Gaza by The Male Brain
Our good friend, The Male Brain, sent over a very interesting article in response to my previous post about how the West can conceivably win against guerrilla warfighters. Below is his translation...
The wisdom of an elder statesman
Anyone who has ever visited Singapore knows that it is a truly amazing place - which, by rights, shouldn't exist. It is an island basically without resources which is essentially just "a pimple on...
Can guerrilla forces be defeated?
The image that you see above is iconic because it shows everything you need to know about guerrilla warfare in a single picture. Guerrilla wars demonstrate better than any other the three levels of...
Didactic Mind, Ep 83: The Scattering of the Ashes
The Didactic Mind podcast is finally BACK - after a 3-week or so delay, much to my regret, due to various (quite pleasant, actually) circumstances in my personal and professional life. The...
Monday morning with the good doctor
It is Monday again, and where I am, the summer weather has FINALLY woken up and realised that it is, in fact, time for the Sun to shine and temperatures to rise. This, after many weeks of weather...
Don’t get high on your own supply
A few years back, our good friend The Male Brain brought an internet flame-war to my attention that I thought merited its own post. Normally, I could not care less about such silliness. But the...
Sunday Scripture: Love and Serve the Lord
This week's Scripture selection comes to us courtesy of our good friend, The Male Brain, who sent over this classic passage from Deuteronomy and provides us with clear instructions as to our primary...
Friday T&A: Guessing Games Edition
Gentlemen, this has been a difficult week for those of us who believe in truth, honour, and basic decency. We are watching the world as we knew it, collapsing before our eyes. I have often wondered...
How to discern the truth
The legendary atheist scientist, Stephen Hawking - y'know, the chap who invented time - prefaced his most famous book with an old story about how people can't see the truth even when it stares them...

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