by Didact | Sep 12, 2016 | Uncategorized
No, not the John Ringo book- the song that inspired the title for the book, by an outfit called CRUXSHADOWS: I actually cottoned on to this one thanks to reader and friend LastRedoubt, who pointed out the link between the song title and John Ringo’s book, in a...
by Didact | Sep 12, 2016 | Uncategorized
Friend, commenter, and writer (an actual writer, not a hack like me poking around on a blog) Carey has just released a new e-book, a novella of sorts consisting of a story told in 11 parts. It concerns a man called Cade, a fallen instrument of God who must do...
by Didact | Aug 2, 2016 | Uncategorized
We are now less than 100 days out from the final showdown between Trump-Muad’dib and the Hilldebeast. On that day, this country gets to decide whether the government by, for, and of the people (at least in theory, anyway) is actually worth keeping around. The...
by Didact | May 20, 2016 | Uncategorized
Back in 2009, a certain madcap genius wrote and published a certain book which, if you read it today, makes it seem like the author had one hell of a powerful crystal ball sitting in his living room. The funny thing is, when I first read the book, I have to admit...
by Didact | Mar 15, 2016 | Uncategorized
If you are looking for an entertaining “coming-of-age” story with plenty of crazy adventures, implausible characters, hot bitchy women, and gripping stories of what it means to take a flimsy little raft straight into the teeth of some of the scariest...
by Didact | Mar 9, 2016 | Uncategorized
I don’t do many reviews anymore, mostly because they take a lot of time to write but rarely result in very much interest. However, once in a very great while, a book or album or film comes along that is actually worth reviewing in some detail. Our friend Aaron...
by Didact | Jan 2, 2016 | Uncategorized
The Mind of War: John Boyd and American Security by Grant T. Hammond (4.1/5) Cuckservative: How “Conservatives” Betrayed America by John Red Eagle and Vox Day (4.5/5) Shadows of the Gods by Jay Allan (3.8/5) HALO: Last Light by Troy...
by Didact | Dec 31, 2015 | Uncategorized
With the New Year just around the corner, I thought it worth putting together a list of the best books that I’ve read this year. Readers- all 2.3 of you- can take or leave my opinion, of course, but the selections below have certainly entertained as well as...
by Didact | Dec 30, 2015 | Kipling, Uncategorized
I have never understood the long-standing allegation that this poem is about racism and speaks favourably about imperialism. I come from one of the former British colonies; my parents are both far bigger anti-imperialists than I am (especially my dad- he once very...
by Didact | Nov 3, 2015 | Uncategorized
God of our fathers, known of old, Lord of our far-flung battle-line, Beneath whose awful Hand we hold Dominion over palm and pine— Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet, Lest we forget—lest we forget! The tumult and the shouting...
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