by Didact | Apr 19, 2014 | Uncategorized
I am hardly the world’s foremost theological scholar. I have no doubt that older and wiser men like Vox and Carey could make me look like seven different degrees of idiot when it comes to understanding what the Bible (and the Talmud, for that matter) has to say...
by Didact | Apr 16, 2014 | Uncategorized
In honour of the single most hated day of the year: Share this: Share on X (Opens in new window) X Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn Share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window) WhatsApp Share on Telegram...
by Didact | Apr 14, 2014 | Uncategorized
This is how you resist unwarranted aggression and overbearing intrusions from the Federal government: Citing safety concerns, federal agents are withdrawing from the Nevada cattle ranch where they had engaged in a week-long showdown with Cliven Bundy, a...
by Didact | Mar 27, 2014 | Uncategorized
They come with attendant duties and responsibilities. And as the mainstream media is beginning to find out, far too late, if those who claim specific freedoms and rights refuse to uphold those duties, then they do not deserve those freedoms: New York Times reporter...
by Didact | Feb 22, 2014 | Uncategorized
You can’t even get spaced if you’re a Muslim, according to the UAE’s government: The United Arab Emirates issued a religious law Thursday banning Muslims from manning a spaceflight voyage to Mars. Starting in 2024, Dutch...
by Didact | Feb 17, 2014 | Uncategorized
I have a fairly (un)healthy contempt for the Obarmy administration’s general cluelessness about most things in general, but when it comes to domestic energy production, I find myself wondering if anyone who works for the current Executive branch, from the...
by Didact | Jan 28, 2014 | Uncategorized
Not too long ago I wrote a post about free trade and I mentioned something in passing that I think needs some elaboration. I stated that India followed openly socialistic policies designed to produce self-sufficiency in most basic goods and services from the time of...
by Didact | Jan 22, 2014 | Uncategorized
(This is going to be one of several posts in a series dealing with my thoughts on various topics that came up during our Singapore meetup late last year. I haven’t forgotten about what we discussed, it’s just been a busy few weeks since I got back. Since I...
by Didact | Jan 20, 2014 | Uncategorized
The next few years (or decades) could be very, very cold: The Sun’s activity is at its lowest for 100 years, scientists have warned. They say the conditions are eerily similar to those before the Maunder Minimum, a time in 1645 when a mini ice age hit,...
by Didact | Jan 16, 2014 | Uncategorized
Normally I rather enjoy Cracked.com’s highly irreverent and thoroughly offbeat commentary on issues large and small. Recently, however, they published a list that purported to show how hard life is for women in the military, and I have to say that I got more...
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