“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.”

Go on then, tell us another one, Al

By now it should be readily apparent to anyone living in the northern latitudes with a pair of functioning eyes and the ability to feel cold that the drumbeat of predictions about the Great Manmade Global Warming Apocalypse were seriously exaggerated: Professor Mike...

Come and get them, assholes

New York City’s outgoing mayor is now planning to ramp up his city’s longstanding and utterly misbegotten war against the universal right of self-defence: The New York City Police Department (NYPD) is sending out letters telling gun owners to turn over...

Speeding gets you killed…

… but not in the way you would normally think: SAN ANTONIO — A University of the Incarnate Word police officer shot and killed a 23-year-old student during a traffic stop Friday morning, just a few blocks north from the campus, according to the Alamo...

Churchianity is worse than atheism

A left-liberal Christian argues that it is possible to hold socially conservative yet fiscally liberal views simultaneously without contradiction, and as usual completely misses the point of Christ’s Ministry: Powers described her gradual progression from...

How economies die

A recent article over at Mises.org jogged my memory about the way in which an economy commits suicide: Imagine that Cuba and North Korea became, overnight, the two most free-market, limited-government countries in the world. The two countries would have immediately...

Domain Query: Democracy, monarchy, and oligarchy

My opposite number from back home had some interesting things to say regarding my comments on Blackdragon’s unusual lapse of reason: And now you realise why the very idea of Lockean rights is so damaging. Regardless of how vile, damaging or stupid it is, people...

A completely predictable fiasco

That’s what Obamacare has been so far: Health insurance companies have already notified at least 3.5 million Americans that their plans are being cancelled as a result of Obamacare.  That number, reported Monday by the Associated Press, is the latest data...

“Sustainable” immigration

Yeah, right. “Sustainable”, my tightly sculpted @$$… Singapore has invested heavily in public housing, transport infrastructure and training its citizen workforce to raise manpower productivity in recent years. These efforts are complemented by...

A rare and unusual mistake

Blackdragon’s blog is one of the best sources of advice out there for introverted guys like me about dating, money, investing, and a number of other things. I’m also a fan of his books- if you’re looking to develop your online game, his ebooks are...