“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.”

Born in the wrong century

For the record, I agree with every part of this caption EXCEPT the bit about the POTUS Boys (and the one or two girls that can control their gag reflexes long enough to read what I write)- have you ever found yourself thinking that this modern world of ours has its...

The myth of matriarchy

Dr. Emmet Scott, whose works on the true origins of the Dark Ages and the long-obscured origins of the Islamic “faith” have had a profound impact on my understanding of the world, turned his critical eye toward the long-held feminist trope of matriarchal...

The Manifesto

Our friends over at Men of the West have published a hard-hitting, balls-out manifesto of the Alt-West’s philosophy: Alt-West Manifesto God is perfect Love, Truth, Justice and Beauty and Jesus Christ is the Word. Christianity is most responsible for the...

The Didact’s Top Ten Posts of 2016

Before anyone says anything, yes, I know, this is some serious navel-gazing, but I don’t do it very often. And it’s my blog anyway. As with past years, the idea here is to present a selection of what I think was my best writing from all of 2016. The...

The Great Spirit and the search for America

The First Warrior looked out on the land and his Home. He saw the hills And the stars And he was happy. For giving him his home, the first warrior told the Great Spirit That he would fight and win many battles in His honor. But the Great Spirit said, “No, do not fight...

Cue the Elgar, lads

I woke up this morning to the best news that I have heard since The Trumpinator became the Republican candidate for President: The English shires and Labour’s northern heartlands led Britain out of the European Union in a victory for middle England. ...

Vote “LEAVE”, and become great again

Take up the White Man’s burden-And reap his old reward; The blame of those ye better, The hate of those ye guard- The cry of hosts ye humour (Ah, slowly!) toward the light- “Why brought ye us from bondage, Our loved Egyptian night?” — From The...

“So please remember us”

“Never the lotus closes, never the wild-fowl wake, But a soul goes out on the East Wind that died for England’s sake — Man or woman or suckling, mother or bride or maid — Because on the bones of the English the English Flag is stayed. ...

Dear Limey Assholes…

The Brits evidently didn’t get the message at Yorktown in 1781 to keep their long pointy noses out of American politics: The British flagship financial magazine The Economist, considered one of the preeminent voices of the global financial, business and...