by Didact | Aug 22, 2013 | Christianity, Uncategorized
Part of the reason my posts have been even less frequent than usual is that I’ve been travelling quite a lot of late, entirely for leisure purposes. (Well, in theory anyway; in practice even my holidays tend to be a bit manic.) Last week I took a couple of days...
by Didact | Aug 4, 2013 | Uncategorized
To extroverts, the introvert is a very odd creature, who seems fundamentally wrong in some strange and often intangible sense. Extroverts find it extremely difficult, if not impossible, to contemplate the idea of spending time completely by themselves, in isolation...
by Didact | Jul 14, 2013 | Uncategorized
At a Krav Maga class a few weeks back, the Master Instructor seemed to be having a rather bad day and got a bit snappish at several of us for making the same mistake over and over again. He stopped us all and proceeded to give us a short lecture, and I’ll never...
by Didact | Jul 10, 2013 | Uncategorized
Leadership skills are generally not associated with deep introverts, and rightly so. However, the special subset of introverts known as INTJs, or Sigmas, or whatever you want to call them, have the ability to become very good leaders- the odd thing is, though, that...
by Didact | Jun 30, 2013 | Uncategorized
I’ve been meaning to publish this one for months now but have literally never bothered to sit down and hammer it out properly. Well, given that this weekend is all about setting aside some time to do things that must be done, here goes. The Libertarian...
by Didact | Jun 10, 2013 | Uncategorized
My sister and I are very close, but in many ways we are as different as chalk and cheese. In no respect is this more true than in our choices of colleges and majors, and in our post-college careers. Speaking with her earlier today, I came to realise that Aaron Clarey-...
by Didact | Jun 2, 2013 | Uncategorized
pumpsix returns with a good question on the Reagan Revolution: What do you think of Reaganomics? The idea, to me, seems so logical. More capital in the hands of those who can produce factories and jobs. However, I am constantly told that Reaganomics didn’t work....
by Didact | May 28, 2013 | Uncategorized
Among the many books that I find myself reading at the moment, Peter Schwyzer’s book Reagan’s War is definitely the standout. If you thought you knew who Ronald Reagan was based on his public appearances or his speeches, think again, because the...
by Didact | May 27, 2013 | Uncategorized
There’s no question that I’m glad it’s a public holiday; Lord only knows, I need the rest. But unlike most other public holidays in this country, which celebrate something or other, this day is about remembering those who paid the ultimate price in...
by Didact | May 20, 2013 | Uncategorized
Depending on your background, mention of the word “juicing” and its results might well bring to mind images of gargantuan, bloated, hideously misshapen experiments in muscle-building gone horribly wrong. Like, say, this: Sorry. Couldn’t resist....
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