“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.”

A few facts went a-missing

An interesting article over at Return of Kings the other day posited that Russia is becoming a rather good place for modern “unplugged” men to go, in order that they might expand their horizons: A man who (wisely) chooses to leave the Western world today...

An inconvenient parchment

Are Muslims required to get an ironioctomy before they convert to this so-called “religion”? New archaeological evidence regarding the origins and the age of the Koran are resulting in some rather interesting questions being asked of the one...

In case you think “Delhi Belly” isn’t real…

IT’S A TRAP!!! I can tell you from very real and very personal experience that if you visit India, you are virtually certain to get a nasty case of the trots at some point. The South African cricket team found this out in the worst possible way when TEN of...

Don’t fall for the Dubai story

For me, “home” is basically wherever my parents have made their home. Last year, when they moved back from Singapore to the old country, my method of getting home changed too. If you want to get to my country of origin, there are direct flights available-...

Domain Query: Cracked jumps the shark

Cultural insensitivity can be hilariously awesome AM sent over an interesting link to a Cracked.com article last night that talked about five unpleasant realities of visiting India as a young Western woman. It is worth reading through all the way, if only to get an...

Messing up matriarchy

Recently I finished up Karen Traviss’s final book of the Kilo-Five Trilogy, titled HALO: Mortal Dictata. The book itself was interesting enough, I suppose; at any rate, her work in the HALOverse did a lot to raise my dismally poor opinion of her work,...

That’s what Aliyah is for

The Jews of America would be well advised to take heed of Israel’s open-arms policy toward them: From what I have seen- and this is admittedly not a very big sample set- American Jews generally fall into two categories. The majority of them are liberals- and by...

The red horseman rides

My centre is yielding. My right is retreating. Situation excellent. I will attack. — Attributed to Marshall Ferdinand Foch, commander of the French Ninth Army, First Battle of the Marne, 1914 “The Third Hellrider Came, Teaching Brothers to Kill Brother...

The hidden cost of Europe’s “free stuff”

They’re loony, jingoistic, and gun-obsessed- God love the crazy bastards! Roman Holiday The venerable Captain went on a holiday to Europe late last year and- to his complete and total lack of surprise- discovered that his European cousins pay a rather steep...

In the Rukh by Rudyard Kipling

I can’t think of a single red-pill type who isn’t a fan of at least some of Kipling’s work. I know that he has a huge following among those who have served in the military- there is something about Kipling’s writing style that seems to...