Carhartts and Blackbelts: On the Symbols of Mastery
When I was in martial arts, we were taught that the old Okinawan belt system was not what it is today, where dyed belts in white, yellow, blue, orange, purple,…
News That Makes You Stupid
I perused through an old article this morning, a special from The Atlantic on Andrew Anglin. The piece was written more than a year ago, and I had neglected it at the…
Anwei is the Meaning of Life
Anyone who has watched Stefan Molyneux longer than 15 minutes is no doubt aware that his favorite band is Queen. Not just Queen generally, but "Somebody to Love" specifically: One…
The Beauty of Tool
I came across this excellent video earlier today, which explains what it is about Tool that makes it unique: ...Tool is well known for their odd meters, and they love…
Wilderness and Wildness
On September 3rd, 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Wilderness Act, establishing 9.1 million acres in 54 designated as protected “wilderness.” The act not only protected these regions from…
Rhetoric and the Morality of Hatred
Greg over at Counter-Currents recently republished my talk on hatred at the Northwest Forum in June, 2017. Incidentally, this was the month that an infiltrating "journalist" hit-man from Hope Not Hate…
Experimenting with Magic
When I was in High School, I broke my wrist. The injury temporarily prevented me from doing my ordinary activities, which included soccer, martial arts, and a free-form variety of…
Getting Back to Reading
YouTube has become the lazy-man's library. It is easy to sit and do some menial task (dishes, laundry, even a video game) while listening to some decent "educational" channel on…
A Case-Study in Hatred
I don't think I've ever listened to a debate and come away with a stronger feeling of having just wasted time than after listening to the Munk Debate on Political…
Hatred and the YouTube Shooting
In the aftermath of the YouTube shooting, I decided to tune in to Stefan Molyneux for the first time in a few months, and I felt like I was having…