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Fearless — a Book Recommendation

26 Thursday Feb 2026

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I cannot review every book I read, not even some of those I’d like to review. Such is the case with I Wasn’t Afraid of Anything by Martyr Soleimani. This is his early autobiography, truly inspirational, along with a few related matters and his will and testament. Highly recommended.

Soleimani, Martyr General Qasem, I Wasn’t Afraid of Anything, Tehran: International Resistance Publishers, 2022 (English translation by Dr. Abdul Husayn Gonzalez).

Scheduling considered, I may have a little more later on. If the link works, the book may be available HERE.

Real Education v … STEM+M???

25 Sunday Jan 2026

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Andrei Martyanov’s article today goes in the same direction as my essay from 2024 about Alex Dugin’s theories and Russian education reform. I haven’t checked in lately, but I assume Moscow is plowing ahead. It appears that assumption is correct. From Andrei:

All of us went through this. It is a good sign together with the transition from the baloney of Bologna Process in education and discarding all those “degrees” like Bachelor’s (equivalent of incomplete higher education) and all other M.S. to the system of concentrated professional higher education in specialties with a strong emphasis on overall culture and STEM bases from public schools. In military of the XXI century (albeit it was true already in 1960s) moreover? Don’t trust me, here is the US Army:

Since the 1980s, America’s world ranking in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) has declined, placing our once unquestioned supremacy in technological innovation and application on par with or behind those of our economic and military adversaries. A recent warning from the Office of the Secretary of Defense Acquisition and Sustainment Industrial Policy declared the paucity of STEM-educated Americans may lead to a “permanent national security deficit.” The lack of STEM education extends to Army officers. In 2018, the Army Strategy assessed the strategic environment to include partners, allies, and adversaries leveraging “advanced capabilities” such as cyber, counter space, electronic warfare, robotics, and artificial intelligence (AI). This assessment has proven true in the Russia-Ukraine War, an artillery-heavy war interwoven with the burgeoning development and implementation of new and evolving technologies that demand innovative thinking, alliances, and strategy informed by STEM+Management (STEM+M)

There is ALREADY “permanent national security deficit”, that is why Pentagon, CIA et al have difficulties grasping what is happening. Difficult to make a sense of capabilities when you have majored in English Literature, Journalism or Business from University of Phoenix. That gets us into this funny territory of System of Systems, because nations and their militaries are exactly that.

Sounds about right for Russia and, sadly, for the USSA.

2025: The Year That Was

31 Wednesday Dec 2025

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Here’s to a happy 2026.

Traffic here at the blog has been much better this year than in the past 5+ years. Thanks! My crowning achievement of 2025 was Judging Athena, my first critically acclaimed novel. Sales haven’t been quite what I wanted, but they’ll get there.

If one reads carefully, then Athena answers a lot of questions. For instance, Laurent Guyenot recently wrote an ode to the “sun god.” Think what one will, but Athena herself explained him and all of pagan legend. Also, Athena deals with family formation; the opposite is unfolding in the US and the EU, as this story explains – VPN and translation may be required. Mine is a better alternative to postmodernity. If you haven’t already, then now’s the time to buy it and check everything out, great story and all!

Next year? Well, the next novel is already with the publisher. And I have two more finished (first/second) draft novels behind that. And then, there’s more.

See you in the new year!

Perrin

Merry Christmas 2025 to All

25 Thursday Dec 2025

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Merry Christmas to the Western Christian world!

As Tricia told young Paxton the other day, “…Christmas is about Christ, first and foremost. We, all of us, got the Greatest Gift. Anything we give each other, all of it trivial in comparison, is just a reminder of our shared debt, faith, and, of course, our love and friendship.’

Joy to the world!