The Other McCain

"One should either write ruthlessly what one believes to be the truth, or else shut up." — Arthur Koestler

Secession Day

Secession Meeting at the Mills House, Charleston, S.C., 1860 On this day in 1860, South Carolina voted to secede from the Union, and this 150th anniversary inspires historian Paul Rahe to publish his endorsement of the “indissoluble union” theory: The legitimacy of secession has been debated ever since. In my view, secession was unlawful. There is […]

Truth or Hate?

“Telling uncomfortable truths about homosexual behavior is not an act of hate. . . . The SPLC slander of Christian organizations is a troubling shift; instead of being focused on actions, we now are told that certain facts are disallowed in public discourse because they bear negatively on the political agenda and sensitivities of a […]

Doing a ‘Macaca’ on Haley Barbour

If you’re not from the Deep South and don’t personally know people who lived through the civil rights era — or if you’re a liberal just trying to smear a conservative Republican from Mississippi — it seems perfectly fair to play the kind of dirty game that Matthew Yglesias is playing with Haley Barbour. Yglesias […]

Maybe He Should Have Become a Columbia University Professor

Regular readers will remember Ray Greaves, author of The Pedophile’s Guide to Love and Pleasure. And now, from Dave C. at Point of a Gun comes this news: PUEBLO, Colo. — A Colorado man who wrote a how-to guide for pedophiles is headed to Florida to face obscenity charges. Phillip R. Greaves of Pueblo, Colo. waived […]

The Antoine Dodson Chorale

They be snatchin’ people up out here! Via Ann Althouse.

Apology for NSFW Rule 5 Sunday

As regular readers know, our trusty blog sidekick Smitty has been deployed as a REMF Stealth Ninja in an undisclosed location ending in “-stan.” At last report, the Admiral is currently (a) fighting the terrorist menace of bad Java scripts while (b) bitching about the lack of bandwidth. In the meantime, Smitty’s usual weekend duties have been taken over by […]

Southern Poverty Law Center Defames Scholar, Retracts, Offends Armenians

The shameless “hate”-hustling racketeers have really stuck their foot in it this time, and since the article at Inside Higher Education is kind of convoluted, this summary might be helpful: In 2008, the SPLC published an article by David Holthouse about those who have attempted to cast doubt on the historical fact of Turkey’s 1915-16 […]

Three Scariest Words You’ll Read Today

“Run, Jeb, Run.” Three-word reply: God, please, no. PREVIOUSLY: July 8, 2009: The Existential Threat of Bushism May 20, 2009: Jeb Bush 2012 Bandwagon Begins Rolling? May 4, 2009: READ MY LIPS: NO MORE BUSHES!

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