The Other McCain

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

Lawyer for Accused Columbia Professor Compares Incest to Homosexuality, Calls Daughter ‘Accomplice,’ Not ‘Victim’

Asked by ABC News to comment on a proposal in Switzerland to decriminalize incest: Epstein’s lawyer, Matthew Galluzzo, said that charges against his client were still “only allegations” that have not been proven. “Academically, we are obviously all morally opposed to incest and rightfully so,” he told ABCNews.com. “At the same time, there is an […]

‘Don’t Ask Don’t Tell’ Repeal Easily Clears Cloture Vote in Senate
UPDATE: Final Vote 65-31 for Repeal

Only 33 “no” votes on the cloture roll call because, as everyone knows, Senate Republicans are all a bunch of closet cases. So we now approach the day when uniformed service personnel — including ranking officers — will march in the Gay Pride Parade next to Dykes on Bikes and the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. […]

Senate Kills DREAM Act

Encouraging news everywhere nowadays: The weeks of rallies, hunger strikes and sit-ins and the thousands of phone calls placed to Senate offices didn’t pay off for immigration activists. The decade-old DREAM Act once again failed to break a filibuster in the Senate on Saturday morning, effectively killing the bill this year and shutting the door […]

Why People Hate Lawyers

“I get that this kind of explanation is part of the reason why people hate lawyers,” says a Red State blogger trying to defend Reince Priebus. So if you hate lawyers, Reince Priebus is probably not your first choice for RNC chairman. My biggest problem with Reince Priebus? The man can’t even decide what side of […]

Beauchamp Brogan Distinguished Professor of Law Makes a Good Point

It’s fun calling Insty by his formal title and, yes, his New York Post column about property rights is excellent. Columbia University used eminent domain to seize private property and shut down two small businesses in Harlem. It was decidely not consensual.

‘A Striking Failure’

“He was the man destined to save this country from his predecessor’s failures. He was the man who would end the war in Iraq, finish the war in Afghanistan, and shut down the prison at Guantanamo Bay. He was the man charged with rescuing the faltering American economy. He was the man who would usher […]

‘Merry Christmas, Everybody’!

This video has proven so popular since I first posted it Dec. 6, I decided to post it again, just so you can enjoy our cute kids: Thanks to everyone who has already hit the tip jar and, as for the rest of you Scrooges, what are you waiting for?

Larry Flynt Donates $50,000 to Legal Defense of Accused Rapist Julian Assange

Because Larry Flynt thinks rape is cool! Well, maybe I paraphrase slightly, but Larry Flynt’s argument very much resembles the arguments of Michael Moore, and we know where he’s coming from, right? Sister Toldjah isn’t impressed. Why are there no deep-pockets donors offering me $50,000? Probably because I never leaked any national security secrets. Or […]

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