The Other McCain

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

The Triumph of Androgyny

“O wonder! How many goodly creatures are there here! How beauteous mankind is! O brave new world that has such people in it!“ Katie Hill and her boyfriend Arin Andrews share a unique bond — they were both born as the opposite sex. Katie, 18, spent the first 15 years of her life as Luke, son […]

Please Don’t Tickle Me, Elmo — Or: What’s the Muppet Age of Consent?

The punch lines write themselves — “WHAT DID BIG BIRD KNOW AND WHEN DID HE KNOW IT?” — but of course, this isn’t a joke: The man who voices the puppet of Elmo on Sesame Street has taken leave amid allegations he had a sexual relationship with a 16-year-old boy. Kevin Clash, 52, has taken […]

The Republican Clown Car Campaign

Susannah Fleetwood has a long critique of the 2012 campaign today at Right Wing News that makes an important point early: Mitt Romney out-performed eleven out fifteen of the Republican Senatorial candidates, and the four that he didn’t out-perform were from very blue states that Republicans never win. . . . In other words, if […]

LIVE AT FIVESIX: 11.12.12

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS Lawmakers Want Probe Of Petraeus Investigation Senator Feinstein, Congressman King smell a rat, want investigation timeline Bipartisan Agreement On Fiscal Cliff Compromise GOP willing to consider increasing pain of the AMT GOP Opens Door To Immigration Reform Boehner, Rubio call for comprehensive immigration reform after Hispanics go for Obama […]

Bizarre Drama Surrounds Teenage ‘Modern Family’ Starlet Ariel Winter

If you’re like me, your TV viewing is limited almost entirely to news, more news, documentaries and old movies, which means you don’t watch network primetime shows, and therefore have never heard of Ariel Winter. She is a 14-year-old actress who stars in the ABC comedy Modern Family, which is one of the network’s most popular shows, with […]

The Other Woman’s Jealousy of the Central Command Liaison Brought About the Downfall of CIA Director Petraeus

The resemblance between the Obama administration’s national security policy and a soap opera is purely coincidental: The FBI was investigating harassing emails sent by Petraeus biographer and girlfriend Paula Broadwell to a second woman. That probe of Broadwell’s emails revealed the affair between Broadwell and Petraeus. The FBI contacted Petraeus and other intelligence officials, and […]

The Execrable Bill Maher

Noel Sheppard asks, “Exactly how does HBO put up with this week after week after week?” “The other good news is the Republicans are taking the loss well. Who am I kidding? Are you serious? No. It’s like half the nation just found out that their wife is f–king a black guy. That’s what really […]

WaPo Publishes ‘Long, Sympathetic Article’ About Convicted Serial Rapist

Professor Ann Althouse questions the timing of what she calls “an elaborately worked-out invitation into the mind of the rapist that expects us to care about his struggle to understand himself.” As an aficionado of “true crime” stories, I find the Washington Post article by Josh White fascinating in the same way I was fascinated by Vincent Bugliosi’s […]

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