The Other McCain

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

The Country’s in the Very Best of Hands

Good thing there aren’t any criminals to investigate: It sounds like the plot of a bad movie: bugging your boss’ office. Sending naked photos around to co-workers. Sexting in the office. Paying for sex in a massage parlor. But it all happened in the federal agency whose motto is “fidelity, bravery, integrity” — the FBI. […]

It’s Internet Crazy Day: Special Ironic Menendez ‘Healthy Youth’ Edition

Historians will perhaps remember Feb. 22, 2013, as the Day the Internet Finally Went Completely Bugfucking Nuts. — Robert Stacy McCain (@rsmccain) February 22, 2013 OK, I spent most of this morning exchanging e-mails with various suffering victims of the Butt-Hurt Epidemic that is laying waste to the online world today. If anybody has personal […]

Inconvenient History: Jackie Robinson Was A Republican?

by Smitty Hip Hop Republican points to Jackie Robinson, the baseball great who at least started off as a Republican: Jackie Robinson is remembered for breaking the color barrier in Major League Baseball, but he played a less heralded role in Republican politics and black community activism. Robinson was a vital voice of reason in the […]

Never Doubt That Kurt Eichenwald Cares Deeply About Gay Kids With Bad Haircuts

Thursday I posted a “coming out” video by a mopey kid with a bad haircut. This evidently enraged a Vanity Fair writer: Thu, February 21, 2013 7:38 PM From: KURT EICHENWALD <[email protected]> To: Chris Smith <[email protected]>; “[email protected]” <[email protected]> Subject: you are both despicable I will address you both as adults, even though you clearly are […]

LIVE AT FIVE: 02.22.13

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS Obama, Congressional GOP Look To Soften Impact of Budget Cuts President finally picks up phone to seek help Vegas Strip Shootings Put City’s Image In The Crosshairs Five violent incidents since January; LVPD warns of increased crime on the Strip Officials Analyze Water In Tank Where Missing Canadian Tourist’s […]

Improv Actress With BFA Degree in Theatre — or Sex Education Expert?

Apparently, it’s not an either/or choice. The qualifications to become a “sex education expert” seem to be pretty flexible, so that studying acting in college (along with such experiences as writing novels and hiking in Spain) will suffice as credentials. What inspired this discovery was an article by Katie McHugh of The College Fix about “I Heart the Female Orgasm,” […]

Grief Tends Not To Transmit Far

by Smitty Jerry makes a good point here: It’s interesting to note where priorities lie for people. I clearly recall after my brother passed away unexpectedly last year feeling not a little anger toward those too self-preoccupied to express condolences even after having been directly notified about what was happening. I also heard from more […]

Consulting the Legal Department

My previous observation that no one could be sued for libel for merely describing the self-evident fact of Bill Schmalfeldt’s derangment drew a mildly critical e-mail from a lawyer friend: Not to be a pedant, but the reason it’s not defamatory is that it’s a statement of opinion based on disclosed facts, and therefore not […]

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