The Other McCain

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

Russia Says ‘Nyet’ to Gay Adoptions

Vladimir Putin signed a law yesterday that prevents gay foreigners from adopting Russian children and, in the course of researching a news article about it, I was somewhat surprised: The government says the law aims to protect children from “dictated non-traditional sexual behavior” and cites “psychologists’ research” about stresses it says “are often experienced by children […]

From West Virginia To Wroclaw

— by Wombat-socho This week’s book post unfortunately has nothing to do with Gettysburg or Independence Day (because all my relevant books are in storage), though I do recommend that you pick up Michael Shaara’s The Killer Angels if you haven’t already read it; Gingrich and Forstchen’s Gettysburg is also worth reading (along with its […]

A Career Opportunity My Guidance Counselor Never Bothered to Mention

It could have been an awesome career: Deputy McCain, Texas Vagina Inspector http://t.co/jjdNKf8LOK — Robert Stacy McCain (@rsmccain) July 4, 2013 Who was ever more qualified for this job than me? If I had only known there was a need for courageous public servants to perform body-cavity searches on bikini-clad women, certainly I would have […]

Was the CIA Involved in Egypt’s Coup?

Anyone who knows the Central Intelligence Agency’s history in orchestrating the overthrow of governments must be wondering whether the agency played a role in the collapse of the Morsi regime. My hunch? Certainly they did, and we should be glad for it. Morsi’s government was a dangerous proto-fascist Islamic thugocracy. Think about this: President Obama, […]

Egyptians Say Good-Bye to ‘Arab Spring,’ Say Hello to New Military Dictatorship

It tells us a lot about the Obama administration’s foreign policy “success” that, after his encouragement of pro-democracy movements in the Arab world, the Egyptians actually rioted to demand that the military take over and relieve them of the “democratic” government they had elected. Ben Shapiro reports at Breitbart.com: On Wednesday, Gen. Abdel Fatah Said […]

By God, @SarahPalinUSA Is Right!

Last week, a Breitbart News article highlighted Sarah Palin’s criticism of the “Gang of Eight” immigration bill, and on Sunday, she wrote a Facebook post excoriating this “bipartisan” sellout: Great job, GOP establishment. You’ve just abandoned the Reagan Democrats with this amnesty bill, and we needed them to “enlarge that tent” of which you so […]

LIVE AT FIVETEN: 07.03.13

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS Morsi Defiant As Egyptian Military Vows To Defend People “Against Any Terrorist, Radical Or Fool” Egyptian president digs in despite resignations, defections Obamacare Employer Mandate Delayed To 2015 Jarrett, Mazur claim delay is to give businesses more time to work out compliance issues Gettysburg Marks 150th Anniversary Of Pivotal […]

This Could Explain a Lot of Things

Dr. Samuel T. Wilkinson, a physician in residence at the Yale University department of Psychiatry, writes in the Wall Street Journal: “There is a significant and consistent relationship between marijuana use and the development of schizophrenia and related disorders.” You can read the whole thing — that is, you could read the whole thing, if […]

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