The Other McCain

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

Essential Feminist Quotes: ‘Most Women Have to Be Coerced into Heterosexuality’

Audre Lorde (left), Marilyn Frye (center) and Monique Wittig (right) “I agreed to take part in a New York University Institute for Humanities conference a year ago. . . . “I stand here as a black lesbian feminist, having been invited to comment within the only panel at this conference where the input of black […]

Friday Night Unwind: “Whoop De Doo”

by Smitty Mark Knopfler stays around for the guitar, but I think Buffet brings a twist of lime and a smile to the lyric in this cover version of a tune that just looks at a rough weeks and says: “Yeah, shag all that.” Not to disrespect Knopfler’s original, more gravelly lyric. Mark’s is still […]

Slate Scrapes the Bottom

Or maybe “Slate Spanks the Bottom” would be a better way to describe the nadir of editorial judgment whereby the desperate quest for traffic — let’s face it, they’ll do anything to get hits — led them to publish Jillian Keenan’s perverted prose: Once again, I’ve been accused of pedophilia. Well, to be technical, my […]

LIVE AT FIVE: 09.19.14

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS Scots Hae Voted Nae With two-thirds of the vote in, Unionists have 54% of the vote and the SNP has conceded defeat Close vote in Glasgow doomed secession push Pound hits two-year high against Euro on results Five Big Takeaways From Xi’s Visit To India One of them being […]

Why Do They Make It So Easy?

Feminist blogger @joyintorah18 RT’d the above image on Twitter, which was noticed by MRA (Men’s Rights Activist) Mike Buchanan, and someone then called it to my attention. OK, so who is this feminist? Not the naked lady in the picture, I mean @joyintorah18? Joy is a Canadian who runs a site called “Mancheeze,” which she describes […]

The Mythic World of Women’s Studies

Are you tired of reality? Do you feel that you are being oppressed by facts and logic? Then you should consider majoring in Women’s Studies at one of our nation’s elite universities, where your liberated consciousness is protected from these hateful forces of patriarchy. Just ask Sarah Blugis of George Washington University: Why you should […]

LIVE AT FIVE: 09.18.14

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS Obama Insists Ground Forces Won’t Join ISIS Fight; Pentagon Less Sure Odierno, former SecDef Gates say not putting boots on the ground won’t work House approves arms for Syrian rebels Iraq PM rules out US ground troops Obama’s approval hits all-time low in ISIS crisis Doctor Confirms Toronto Mayor […]

Senate Poll Wars

Less than seven weeks before Election Day 2014, the epic struggle to control the media narrative continues: Democrats are now (very slightly) favored to hold the Senate majority on Nov. 4, according to Election Lab, The Post’s statistical model of the 2014 midterm elections. Election Lab puts Democrats’ chances of retaining their majority at 51 […]

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