The Other McCain

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

Rule 5 Sunday: The Cheerleaders Of October

— compiled by Wombat-socho Apparently there have been some complaints about the pic of the hideous Andrea Dworkin posted earlier today in another post; evidently one of our Loyal Readers mistook it for the Rule 5 Sunday post and was understandably traumatized. I offer no apologies; when I do Rule 5 posts, I sign my […]

Incest, Witchcraft and Other Forms of ‘Moral Progress,’ Ancient and Modern

Jesse Bering (@JesseBering) proclaimed that legalizing incest between adult siblings is “moral progress” Thursday at Huffington Post and the remarkable thing is that almost nobody noticed. Just another “expert” endorsing our society’s rapid descent into perverse decadence: “I suppose I take an unpopular view that it’s actually moral progress,” Jesse Bering, who is the author […]

The Indecent Mind of Andrea Dworkin

  “Intercourse occurs in a context of a power relation that is pervasive and incontrovertible. The context . . . is one in which men have social, economic, political power over women. Some men do not have all those kinds of power over all women; but all men have some kinds of power over all […]

FMJRA 2.0: Trip Like I Do

— compiled by Wombat-socho The Election Thing The Camp of the Saints Daily Pundit Regular Right Guy Da Tech Guy Political Rift Batshit Crazy News That Mr. G Guy Dustbury The Lonely Conservative Proof Positive Why California’s ‘Affirmative Consent’ Law Violates Basic Constitutional Rights Political Rift That Mr. G Guy Regular Right Guy Bookworm Room […]

SHOCKING: Doctor in Liberia Explains MILLIONS Wasted in Ebola Fight

Dr. James Appel is a young Christian medical missionary working at a hospital in Monrovia, Liberia. What he wrote last month about the situation there deserves to be read by everyone: Liberia is losing the fight against Ebola because they are depending on NGOs and an influx of Western money instead of traditional ways of […]

In Summary, It’s About Control

by Smitty Jonah Goldberg: I’m coming to the position that every issue is a cultural issue. According to the Thomas Frank view, there are two kinds of issues: real issues and cultural (or social) issues. And, if he had his way, all elections would hinge on “real issues.” He writes in What’s the Matter with […]

Three Totally Unrelated News Items

ITEM ONE: Samra Kesinovic, 17, and Sabina Selimovic, 15, left their families in Vienna, Austria, earlier this year. “Don’t look for us. We will serve Allah — and we will die for him,” the girls wrote in a note to their parents in April. The Austrian teenagers are now “believed to be married, pregnant and […]

Obama’s Failed Presidency

“Obama: Anatomy of a World Leader,” by Alex Gray (detail) A disaster, a catastrophe, a cataclysm: “I want to make government cool again,” he said. Obama believed in government, and he was confident that his election would signal that the American people were ready to believe again, too. As we approach the sixth anniversary of […]

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