The Other McCain

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

Bad Ideas and Bad Prose at Cornell

Cornell University may be the only Ivy League school with a “diversity” quota for the mentally ill. Or maybe the students were sane until they got to Ithaca and started studying under the tutelage of radical professors. At any rate, the Cornell campus is swarming with lunatics: A student-sponsored event at Cornell University (CU) claimed […]

‘Destroying Her Husband’s Life … Taking Back Power for Women Everywhere’

Ben Affleck stars as Nick Dunne in Gone Girl. “On the occasion of his fifth wedding anniversary, Nick Dunne reports that his beautiful wife, Amy, has gone missing. Under pressure from the police and a growing media frenzy, Nick’s portrait of a blissful union begins to crumble. Soon his lies, deceits and strange behavior have […]

Birthday Week And The Admiral Of The Ocean Sea

— Wombat-socho This week all three of us that run this here blog celebrate our birthdays, and in fact today’s my 55th birthday. As Mickey Mantle once said, “If I’d known I was going to live this long, I would have taken better care of myself.” All that aside, since I can’t afford to buy […]

Gender Theory Hits K-12 Schools

When I describe radical feminism as taught in university Women’s Studies programs, one typical reaction is, “So what? That’s just a bunch of academics. Besides, wait until those idiots get their Women’s Studies degrees. Where are they gonna get a job?” Maybe your child’s school. Katherine Timpf reports at National Review: A Nebraska school district has instructed its […]

LIVE AT FIVE: 10.09.14

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS Nigeria Succeeds In Containing Ebola No new cases since August 31; Health Ministry declares country Ebola-free Anxiety grows in US after death of Dallas Ebola patient Five airports to begin screening for fever Britain sending troops to Sierra Leone to help combat Ebola Jihadis Advance In Kobane Despite US […]

Mr. Podhoretz, You’ve Got The Pieces

by Smitty Let me help you re-arrange them. So why aren’t Republicans sitting pretty? The answer, I think, is far more technical than ideological. Democrats are vastly superior when it comes to the mechanics of American politics, and have been for nearly a decade, while the GOP’s technical skills have withered since 2004. Allow me […]

What’s Up at Bryn Mawr?

Brenna Levitin (@brennalevitin) is a junior at Bryn Mawr College (annual tuition $45,540), an elite women’s college in Philadelphia with an undergraduate enrollment of fewer than 1,500 students. Ms. Levitin describes herself as a “radical feminist” and has been working on a very special project at Bryn Mawr: Since May, Brenna Levitin, the Greenfield Digital […]

In The Mailbox: 10.08.14

— compiled by Wombat-socho The Nationals lost and my internet at home has apparently been washed out by the rain. F*ck the news. Doug Powers: White House Finally Delivers Apologetic Statement After Oklahoma Beheading Twitchy: “I Miss Standards” – Can Lena Dunham Please Keep Her Clothes On? American Power: The Left’s Religion Of Unhappiness American […]

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