The Other McCain

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

Robert Redford Uses Independence Day To Ride Climate Hobby-Horse

by Smitty I guess plutocratic People Who Matter feel an esteem boost from agreeing with the elder quasi-Kennedy: Liberal Blowhard Smitty Heading into the July 4th celebration of America’s independence got me thinking about when it comes to huge challenges we’ve faced as a nation, we have a rich and storied history of aspirational spirit and belief in […]

Max Blumenthal Claims That Netanyahu ‘Stage-Managed’ Kidnapped Teens Crisis

The Israeli government “stage-managed” the crisis sparked by the kidnapping of three Jewish teenagers, Left-wing writer Max Blumenthal said in an interview on the Russia Today network. Blumenthal said a “gag order” that kept information about the Israeli investigation of the kidnapping was part of a conspiracy by Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu to foment […]

Progressivism Won’t Be Our Death

by Smitty It’s easy, melting in the humidity of the political winter that is the Obama Administration, to take counsel from fears. But that’s really just the inner demons from the Commies burying us in negative vibe, and maybe a FaceBook experiment or two. Jonah Goldberg was focusing on “Liberals tak[ing] exception to exceptionalism” in […]

Sex, Science, Nature and ‘Choice’

Four years ago, I wrote a 4,000-word essay called “The Pill at 50: Unhappy Un-Birthday,” which included this observation: The Pill fostered a prevalence of the belief that sex without pregnancy is normal. This utterly unnatural idea is the foundation of the Contraceptive Culture. Throughout human history, recognition of the natural connection between sex and […]

LIVE AT FIVE: 07.03.14

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS Tropical Storm Arthur To Pack Hurricane-Strength Winds By July 4 Could rain on some folks’ July 4 plans Sarkozy: Accusations “Grotesque” Charges government with political manipulation of prosecution Japan To Ease Nork Sanctions Amid Abductee Talks Do Norks still have kidnapped Japanese nationals? POLITICS Experts Say Obama Likely To […]

Their Agenda, and Hers

Kelsey Miller (@mskelseymiller) is the kind of feminist who is not a lesbian. She has a boyfriend, which indicates she is open to the possibility that not all men are part of a patriarchal conspiracy to oppress her. In other words, she’s not actually a feminist, yet. Even as she continues to cooperate with the patriarchy’s […]

What @AdamRichman Learned

Maybe you haven’t heard about this controversy, but it’s a helpful lesson in the unstated rules of 21st-century discourse. Adam Richman is a former actor and self-educated chef who, for four seasons 2008-2011, was the star of the Travel Channel series Man vs. Food and its sequel, Man vs. Food Nation. The show was a […]

If You Want Blood…

— Wombat-socho You got it. This week, we have a plethora of novels filled with (more than) a bit of the old ultra-violence, ranging from the retail death and destruction dealt by Agent Franks of the Monster Control Bureau in Larry Correia’s Monster Hunter Nemesis through the horrific carnage in Tom Kratman’s The Rods and […]

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