The Other McCain

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

Self-Correcting Stupidity

Houston mourns the loss of a promising young man: A man posing with a gun and taking selfies was killed when the gun went off and struck him in southwest Houston, police said. Family members said the victim is 19-year-old Deleon Alonso Smith. Investigators said Smith was taking selfies with a gun at an apartment […]

Testicles Are Not a Social Construct

The science is settled: However much we’d like to think of gender as a social construct, science suggests that real differences do exist between female and male brains. The latest evidence: a first-of-its-kind European study that finds that the female brain can be drastically reshaped by treating it with testosterone over time. (Hat-tip: Instapundit.) Feminist […]

Godless Commies: The Critical Theory Cult and The Devil’s Pleasure Palace

  “The greatest difference in the universe . . . is the difference between nothing and something, between an infinity of darkness and a single point of light. . . . It is the difference between atheism and God.” — Michael Walsh, The Devil’s Pleasure Palace: The Cult of Critical Theory and the Subversion of […]

In The Mailbox: 09.01.15

— compiled by Wombat-socho OVER THE TRANSOM EBL: The Mystery of ISIS and Obama’s Foreign Policy Legacy Da Tech Guy: Ted Cruz in Hollis, NH Doug Powers: Obama’s Mixed Messages Contributing To Climate Change, Mass Confusion Twitchy: “This Is Why America Hates Us In DC” – Ron Fournier Calls Out Paul Begala For “But Bush!” […]

‘Hit-It-and-Quit-It on Tinder’

Online dating apps are fueling an “apocalypse” of hook-up culture, Nancy Jo Sales reports in a frightening Vanity Fair feature: [Alex] says that he himself has slept with five different women he met on Tinder — “Tinderellas,” the guys call them — in the last eight days. Dan and Marty, also Alex’s roommates in a […]

Rule 5 Sunday: Hot Babes In Space

— compiled by Wombat-socho I don’t know why I didn’t do this last weekend, considering it was Worldcon weekend…oh, right. Anyway, I want to kick off this week’s Rule 5 post with a Kelly Freas cover from the March 1974 Analog, for Jerry Pournelle’s “High Justice”, because Kelly was an awesome artist and a fine […]

FMJRA 2.0: For The Strength Of The Wolf Is The Pack…

— compiled by Wombat-socho War Against Human Nature: Radical Feminism’s Anti-Maternal Rage Trevor Loudon Noisy Room The Right Planet Nice Deb VA Right Grumpy Opinions Watcher of Weasels Political Hat The Camp of the Saints Maggie’s Notebook Viewpoints of a Sagittarian Batshit Crazy News Rule 5 Sunday: RIP Batgirl, Viva Jeannie! Animal Magnetism Batshit Crazy […]

Dear Feminists: You Think Too Much

Not everything has meaning. Not everything requires critical analysis. Not everything is in need of a theory to explain it. Some things are really simple. They are what they are, and the temptation to intellectualize everything should be resisted. Consider, for example, a New York Times column by Emily Witt: Who could be cynical about […]

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