The Other McCain

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

Friday Fiction: 100 Word Challenge

by Smitty Dad’s are kind of hard to get. Mine never said much. He brought the fishing rig behind him, like he was pointing at one of my footprints in the sand that wasn’t neat enough. Then he cast it with just a hint of violence. Maybe one of the clouds was bad. He smiled […]

LIVE AT FIVE: 01.08.16

— compiled by Wombat-socho Our new theme song TOP NEWS DOW, S&P OFF TO WORST FOUR-DAY START IN JANUARY EVER Wall Street selloff continues, driven by another drop in Chinese equities and oil prices at 12-year lows Gun Owners Grill Obama At CNN Town Hall NRA sits out town hall, dismissing it as “a public […]

Feminist Barbie and ‘Rape Culture’

  “Math class is tough!” With that simple four-word phrase, Mattel’s “Teen Talk Barbie” became the focus of a feminist uproar in 1992. The prestige of the American Association of University Women (AAUW) was invoked in a successful crusade to make the talking doll shut up. The abundant research showing that, on average, boys actually […]

In The Mailbox, 01.07.16

— compiled by Wombat-socho OVER THE TRANSOM EBL: Hillary Hypnosis Da Tech Guy: The Spy vs. Spy Vs. Spy Campaign Season Michelle Malkin: Inside The Garden Of Political Town Hall Plants Twitchy: Reminder About The President Who “Taught Constitutional Law” RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES American Power: Fallout From Pyongyang’s H-Bomb American Thinker: I Want A […]

Marriage Matters

Melissa Braunstein (@slowhoneybee on Twitter) is one of the handful of conservatives — along with Christina Hoff Sommers and Ashe Schow — who work the feminism beat on a full-time basis. She has an excellent article at The Federalist about the A&E series “Married at First Sight”: Jann Gumbiner, a licensed psychologist and clinical professor […]

In The Mailbox, 01.06.15

— compiled by Wombat-socho Had to be in the office bright and early this morning, so no Live At Five. OVER THE TRANSOM EBL: #OccupyOregon Vs. The Feds Da Tech Guy: The NFL Rookie Rule American Irony: The Legacy of Obama’s Screwed-Up Priorities In Four Panels Doug Powers: Michael Moore Gerrymanders Around Reality Twitchy: Juanita […]

Muslim Rape Gangs Attack Women, and Feminists Won’t Say a Word About It

Sexual savagery on the streets of Germany: Roving packs of men sexually assaulted dozens of women on New Year’s Eve in western Germany’s city of Cologne, officials said, describing the attacks as unprecedented. The spree suggested a “new dimension of organized criminality,” German justice minister Heiko Maas told a press conference on Tuesday. Police said […]

When Crazy Is Against the Law …

. . . only outlaws will be crazy: Delivering on its promise to deliver “common sense” gun control, the Obama administration on Monday finalized a rule that enables health care providers to report the names of mentally ill patients to an FBI firearms background check system. The action was one of a series of steps […]

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