The Other McCain

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

Competing Worldviews

Conservatives face a tough fight as Big Tech’s censorship expands — Donald Trump Jr., The Hill The internet is radicalizing white men. Big tech could be doing more — Alex Koppelman, CNN Here’s a question: Do you think that censoring conservatives on the Internet will reduce extremist violence or increase it? Much of what New […]

Rule 5 Sunday: Alita – Battle Angel

— compiled by Wombat-socho “Hats off, gentlemen, a genius” – Robert Schumann on the young Mozart We can say the same of Robert Rodriguez, who brought Frank Miller’s Sin City graphic novels to the big screen with an all-star cast, not to mention the highly successful Spy Kids, From Dusk Till Dawn, Machete, and sequels […]

FMJRA 2.0: Control Issues

— compiled by Wombat-socho Iowa Poll Shows More Than Half of Democrat Voters Support Old White Guys Western Rifle Shooters Trump’s Minutemen The Constitutional News Network Freedom’s Back EBL Rule 5 Monday: Komi-san Has A Communication Problem Animal Magnetism Ninety Miles From Tyranny A View From The Beach EBL Proof Positive Crazy People Are Dangerous: […]

Bad Sex Advice for $250 an Hour

  Becoming a licensed marriage and family therapist in California is so easy that even people who are against marriage can do it, as is the case of “sex-positive” therapist Moushumi Ghose. She has a “private practice specializing in sexuality, alternative relationships and lifestyles including kink, polyamory, gender non-binary, lgbt and more.” Not sure what […]

God and Women’s Soccer at Yale

  Rudy Meredith was the coach of women’s soccer at Yale University for 24 years, winning 224 games and the 2005 Ivy League championship. He resigned in November and has pleaded guilty to federal charges: The biggest school admissions scandal ever prosecuted began with a tip from an executive investigators were targeting in a securities […]

The Long Shadow of Bushism

  Well, of course: Former 2016 Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush said he thinks a Republican should challenge President Donald Trump in next year’s election, arguing the party “ought to be a given a choice.” “I think someone should run. Just because Republicans ought to be given a choice,” said Bush, who also served as […]

In The Mailbox: 03.15.19

— compiled by Wombat-socho OVER THE TRANSOM 357 Magnum: What Happens When Students are Better At Cybersecurity Than The Administrators? EBL: Beware The Ides Of March Twitchy: Occasional Cortex Politicizes NZ Shooting By Trashing Prayer Then Backpedals To Blame NRA Louder With Crowder: Mike Rowe Weighs In On College Admissions Scam According To Hoyt: The […]

OK, Rod Dreher Nails It

During his 2007 Crunchy Con phase, I dissed Rod Dreher hard in a Reason book review, but either (a) he’s gotten better or (b) times have changed, or maybe just (c) a little of both. Anyway, Dreher has gotten out of his crypto-Buddhist thing and has been doing excellent work lately, including this take on the […]

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