The Other McCain

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

How Bad Was It?

  It was bad — very, very bad: Mike Bloomberg’s millions in campaign spending flew right out the window Wednesday night. The billionaire’s self-bankrolled presidential bid was torn to shreds in the opening minutes of Wednesday’s Democratic debate as his opponents skewered him for his checkered past on sexual harassment and his record on stop-and-frisk. […]

In The Mailbox: 02.19.20

– compiled by Wombat-socho OVER THE TRANSOM Ninety Miles From Tyranny: The 90 Miles Mystery Box, Episode #901 357 Magnum: Denial – It ain’t just a river in Egypt EBL: 1/19/1945 – The Battle Of Iwo Jima Begins Twitchy: CNN’s Oliver Darcy Dings Fox For Interviewing InfoWars Correspondent Kaitlin Bennett, Gets Well-Deserved Self-Awareness Check Louder With […]

The Teenage Anxiety Epidemic

  For some reason, nobody was talking about teenage anxiety when I was a teenager. Of course, that was the 1970s, when we were threatened by real dangers like the Arab oil embargo, the Symbionese Liberation Army, Soviet aggression, and the presidency of Jimmy Carter. How did teenagers cope with anxiety back then? Speaking only […]

R.I.P., ‘Sexual Intellectual’

  Amie Harwick was a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) in California who specialized in talking about sex. Harwick claimed to be a former Playboy centerfold, but good luck finding those photos. On her official website, Harwick described her qualifications: She has her Bachelors of Arts in Psychology from California Polytechnic University in Pomona, […]

In The Mailbox: 02.18.20

– compiled by Wombat-socho OVER THE TRANSOM 357 Magnum: Dave Chappelle Is a Genius EBL: Charles McCall Portis, RIP Twitchy: Clay Travis Has Some Words For “Wildly Hypocritical” LeBron James Louder With Crowder: Boy Scouts Of America File For Bankruptcy Amid Sexual Abuse Scandal RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES Adam Piggott: Podcast #135 – The Godless Marriage […]

My Celebrity Brother-in-Law

    You probably never heard of Bucyrus Copper Kettle Works, which has occupied the same building in the same small Ohio town for more than 140 years. My wife’s brother Rex has worked there as a coppersmith for about 30 years. You can see Rex at work in this episode of Our Ohio, a […]

Bernie Wants to Make Everything Free …

  . . . so “Free the Nipple,” I guess? A topless protester disrupted Sen. Bernie Sanders’ campaign rally in Nevada on Sunday — moments after Mayor Bill de Blasio introduced the Democratic presidential candidate to the stage. De Blasio had just introduced Sanders to the crowd in Carson City as the “next president of […]

Wait a Minute: Did Joe Biden Suggest Bernie Voters Are White Supremacists?

  The same day he claimed illegal aliens “are better Americans than most Americans are,” Biden decided to exceed his daily gaffe quota: Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden said Monday on MSNBC’s “Deadline” white supremacists were “very enthusiastic” about President Donald Trump. While criticizing Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) for not disowning his […]

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