The Other McCain

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

‘Something for Everyone to Hate’

It would be interesting to know how many high-school students in Loudon County, Virginia, would be able to identify Col. Edward D. Baker. If you are a student of the Civil War, you know that Baker’s death in the Battle of Ball’s Bluff was the chief inspiration for the creation of the Joint Committee on […]

Rule 5 Sunday: Sally Field

— compiled by Wombat-socho I was thinking earlier that Smokey & The Bandit was a movie that couldn’t be remade these days, because in an age when you can walk into any supermarket in most states and get whatever beer you want, who would smuggle a semi-trailer full of Coors from Texas to Georgia? Also, […]

FMJRA 2.0: Eastbound & Down

— compiled by Wombat-socho Ceterum autem censeo Silicon Valley esse delendam. British Court Rules It’s OK to Call ‘Stephanie Hayden’ a ‘Pig in a Wig’ 357 Magnum EBL The Lewinsky Scandal and Media Bias Rotten Chestnuts EBL A Grim Anniversary in Kansas 357 Magnum EBL Do You Have Enough Ammunition? 357 Magnum EBL FMJRA 2.0: […]

Left-Wing Journalist Among 4 Arrested in Arkansas for Firebombing Police Cars

Renea Baek Goddard, 22, came to the United States as a child when her Air Force father, who had met her mother while stationed in South Korea, was transferred to Eglin Air Force Base in Florida. The family later moved to Arkansas when her father was transferred to Little Rock AFB. While a student at […]

‘Person of Interest’

Everybody is now reporting — although police have not yet officially confirmed — that Anthony Quinn Warner, 63, has been identified as a “person of interest” in Friday’s Nashville explosion. ATF and FBI agents are reportedly searching Warner’s home in the Nashville suburb of Antioch, Tennessee. He reportedly gave away his home to a woman […]

Mysterious Explosion in Nashville

This appears to be some kind of terrorist attack: A bomb planted in a recreational vehicle parked in the deserted streets of downtown Nashville exploded early Christmas morning, injuring three people and creating chaotic communications outages that took down police emergency systems. The explosion was preceded by a chilling warning that urged people to evacuate […]

‘Happy Trails, Hans’: What Is Everybody’s Favorite Christmas Movie Really About?

My brother and I celebrated Christmas Eve by watching Diehard together. The movie suffers from all the usual suspension-of-disbelief problems common to action films — e.g., automatic weapons that fire an impossibly large number of bullets without changing magazines — there is no doubt that Diehard is a Christmas movie. And this is not just […]

In The Mailbox: 12.24.20 (Christmas Eve Edition)

— compiled by Wombat-socho Merry Christmas to all who celebrate, and Happy Holidays to those who don’t. Silicon Valley delenda est. OVER THE TRANSOM 357 Magnum: The Good People Of Portland And 911 Response EBL: Hansel & Gretel Twitchy: Former (Alleged) Conservative Blogger Mad At Breitbart For Being Mad At NPR For Naming Cardi B’s […]

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