The Other McCain

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

CNN: ‘Crisis? What Crisis?’

For the past three days, I’ve had the TV in my home office tuned to CNN. This is something I do occasionally, just to see what the world looks like to people who get their news from the liberal media. One thing I noticed is that, during about two dozen hours of programming over three […]

In The Mailbox: 04.09.21 (Morning Edition)

— compiled by Wombat-socho Silicon Valley delenda est. OVER THE TRANSOM 357 Magnum: Rapists Turned Loose Because It Would Be Unfair… EBL: George Floyd – “I Ate Too Many Drugs” Twitchy: Biden’s ATF Pick Did A Reddit AMA (Ask Me Anything) Last Year And It Was A Disaster Louder With Crowder: Bad Orange Woman Defends […]

Free Speech on Campus: ‘It Is Vital That UVA Lose This Case, and Lose Badly’

A federal judge has rejected the University of Virginia’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit filed by Kieran Ravi Bhattacharya, a former UVA medical student who was suspended after he asked a few questions during a campus panel presentation on “microaggressions.” Robby Soave’s account of the case is a must-read for anyone who wants to understand […]

Late Night With In The Mailbox: 04.07.21

— compiled by Wombat-socho Silicon Valley delenda est. OVER THE TRANSOM Ninety Miles From Tyranny: The 90 Miles Mystery Box, Episode #1315 357 Magnum: Cops Abandoning Portland – Can You Blame Them? EBL: Biden Is A Real Master… Twitchy: PolitiFact Needs WaPo Fact Checker’s Help Deciding Whether 60 Minutes‘ Hit Piece On DeSantis Was “Deceptively […]

In The Mailbox: 04.07.21 (Afternoon Edition)

— compiled by Wombat-socho Silicon Valley delenda est. OVER THE TRANSOM 357 Magnum: Don’t Mess With Rural Oklahoma EBL: Rum – It Is Good For You Twitchy: Kennedy Blisters Kamala Harris For Going Completely AWOL On The Border Crisis Louder With Crowder: Another Immigration Fail – Biden Administration Hints At Restarting Border Wall Construction Vox […]

Journalism and Mental Health

Dear Ms. Aviles: What you need here, ma’am, is an expert analysis, and you’ve found the right guy for the job because — ask around — I’ve always been crazy. One spring afternoon in 1986, I put on my three-piece suit and walked into the offices of the Cobb News-Chronicle. I walked out with a […]

In The Mailbox: 04.05.21

— compiled by Wombat-socho Silicon Valley delenda est. OVER THE TRANSOM 357 Magnum: Satanic Panic 2.0 & Heavy Metal EBL: Democrat Stooges Target DeSantis Twitchy: Teens Charged With Carjacking & Murder Of Uber Eats Driver Get A Pretty Sweet Plea Deal Louder With Crowder: 60 Minutes Busted Deceptively Editing Ron DeSantis In Hit Piece Vox […]

A Legendary Privateer

When you watch the Pirates of the Caribbean movies, you have to understand that this piracy emerged in the context of a struggle between the major powers of Europe — Spain, France, England, Portugal and the Netherlands — over colonies and trade in the New World: In the Caribbean the use of privateers was especially […]

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