The Other McCain

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

In The Mailbox: 11.26.21 (Afternoon Edition)

— compiled by Wombat-socho I brought home the Butterball Turkey dinner from Raley’s earlier in the week and spent a couple of hours warming it up yesterday. All very tasty and now I have leftovers for the next fortnight. How was your Thanksgiving? Silicon Valley delenda est. OVER THE TRANSOM 357 Magnum: Do You Think […]

Thanksgiving in Georgia

We spent Thursday on the road, down I-81 and then went through the Smoky Mountains on I-26 before heading south into north Georgia, near the site of America’s first gold rush, to spend the holiday weekend with all of our kids and grandchildren — that’s six kids, one son-in-law, three daughters-in-law, one girlfriend, and five […]

David Brooks Fisking Day Returns?

The basic problem with David Brooks is that he hasn’t been punched in the face as often as he deserves to be punched in the face. Which is to say, repeatedly, on a daily basis. On two occasions, I happened to be at conferences where David Brooks was a speaker, and in both instances, I […]

In The Mailbox: 11.24.21 (Evening Edition)

— compiled by Wombat-socho Silicon Valley delenda est. OVER THE TRANSOM Ninety Miles From Tyranny: The 90 Miles Mystery Box, Episode #1546 357 Magnum: Freddie Mercury, 9/5/46-11/24/91 McG’s Tally Book: Annus Horribilis Red Pilled Jew: The Jab – Medical Providers Are Now On Notice EBL: Arbery Trial Verdicts – Guilty, Guilty, Guilty Twitchy: “Sick On […]

In The Mailbox: 11.24.21 (Afternoon Edition)

— compiled by Wombat-socho Silicon Valley delenda est. OVER THE TRANSOM EBL: Milwaukee DA John Chisholm Has Blood On His Hands Twitchy: Molly Jong-Fast is tired of ‘being trolled by everyone from the Right’ for her ‘humor essay’ on shaming conservative relatives at Thanksgiving Louder With Crowder: Ted Cruz Hammers Colbert – Rich Libs Using […]

Killadelphia Update

Last year, the per-capita homicide rate in Philadelphia was worse than Chicago. It takes a lot of effort to be worse than Chicago, but Philadelphia — a/k/a “Killadelphia” — is up to the challenge, and is now on pace to break the city’s all-time annual murder total of 500, a record set in 1990 at […]

In The Mailbox: 11.22.21

— compiled by Wombat-socho Silicon Valley delenda est. OVER THE TRANSOM 357 Magnum: The Trial & The Verdict That Didn’t Get National Media Attention EBL: King Richard, also, Where Is Peng Shuai? Twitchy: Jennifer Granholm Says The Quiet Parts Out Loud Trying To Explain “Energy Transition”, also, Winsome Sears Schools CNN’s Dana Bash On CRT […]

Waukesha Massacre: Killer SUV Driver Is Rapper, Career Criminal Out on Bond

Police took their time before naming the “person of interest” who killed five people and injured dozens more when he plowed a red Ford SUV through a Christmas parade in Waukesha, Wisconsin, but the identity and criminal record of Darrell Brooks are extensively documented: The man who was taken into custody in connection with the […]

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