The Other McCain

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

FMJRA 2.0: So Let It Be Written, So Let It Be Done

— compiled by Wombat-socho Passover begins on Wednesday, so it seems appropriate to use Metallica’s Creeping Death as the SOTD. Also noteworthy: this mashup of the preceding with Megadeth and The Who. ABC is showing The Ten Commandments tonight, but since I don’t have cable I’m out of luck. Ceterum autem censeo Silicon Valley esse […]

‘Adult Film Actress’

The scholars and theologians assembled under royal commission to produce the official English translation we know as the King James Bible were working with Hebrew and Greek original texts, and when it came time to decide what word to use for women who have sex for money, settled on the word whore. If that word […]

Escaping the School Trap

Every normal boy hates school, and it is fair to say I was “educated” against my will. Maybe some of my readers are weirdos — nerds and teacher’s pets and other goody-two-shoes types who derived a perverse pleasure from school attendance — but that’s your problem, not mine. There are few critics of public education […]

In The Mailbox: 03.31.23

— compiled by Wombat-socho Usual weekend deadlines for the usual weekend posts. Ceterum autem censeo Silicon Valley esse delendam. OVER THE TRANSOM EBL: Beria Bragg, also, Gwyneth Paltrow Wins in Utah Ski Crash Trial Twitchy: Sen. Fetterman Released From Hospital After Recovering From Being Healthy, Stephen King Shaming Trump Defenders Because “He Cheated On His […]

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