The Other McCain

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

In The Mailbox: 12.11.23 (Weakened Warrior Edition)

— compiled by Wombat-socho There was a lot of good stuff posted late last week, and the idea of trying to pack it all into tonight’s link dump makes me want to go lay down for the rest of the day with some Benadryl and Ranks of Bronze (which if you haven’t read it, you […]

Rule 5 Sunday: For The Fallen

— compiled by Wombat-socho I will advert to you that I am not really in the mood to do this post tonight, as I have been informed that one of my favorite SF authors, David Drake, has died. Still, if he taught me nothing else, he taught me that when you have a job to […]

FMJRA 2.0: Dune

— compiled by Wombat-socho Apologies for the lack of posting in the latter half of the week. For no good reason I can think of, I got very little sleep before having to drive to Las Vegas for a pulmonary appointment Thursday afternoon, and as a result I checked into the Stratosphere around 1700 and […]

Pharaoh Amenhotep II and the Exodus: Vindicating the Bible as Israel’s History

Since the October 7 terrorist attacks by Hamas, there has been a chorus of anti-Israel rhetoric portraying the Jews as “colonizers.” This rhetoric seeks to undermine the legitimacy of Israel’s historic claim to the land which, as the Bible says, God promised to the descendants of Abraham as a covenant (Genesis 12:1-3). As every child […]

BREAKING: Penn’s Magill Resigns

Mere hours after I blogged about this (“‘Context Dependent’: Ivy League President Belatedly Realizes Maybe She Answered That Question About Genocide Wrong”), now the University of Pennsylvania’s embattled President Liz Magill has resigned: University of Pennsylvania President Liz Magill has resigned as president of the university in the wake of intense backlash over her failure […]

The ‘HotWifeExperience’ Democrat Won’t Go Away (and She Thinks You’re Stupid)

In November, we had a good laugh when Susanna Gibson lost her race for the Virginia House of Delegates after it was revealed that she had engaged in livestream sex performances as “HotWifeExperience.” She said Repubs were being creepy by wanting to monitor what teachers do in the classroom. She also said “Oh God I […]

‘Context Dependent’: Ivy League President Belatedly Realizes Maybe She Answered That Question About Genocide Wrong

Congresswoman Stefanik: “Ms. Magill at Penn, does calling for the genocide of Jews violate Penn’s rules or code of conduct? Yes or no?” President Magill: “If the speech turns into conduct, it can be harassment. Yes.” Congresswoman Stefanik: “I am asking, specifically calling for the genocide of Jews, does that constitute bullying or harassment?” President […]

‘The Patriot Way’ Has Turned Toxic

Tonight, the New England Patriots play in prime time against the Pittsburgh Steelers, and bid fair to set an unwelcome NFL record: The betting over/under total on the “Thursday Night Football” game between the New England Patriots and Pittsburgh Steelers is testing a 30-year low, and weather isn’t even a factor. The total on the […]

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