The Other McCain

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

Conclusions in Search of Evidence: Sex and the Modern Female Journalist

My two daughters are named Kennedy and Reagan, and one of my sons is named Jefferson, so I’m not against the trend of presidential names, but probably you shouldn’t name your daughter “Carter.” That was my first thought when I encountered the name Carter Sherman, who writes for the U.S. edition of the Guardian. Knowing […]

Rule 5 Sunday: Country Girl in Carhartts

— compiled by Wombat-socho Another fine appetizer thanks to Rule 5 Texan on X. Ceterum autem censeo Silicon Valley et Hamas delendam sunt. ANIMAL MAGNETISM: Rule Five Cheating In Womens’ Sports Friday and the Saturday Gingermageddon. EBL: Saturday Night Girls With Guns,  MAGA – No Tax On Tips Passes Senate, Karoline Leavitt, Sarah Lynn Milgrim […]

FMJRA 2.0: Indians Scalped!

— compiled by Wombat-socho What a wild week! The Senators went to the Mistake By The Lake to face the Tribe, against whom we were 2-4, and managed a sweep. The bullpen saved us in Games 1 & 2, with Steve Foucault and Charlie Hough notching the wins, and Spaceman Lee returned to form in […]

Blast From the Blogging Past: Saint Pancake and the Anti-Israel Cause

Certainly it is not a coincidence that Elias Rodriguez is being compared to Rachel Corrie and Aaron Bushnell by a slew of social media accounts. When people are part of an activist hive-mind, participating in a propaganda campaign on behalf of a terrorist organization, one does not expect originality in their rhetoric. As I’ve been […]

Joseph Javonte Washington Was Shot by a Cop and (Perhaps Unfortunately) Survived

If he lives long enough to get out of prison when his sentence expires in 2055, Joseph Javonte Washington will be 60 years old. The taxpayers of Minnesota can do their own cost-benefit analysis in this matter, but a former police officer nearly saved them that cost — and got fired for it. I’ve watched […]

In The Mailbox: 05.23.25

— compiled by Wombat-socho Usual weekend deadlines for the usual weekend posts. Ceterum autem censeo Silicon Valley et Hamas delendam sunt. OVER THE TRANSOM Director Blue: Andersonville Diary EBL: North West Mounted Police, Newly Released Footage of Judge Dugan in Wisconsin, and Karoline Leavitt blasts Yamiche Alcindor over denial of the murders of South African […]

In The Mailbox: 5.22.25

— compiled by Wombat-socho Palindrome Day! Silicon Valley et Hamas delenda sunt. OVER THE TRANSOM 357 Magnum: Five Months to the End of Windows 10 Support EBL:  A Simple Favor, Sarah Lynn Milgrim, RIP, Big Beautiful Bill passes in House, MAGA No Tax On Tips passes in Senate, and Sally Quinn of the Washington Post accuses […]

In The Mailbox: 05.21.25

— compiled by Wombat-socho Silicon Valley et Hamas delenda sunt. OVER THE TRANSOM EBL: Cheers | Every Time Norm Peterson Enters the Bar, “Original Sin” Fake Tapper gets grilled by Megyn Kelly, and Trump plays video for South African president showing proof of genocide claims Twitchy: The Atlantic – “Sure, We Lied To You, But […]

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