The Other McCain

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

What Causes Racism?

The answer in two words: Cornell University. Cornell University causes racism: I applied to countless tenure-track positions across the country in 2019 and 2020. One of those applications went to Cornell, for a position in their Neurobiology and Behavior department. Unknown to me, a few months later Cornell initiated a separate search for a faculty […]

In The Mailbox: 07.30.25 (Evening Edition)

— compiled by Wombat-socho Silicon Valley et Hamas delenda sunt. OVER THE TRANSOM 357 Magnum: Electric Buses Catch Fire at Orlando Theme Park EBL: The Queen of The Sea, Oh to be in England, Philby, 8.7 Earthquake Rocks Russia Kamchatka Peninsula, and National Wing Day Twitchy: Dunkin’ Joins The “Gene” Ad Game – Triggers Woke Wave […]

In The Mailbox: 07.30.25 (Afternoon Edition)

— compiled by Wombat-socho Based Books for Male Readers Sale! Silicon Valley et Hamas delenda sunt. OVER THE TRANSOM 357 Magnum: Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg HATES Self-Defense EBL: Black Cod, Lockheed claims it has something “magical” up its sleeve, Trump message to Putin – FAFO, and Kuroda Bushi Twitchy: Gov. DeSantis Tosses Miami Herald’s Alligator Alcatraz […]

Reluctantly, I Add My Two Cents to the World-Historic Sydney Sweeney Discourse

This seemed like it was going to be one of those weird social-media episodes that would get a few laughs and disappear before I could be bothered to write about it, but then ABC’s Good Morning America felt the need to weigh in on the Sydney Sweeney Nazi Jeans Scandal, and so here we are, […]

In The Mailbox: 07.29.25

— compiled by Wombat-socho Catching up is hard to do, and I don’t think it’s going to happen today. Silicon Valley et Hamas delenda sunt. OVER THE TRANSOM Director Blue: Top Five Scenarios For The Future of the EU 357 Magnum: Armed Citizen Stops Mass Stabbing EBL: Sydney Sweeney, The Biggest Shrimp I’ve Ever Seen, The […]

WaPo Finally Dumps Dishonest Partisan Propaganda Merchant Glenn Kessler

Today is a glorious day of celebration, and if you want to know why I call Glenn Kessler a “dishonest partisan propaganda merchant,” this Breitbart thread on X is a good place to begin, although of course it could never contain every bullshit “fact check” in Kessler’s long and odious career of bullshit fact-checking. When […]

Crazy People Are Dangerous

Say hello to Brandon Gille and, while you’re at it, go ahead and say good-bye, because he will almost certainly spend the rest of his life behind bars. Gille went on a stabbing spree at a Walmart in Traverse City, Michigan, on Saturday. All 11 of his victims survived the attack and, for once, the […]

Rule Five Sunday: The Ghost of Safeguard-chan Watches Over Us

— compiled by Wombat-socho A couple of weeks ago on X I was inspired to rip on various Euros who thought they were some kind of classy for having various tatterdemalion castles scattered about by pointing out that not only did we have pyramids, we could afford to build them in the middle of nowhere […]

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