The Other McCain

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

Carry Me Home to See My Kin

An unexpected road trip suddenly looms, as I just got word that my Aunt Joanne (actually a second cousin, but we kids called her “aunt” by courtesy) has died at her home in Montgomery, Alabama. Joanne’s mother was my maternal grandmother’s younger sister, and Joanne was especially close to my mother’s younger sister, Barbara Ellis. […]

In The Mailbox: 08.25.25

— compiled by Wombat-socho Call for Authors! The BasedCon Based Books Sale Is Nigh! Silicon Valley et Hamas delenda sunt. OVER THE TRANSOM Director Blue: The Illustrated Spygate Scandal,  357 Magnum: Disney Is Broken, also A Bear Is In Your House. What Do You Do? EBL: Thai Fried Seafood – Yellowtail Snapper, Ariel Ekblaw, Turn This Grouper […]

The ‘Green Energy’ Boondoggle Fails Every Time It Encounters Reality

“Fossil fuels — BAD! Green energy — GOOD!” This is the sum total of left-wing ideas on the subject, no matter how much “science” they claim to justify their prejudice, and no facts will persuade them: School districts throughout the United States are ditching electric school buses, manufactured by a Canadian company that has fallen […]

Rule 5 Sunday: The Last Champion of Cracker Barrel

— compiled by Wombat-socho When you’ve changed the menu from fresh traditional food to precooked preheated predigested slop…when you’ve changed the funky old architecture to some Brutalist nightmare…when the stock price is crashing like RCA in 1929…there’s only one woman in these United States who can save you. Light the Sydney Signal! Ceterum autem censeo […]

What ‘White Privilege’ Looks Like

This was one of those “viral video” stories that I was going to let pass by without comment, until I got the details from Miranda Devine’s column in the New York Post. First of all, you have to know that this incident took place at “the upscale Clarke Cooke House,” which just happens to be […]

FMJRA 2.0: Preparing For The Draft

— compiled by Wombat-socho I’m actually feeling pretty good about the upcoming 1974 draft in Pete’s league. Aside from having given away my second-round pick for Steve Braun (boy, that was dumb) I have a solid front four and a stud reliever, plus a solid infield bolstered by rookies Mike Hargrove at first and Jim […]

Why Has She Never Met a Good Man?

Here is the transcript of her video rant: “I’ve never once met a good man — my entire life, going on almost 32 years, OK? I’ve never met one genuinely good man. Every single man I have encountered has done something absolutely horrific and minimized it. Every single man that I’ve encountered is a liar, […]

In The Mailbox: 08.22.25

— compiled by Wombat-socho Usual weekend deadlines for the usual weekend posts. Guess who’s on X now.  Ceterum autem censeo Silicon Valley et Hamas delendam sunt. OVER THE TRANSOM Director Blue: The Law – A Graphic Novel EBL: Battle of Bosworth Field, FBI searches home of former Trump adviser John Bolton, Lisa Cook and Federal […]

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