The Other McCain

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

In The Mailbox: 12.26.25

— compiled by Wombat-socho I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas and a pleasant Boxing Day/Feast of St. Stephen. Usual weekend deadlines for the usual weekend posts. Ceterum autem censeo Silicon Valley et Hamas delendam sunt. OVER THE TRANSOM 357 Magnum: Good Guys 2, Bad Guys 0 Director Blue: Top Ten New Epstein Insights From Mike […]

In The Mailbox: 12.26.25 (Afternoon Edition)

— compiled by Wombat-socho Happy Boxing Day! Silicon Valley et Hamas delenda sunt. OVER THE TRANSOM 357 Magnum: The Force Awakens Tenth Anniversary Director Blue: A Day On The Oregon Trail, 1848 EBL: Baroque Christmas Concert – Bach, Handel, and Mozart, Nativity of the Lord, The World Famous Fish From Nobu, Feast Of The Seven Fishes, […]

In The Mailbox: 12.24.25 (Evening Edition)

— compiled by Wombat-socho Kamen America explains the history of Santa Claus. No heretics were hurt in the making of this webcomic, unfortunately. Silicon Valley et Hamas delenda sunt. OVER THE TRANSOM 357 Magnum: The Horrible Movies of 2025, also Another Idiot Shooting At Someone In His Driveway Director Blue: Ten Insights from “The Lost Generation”, also, […]

In The Mailbox: 12.24.25 (Afternoon Edition)

— compiled by Wombat-socho Silicon Valley et Hamas delenda sunt. OVER THE TRANSOM 357 Magnum: Alice Jones Webb on Women and Shooting Director Blue: A Day Crossing The Atlantic to America 1760 EBL: MAGA: Make Midterms Great Again , God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen in Old English, and Aimee Carrero and Spirited Twitchy: Ratio Alert! PBS Lets […]

Make Nakatomi Plaza Great Again

Hard to believe it’s been 37 years since NYPD Detective John McClane saved his estranged wife Holly from the evil terrorist Hans Gruber, a saga memorialized in the classic documentary Die Hard, which all good patriotic Americans know is the best Christmas movie ever. Pray for everyone inside Nakatomi Plaza ? pic.twitter.com/r4PWOuJnhG — Agreeable Greg […]

Journalism, Credibility and ‘Experts’

Brittany Bernstein at National Review notes: NPR’s standards chief, Tony Calvin, had to issue an unusual bit of guidance to staff this week: stop quoting Carl Tobias. The instruction came after Calvin found NPR reporters had quoted the University of Richmond law professor 77 times on a variety of topics. “If Tobias’s name sounds familiar, […]

In The Mailbox: 12.22.25

— compiled by Wombat-socho News – Senator Mike Lee introduces the Cartel Marque & Reprisal Reauthorization Act. Silicon Valley et Hamas delenda sunt. OVER THE TRANSOM Director Blue: A Day in the Life of a Pompeian Slave, The Great Feminization, AI Time Travel – Arriving at Ellis Island 1907, A Walking Tour of Andersonville Prison […]

Rule 5 Sunday: In Honor Of Alice Cooper

— compiled by Wombat-socho One of the anime that got me seriously interested in the medium was Gunsmith Cats, an anime about a pair of fun-loving gals who run a gun shop in Chicago. The protagonist, Rally Vincent, was not only a hot babe who could shoot, but she could drive like a bat out […]

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