The Other McCain

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

Historical Analogies and the Current Crisis

Here’s a question most people have never pondered: Why did the North fight the Civil War? The way history is taught, the focus is on slavery and the South, and the motives of the Confederacy are subjected to critical scrutiny in a way that the Union side of the controversy is not. If you start […]

In The Mailbox: 01.21.26

— compiled by Wombat-socho Silicon Valley et Hamas delenda sunt. OVER THE TRANSOM Director Blue: Riding to Economic Ruin in the EU, also, A Day At The Powhatan Indian Uprising (1622),  357 Magnum: Hollywood Went Woke, And Now They’re Broke EBL: Keir Starmer OK with 1st Cousin Marriages In The UK, Red Grouper, The Home, Johnny […]

In The Mailbox: 01.20.26 (Evening Edition)

— compiled by Wombat-socho Silicon Valley et Hamas delenda sunt. OVER THE TRANSOM 357 Magnum: Ride Public Transit? Maybe When It Is Safe, also Another Failure of the Victim-Selection Process Director Blue: Greenland & Hypersonic Weapons,  EBL: A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, The Fastest Fish You Can Buy, Goth Waifu Amelia, National Championship Cheerleaders, and Steakhouse […]

In The Mailbox: 01.20.26 (Afternoon Edition)

— compiled by Wombat-socho Heading down to Las Vegas today for a VA appointment in the morning. Hopefully I’ll have the energy tonight to get fully caught up on the linkmongling. Silicon Valley et Hamas delenda sunt. OVER THE TRANSOM Director Blue: Massive Permian Oil Discovery, also, The Day When Anne Boleyn Was Executed (1536) […]

In The Mailbox: 01.19.26

— compiled by Wombat-socho A short collection of Substackery & other delights, as the internet was down earlier and I had laundry to do. Silicon Valley et Hamas delenda sunt. OVER THE TRANSOM Director Blue: A Day When the Black Plague Arrived (1347), also, How The West’s Climate Crusade Built China’s Empire EBL: Gordon Ramsay […]

Ludicrous Irony: Life Advice for Young Men from the Former John Walker Flynt

It’s been nearly 12 years since #GamerGate happened, and I’ve got grandchildren nearly that old. Must we rehash the whole thing — which began with the Tattoo-Covered, Mentally Ill Ex-Stripper Whose Real Name Is Chelsea Van Valkenburg — to explain the comic role played in that saga by John Walker Flynt a/k/a “Brianna Wu”? #GamerGate […]

Rule 5 Sunday: But First, Coffee

— compiled by Wombat-socho Not from @kbdabear , but from some other public benefactor on X. Ceterum autem censeo Silicon Valley et Hamas delendam sunt. EBL: Saturday Night Girls With Guns, Sophie Scholl, “I, Don Quixote”, Eva Vlaardingerbroek, Dusty Springfield, “Barracuda”, The Bionic Woman, Yeh Hai Bombay Meri Jaan, MAGA Make Iran Great Again, Francoise […]

FMJRA 2.0: Suddenly, A Winning Week

— compiled by Wombat-socho It was a good week to be a Senators fan. First, we rose up and defeated the Expos in two games of our three game series, including a 4-run 10th inning rally (featuring a two-run homer by The Human Rain Delay) that won the game for Roger Nelson in relief of […]

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