The Other McCain

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

D-Day: Remembering the Bedford Boys

June 6 is a day of remembrance in the Shenandoah Valley town of Bedford, Virginia, home of the National D-Day Memorial. One of the questions most frequently asked about the Memorial is, “Why Bedford?” You see, there was a local Virginia National Guard unit that was mobilized in February 1941, and the D-Day Memorial site […]

The Holy Church of St. Pancake
The International Solidarity Movement and the Rachel Corrie Death Cult

Back in 2003, when Charles Johnson was still able to maintain some semblance of sanity, a commenter at Little Green Footballs — no doubt long since banished — responded to the death of Rachel Corrie by dubbing her “St. Pancake.” A jest both crude and arguably cruel, yet in two words, that LGF commenter captured a reality that has endured, […]

Elena Kagan: The Lost Years

That’s not the title of the classic film discussed here, but we understand the screenplay was based on her early career: David Mamet’s “Lost Masterpieces of Pornography” w/ Kristen Bell, Ed O’Neill & Ricky Jay from David Mamet Just wait until the Senate Judiciary Committee sees this . . .

Popular Children’s Book Condemned in Belgium for — Wait for It — Raaaaacism!

A new lesson in the bizarre nature of Europe’s “human rights” laws: Belgium’s courts are investigating whether Tintin’s 1931 Congolese adventures, when the country was a Belgian colony, portrays black Africans in a racist way . . . Bienvenu Mbutu Mondondo, a Brussels-based Congolese man, has spent the last three years pursuing Tintin’s copyright holders […]

Intellectuals: Smarter Than God?

Robert Knight takes a hard look at the elite punditocracy’s slow slide into moral relativism: On ABC’s This Week on May 30, [George] Will agreed with colleague Matthew Dowd that apart from a few glitches, homosexuality will soon be a non-issue in the military. . . . Will: “For people of Matt’s son’s generation, being gay […]

14-Year-Old Anamika Veeramani Wins National Spelling Bee; Sen. Jake Knotts Could Not Be Reached for Comment

Will Folks, on the other hand . . oh, no, let’s don’t go there: No theatrical flourishes for Anamika Veeramani. She kept her hands behind her back and rattled off the letters of every word she was given — until she was crowned the spelling bee champion. The 14-year-old girl from North Royalton, Ohio, won […]

The Woman That Feminists Hate Most

No, it’s not Sarah Palin. I’m talking about “Just Mommy”: Like everyone else, I learned to think of “mother” as something you become after you’ve proven that you can do grown-up stuff. . . . Well, she found out different and you might say the story has a happy ending. You might say that, unless you’re a […]

VIDEO: South Carolina TV Covers
Jake Knotts ‘Raghead’ Controversy

From Columbia’s WIS-TV: Meanwhile, GOP political consultant Wes Donehue, co-host of “Pub Politics,” justifies suppressing the video: We will not be publishing Thursday’s episode of Pub Politics. As we’ve said from the beginning of this show, our goal has always been to show the lighter side of politics in South Carolina. We want to show […]

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