The Other McCain

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

West Virginia’s COVID-19 ‘Hot Spot’

After our trip to the Longbranch Saloon in Hedgesville, W.Va., I discovered that we had actually been in more danger than I knew: MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — Gov. Jim Justice said Thursday that West Virginia National Guard members were being sent immediately to the Eastern Panhandle because of an increasing number of positive COVID-19 cases. Depending […]

Further Developments

  The October 2018 murder of Univerity of Utah student Lauren McCluskey is a topic I’ve blogged about before (“An Apparently Consensual Relationship”), but I hadn’t followed further developments in the case. The man who murdered McCluskey, convicted sex offender Melvin Rowland, shot himself to death a few hours after the murder, and you might […]

Dining at the Longbranch

(Click photo to see full-size) (This is the second of two parts. Click here to read the first part.) “Hey, somebody told me you guys were serving beer?” “Outside service only,” said the guy who had come out of the kitchen. “We’re closed now, though.” “When do you open?” I asked. “Three o’clock.” “What time […]

We Made It

(Click photo to see full-size) When we got to Hedgesville, we turned right and the GPS on Kirby’s phone said, “Continue west on West Virginia 9 for four miles.” “Four miles!” my brother exclaimed. What the heck had gotten into my head, to bring us so far out into the boondocks of Berkeley County, W.Va.? […]

The Big Yellow Button Has Returned

  Occasionally, when the need arises to rattle the tip jar, I supersize the PayPal contribution button, and today is such an occasion. You see, we’ve been on COVID-19 lockdown here for more than two months, which means I haven’t been able to go out and enjoy a cold malt beverage since mid-March. And then […]

‘Biological Leninism’

  Why has Stacey Abrams become a darling of the Democratic Party? Why is an otherwise obscure former state legislator a “rising star,” when her only accomplishment was (a) losing a gubernatorial election by more than 50,000 votes and (b) blaming her defeat on racist “suppression”? A friend tipped me to one possible explanation — […]

Chelsey Coyer: American Hero

  Video of a news report about the reopening of a Texas beach has gone viral. The annual party on Bolivar Peninsula — “Go Topless Jeep Weekend” — was covered by Jordan James of Beaumont’s KBMT-TV, who managed to keep a straight face while interviewing Chelsey Coyer: “We been in quarantine and like, I need […]

An Experiment That Failed

  Teach your children well, Their father’s hell did slowly go by . . . Will the people who sold us all that Sixties “peace and love” business ever admit that the road we’re traveling does not lead to Utopia? Is there nothing that can cause them to look back and say to themselves, “Y’know, […]

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