The Other McCain

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

In The Mailbox: 07.04.25

— compiled by Wombat-socho Usual weekend deadlines for the usual weekend posts. The famous Gettysburg Address was actually delivered on October 19, but it’s the logical capstone to posts about the battle. What people tend to forget is that Lincoln’s now-famous speech wasn’t the main event that day. Rather, a then-famous orator, Edward Everett, went […]

In The Mailbox: 07.03.25

— compiled by Wombat-socho For every Southern boy fourteen years old, not once but whenever he wants it, there is the instant when it’s still not yet two o’clock on that July afternoon in 1863, the brigades are in position behind the rail fence, the guns are laid and ready in the woods and the […]

In The Mailbox: 07.02.25

— compiled by Wombat-socho Hopefully today’s note on Gettysburg won’t accidentally enrage the boss like yesterday’s…anyway, just about everyone knows about Joshua Chamberlain and the 20th Maine’s stand at Little Round Top. Less well known is the suicidal charge of the 1st Minnesota into the teeth of Wilcox’s brigades attacking Cemetery Ridge, ordered by General […]

In The Mailbox: 07.01.25

— compiled by Wombat-socho Thanks to those of you who bought stuff through my Amazon links in May. Both of you. (I kid, I kid.) It’s the 15th anniversary of awesome space news site Beyond the Black. Go throw money at him.  Silicon Valley et Hamas delenda sunt. OVER THE TRANSOM 357 Magnum: Media Finally Notices […]

In The Mailbox: 06.30.25

— compiled by Wombat-socho Silicon Valley et Hamas delenda sunt. OVER THE TRANSOM 357 Magnum: The Environmental Impact of Electric Vehicles EBL: Chuck Schumer Melts Down Over The Big Beautiful Bill, Firefighters ambushed by shooter, 2 deaths confirmed in Idaho, Becoming a Gettysburg Battlefield Guide, SALT, and Turbot Twitchy: Megyn Kelly Says Preferred Pronouns Are An […]

In The Mailbox: 06.27.25

— compiled by Wombat-socho Yesterday’s drive to Las Vegas was long and hot and exhausting. Today’s return was somewhat better. And speaking of today Usual weekend deadlines for the usual weekend posts. Ceterum autem censeo Silicon Valley et Hamas delendam sunt. OVER THE TRANSOM 357 Magnum: MV Celebrity Edge – A Maritime Mishap, also Attitude Counts in […]

In The Mailbox: 06.25.25 (Evening Edition)

— compiled by Wombat-socho Silicon Valley et Hamas delenda sunt. OVER THE TRANSOM EBL: Free immigration & welfare, Bobby Sherman RIP, Communist Muslim Zohran Mamdani Wins Democrat Nomination for Mayor of New York, New York Embraces Class Equity, and Jugging on the Rise Twitchy: CNN’s Dana Bash Loses It Over Hegseth & Trump Calling Network […]

In The Mailbox: 06.25.25 (Afternoon Edition)

— compiled by Wombat-socho Call For Fantasy & SF Authors – Epic Indie Summer Books Sale! Silicon Valley et Hamas delenda sunt. OVER THE TRANSOM 357 Magnum: Is Anything In Your Car Worth Your Life? EBL: Flight Risk, DANCING PLAGUE, and CEASEFIRE BETWEEN IRAN AND ISRAEL? Twitchy: Mary Katherine Ham’s Sarcastic Take on History’s Next “Perfect” […]

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