The Other McCain

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

‘It’s Tough to Be a Man, Baby!’

The title line from the unfortunately forgotten 1983 comedy D.C. Cab came to mind today when I encountered yet another reaction to the controversial new bestseller by Dr. Helen Smith, Men on Strike: Why Men are Boycotting Marriage, Fatherhood, and the American Dream–and Why it Matters. It seems that everyone has an opinion on this […]

It Hasn’t Been As Much Fun Since The Bear Up And Died

— by Wombat-socho Or, A Lot Of Words And Not Enough Pictures About Technothrillers A couple of weeks ago we had a nice discussion in the comments about combat SF and the non-PC offerings of science fiction publisher Baen Books, and we were graced with some comments and linkagery by Sarah Hoyt. At the time, […]

Stop, Thief!

LOL: “It’s as if he’s washed his mouth with bromides.” slate.com/blogs/browbeat… Yes, but where did he steal the bromides? @danengber — Robert Stacy McCain (@rsmccain) June 7, 2013 Good Lord, what have we come to, when a guy who gets caught making up quotes by Bob Dylan then scores a book deal based on a […]

‘A Conspiracy So Immense’ — Was FDR Aide Harry Hopkins a Soviet Agent?

President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry Hopkins “A confidential message from FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover, reproduced in [Diana] West’s new book, told [White House aide Harry] Hopkins that a ‘continuing’ investigation had discovered that Russian diplomat (and Comintern agent) Vasily Zarubin had made a payment to U.S. Communist Party official Steve Nelson to help […]

Our Own Corner Of The Library

— by Wombat-socho I’ve been a science fiction reader for most of my life, starting with a copy of Madeleine L’Engle’s A Wrinkle in Time I was given in second grade and continuing on through Robert Heinlein’s juvenile novels to Asimov, Silverberg and other grand masters. I’m old enough to remember when the artsy-fartsy “New […]

Shout-Out to My Home-Girls

They’re not yet in Evan Sayet’s league — but who is? Still, it’s nice to see Gabby Hoffman and Liz Thatcher getting their book thing happening. You should buy it. So I’m like, “Yo, what up?” And they’re like, “Dude. Wrote a book.” amazon.com/gp/product/B00… And I’m like, “Cool.”@gabby_hoffman @lizthatch — Robert Stacy McCain (@rsmccain) April […]

BOOK REVIEW: ‘Spin Masters: [Epic Subtitle Goes Here]’ By David Freddoso

by Smitty That the mainstream media is about as useful as a chocolate teapot isn’t news. When the Statism gets hot, the media melts. However, there is room on the bookshelf for a crisply written, well-referenced and indexed summary of just how bad it was in 2012. As time fades, it’s easy to forget that […]

Scientology Continues Its Unwelcome Encounter With the ‘Streisand Effect’

A week ago, the secretive Scientology cult accidentally invited closer media scrutiny by paying The Atlantic to publish a “sponsored content” article so over the top that it generated a massive backlash. It wasn’t difficult for journalists to figure out why the creepy sci-fi “religion” was trying to buy good publicity: Award-winning reporter Lawrence Wright […]

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