The Other McCain

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

William Bratton, ‘Broken Windows’ and the Importance of Public Order

While writing about the Matthew Shepard case, I mentioned how a crackdown on fare-beaters in the New York City subway system turned up a number of criminals wanted on warrants for serious crime. Someone on Twitter asked for more information about this, so I found this article at City Journal featuring William Bratton, the police […]

The Sorelian Myth of Matthew Shepard: Petty Criminals and Liberal Media Bias

Matthew Shepard’s killers Russell Henderson (left) and Aaron McKinney (right). When I was a freshman in college, Truman Capote’s In Cold Blood was an assigned reading and one of the lessons of the book — perhaps not a lesson the author intended, but one I’ve since seen replicated over and over — is how notorious […]

Goldman Sachs Banker Charged With Raping 20-Year-Old Irish Student

Meet Jason Lee, 37, an Ivy League-educated managing director of the equity capital markets department at Goldman Sachs. One weekend in late August, Lee was celebrating his birthday at a bar in the Hamptons when he met a 20-year-old student from Ireland. He bought her and her friends drinks, and invited them to a $33,000-a-month house he […]

Nebraska Sex Offender Re-Offends (And His Brother Is a Sex Offender, Too)

Clintus Alford (left); Cletus Alford (right) Clintus J. Alford, 37, was sentenced to 40  to 60 years in prison Monday for raping two girls, ages 12 and 14. He had previously been convicted in 2004 of false imprisonment for a case involving an 11-year-old girl, and served two years in prison for that offense. The […]

I’m Against ‘Revenge Porn,’ But . . .

. . . proposals to create laws against it strike me as troubling: Revenge porn sites feature explicit photos posted by ex-boyfriends, ex-husbands and ex-lovers, often accompanied by disparaging descriptions and identifying details, like where the women live and work, as well as links to their Facebook pages. The sites, which are proliferating, are largely […]

Navy Yard Shooter Aaron Alexis Received Government Benefits, Had Mental Issues

The man who killed 12 people at the Washington Navy Yard reportedly received disability benefits, telling a friend in Fort Worth this involved some problem with his feet. Whether or not there was anything wrong with his feet, there was definitely something wrong in his head: Aaron Alexis seems a study in contradictions: a former […]

UPDATED: New Information Emerges on Navy Yard Shooting Suspect Aaron Alexis

About eight hours have passed since shooting began at the Washington Navy Yard, and information is still sketchy. Early reports that as many as three shooters were involved appear not to be true. Investigators are still seeking a possible second suspect, but it now appears highly likely that today’s carnage — which killed at least […]

#NavyYardShooting Patience, Please: Don’t Let Media Reports Confuse You

Hint: Breaking news is always confusing. By 5 p.m., we will know facts. Be cautious about initial media reports. #NavyYardShooting — Robert Stacy McCain (@rsmccain) September 16, 2013 We’ve seen this pattern over and over, from 9/11 to the Boston Marathon bombings: New breaks, cable TV and online sources fill up with “confirmed” reports and […]

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