The Other McCain

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

This Week in Evil

Most people underestimate the human capacity for evil, but it’s everywhere and claims new victims daily. A few examples from the past week: A 49-year-old man in Newburgh, N.Y., was charged Thursday with rape, unlawful imprisonment and criminal possession of marijuana after police say he attacked a 16-year-old girl who had gone to his apartment to buy […]

Sad Elmo’s Very Bad Week

Hello, boys and girls, it’s your favorite furry red Muppet who . . . What’s that, boys and girls? Elmo’s not your favorite Muppet? You say Elmo doesn’t like girls? That’s so sad. And what’s that? You say Elmo likes boys just a little bit too much? Kevin Clash — known as the voice of Elmo […]

UPDATE: Walker v. Kimberlin, Et Al. (Also: Why ‘Doxing’ Is Always Illegal)

John Hoge’s latest news in the Virginia case of Aaron Walker v. Brett Kimberlin, et al., is that Walker’s attorney Dan Backer has filed motions for default judgments against Kimberlin’s co-defendants Ron Bryanert and Neal Rauhauser. Backer is requesting that the court in Prince William County schedule the hearing on this motion for Dec. 4, […]

‘Another Person Known to the Grand Jury’ in the Barrett Brown Indictment?

Barrett Brown calmly explains why he’s going to ‘destroy’ an FBI agent On Sept. 12, former Anonymous spokesman Barrett Brown was arrested in Texas after he posted a bizarre YouTube video rant in which he threatened to “destroy” an FBI Special Agent. In March, Brown had been raided, but not arrested, by the FBI at the […]

Justice Delayed in Girl’s Murder

In 1970, 9-year-old Donna Willing was kidnapped, raped and strangled in Milwaukee. The investigation of her murder failed to solve the crime, but in 2007, Donna’s younger sister persuaded detectives to re-open the case. The cold-case investigation soon identified a suspect: Convicted sex offender Robert Hill, who had lived next door to Donna’s family at […]

A Victim of Racism, Sexism, Homophobia and Her Violent Lesbian Ex-Girlfriend

WNBA star Jennifer Lacy, who was the victim of a frightening attack by her former teammate and ex-girlfriend Chamique Holdsclaw, today issued a statement via Twitter: A Statement from Jennifer Lacy:”I want to thank my family, friends, fans and Shock family for their concern during this difficult time. — Jennifer Lacy (@jlacy21) November 16, 2012 […]

Women’s Basketball Star Revealed as Lesbian, Also Violently Crazy

Chamique Holdsclaw is 6-foot-2, 172 pounds. She was a three-time NCAA champion at the University of Tennessee and, during her 11 seasons of pro basketball, averaged nearly 17 points per game. And she is now wanted on an aggravated assault charge: An arrest warrant was issued for former basketball star Chamique Holdsclaw on Thursday after a […]

WaPo Publishes ‘Long, Sympathetic Article’ About Convicted Serial Rapist

Professor Ann Althouse questions the timing of what she calls “an elaborately worked-out invitation into the mind of the rapist that expects us to care about his struggle to understand himself.” As an aficionado of “true crime” stories, I find the Washington Post article by Josh White fascinating in the same way I was fascinated by Vincent Bugliosi’s […]

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