The Other McCain

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

A Criminal History

The weird thing about the YouTube algorithm is its apparent randomness. Saturday night at dinner with my podcast partner John Hoge, I went off on a tangent about the bass riff on the 1966 Simon and Garfunkel hit, “A Hazy Shade of Winter” — something I picked up watching a YouTube video — and then […]

Armed Self-Defense in Dallas

This happened in December, but the police took a while to complete their investigation and make arrests, so we’re just now getting a detailed account of what happened: There are a lot of new details about how a recent attempted carjacking of a luxury car went down in an upscale area of Dallas. Police arrested […]

MSU Gunman Got Charge Reduced to Misdemeanor on 2019 Gun Arrest

Although certain Internet sleuths had, by monitoring police scanners, discovered the identity of the gunman who killed three Michigan State University students and wounded five others before committing suicide, I hadn’t followed the story of Monday night’s shooting closely. So this morning, when there was a televised press conference in Lansing about the massacre, I […]

Crime Reduction in Polk County, Florida

Say hello to 21-year-old Alex Michael Greene and, while you’re at it, go ahead and say good-bye, because Mr. Greene shuffled off this mortal coil yesterday in Polk County: Pandemonium took over on Winter Haven’s Havendale Boulevard at about 2 p.m. Monday when a suspect connected to last week’s mass shooting in Lakeland fled from […]

Crazy People Are Dangerous: Canadian Child Actor Dopehead Matricide Edition

Like most Canadians, Ryan Grantham looks harmless. He’s only 5-foot-2 and began appearing in movies and TV shows as a child. But despite his innocent appearance, Grantham is a deadly menace. Like most Canadians. It is probably not necessary for me to remind readers of my longtime advocacy of thermonuclear warfare against Canada, which I […]

The Long Overdue and Much Awaited Return of Aspiring Rapper Update

If it’s bad news that three men went missing in Detroit, is it good news when they are found? We report, you decide: Two missing rappers and their friend were found dead in an abandoned Michigan apartment building Thursday — nearly two weeks after they disappeared the night their gig was canceled. Investigators discovered the bodies […]

You Can’t Run From ‘Air One’

Just a few years ago, when he was a student at Father Lopez High School in Daytona Beach, Florida, Zachary Teytlebaum filled his Twitter feed with messages of determination to succeed as a football player, At 6-foot-3 and 255 pounds, Teytlebaum played defensive line for the “Green Wave” football team, but his hope of making […]

The Diversity of ‘White Supremacy’

When I first heard that there was a controversy about a black man being beaten to death by police in Memphis, I certainly did not expect to discover all the cops were black: Five Memphis police officers have been charged with second-degree murder, among other charges, in connection with the death of Tyre Nichols, who […]

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