The Other McCain

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

Modern Motherhood, Florida-Style

Headline from the Tampa Tribune: Florida woman has abandoned three babies at apartment complexes since 2016, police say I include that headline so that Stephen Green doesn’t miss this story in his next “Florida Man Friday” roundup. The details: Investigators have identified the biological mother of three newborns who’ve been found at apartment complexes in […]

Before Capitol Riot, D.C. Mayor Rejected Federal Law-Enforcement Assistance

If you’re wondering how a mob so easily overwhelmed security at the Capitol on Wednesday, look no further than D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser. On Tuesday, Mayor Bowser sent a remarkable letter to Acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen, Acting Secretary of Defense Chris Miller and Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy, discouraging them from deploying security forces in […]

Real Life Is Not Twitter or a Video Game

Practically everybody on Twitter today is sharing their opinion of what happened Wednesday in Washington, D.C. Not only are Democrats using the mob scene at the Capitol to smear all Republicans as traitors, etc., but a lot of “conservative” are making a point of how much they deplore the unruly rabble. See, it is not […]

WTF Just Happened in D.C.?

So, I was up late last night for the Georgia runoff election, then got up at 5:30 a.m. to write up the final result, after which I had some deadline project work to do until about noon. My grandchildren came over about 1 p.m. I had kind of noticed on Twitter some stuff about pro-Trump […]

How Bad Is Philly? Worse Than Chicago

Yesterday I took notice of the awful crime situation in Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s Chicago, where homicides increased 55% last year. However, as bad as Chicago is — and frankly, I can’t imagine why anyone would want to live in that Democrat-controlled hellhole — Philadelphia is actually worse. Under Democrat Mayor Jim Kenney, violent crime in […]

Stupid City, Stupid Mayor: Homicide Increases 55% in Lori Lightfoot’s Chicago

Remember, dead people are still eligible to vote in Chicago: A 41-year-old man was shot and killed early Friday morning in Chicago’s Bronzeville neighborhood, marking the city’s first homicide of 2021 and following a year of spiking crime rates there and around the nation. According to Chicago police data, the city recorded 769 homicides in […]

Crazy People Are Dangerous

Wow, talk about dropping the ball: More than a year before Anthony Warner detonated a Christmas Day bomb in downtown Nashville, officers visited his home after his girlfriend told police he was building bombs in a recreational vehicle at his residence, according to documents. But they did not make contact with him, or see inside […]

Nashville: ‘Lone Wolf’ Suicide Bomber

Police have identified Anthony Quinn Warner, 63, as the perpetrator of the Christmas morning explosion in Nashville. It is believed that Warner acted alone and that he died in the blast: Metro Nashville Police Department Spokesman Don Aaron confirmed Warner’s identity to the Associated Press on Sunday. He did not provide any more details. However, […]

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