The Other McCain

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

Reagan and the ‘Welfare Queen’

One of the things about the Internet Age is that it assists us in determining the truth about circumstances which have historically been the subject of myth-making. Josh Levin of Slate discovered the facts behind a favorite anecdote of Ronald Reagan’s: [I]n stump speech after stump speech, Reagan regaled his supporters with the story of […]

Today’s Ray Of Hope

— Wombat-socho Yesterday’s Washington Times featured an article by Rowan Scarborough indicating that the Army War College at Carlisle Barracks, Pa. was going to be removing portraits of Confederate generals such as Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson, and hinted that this was more political correctness run wild, as in the case of Duval County, […]

Brett Kimberlin’s Conspiracy Theory and Other Recent Legal Proceedings

Brett Kimberlin could have been sentenced to 230 years in federal prison “Kimberlin seemed to be the only one with a possible motive — to distract police attention from the Scyphers murder and delay or halt their quiet investigation of him.” – R. Joseph Gelarden, Indianapolis Star, “Kimberlin case a maze of murder, deceit,” Oct. 18, 1981 […]

Patch: AOL’s Expensive Failure

Patch fails. Like I predicted. Patch what, you ask? Exactly. http://t.co/QeQLfcGFrA @rsmccain — Ali A. Akbar (@ali) December 16, 2013 Do you remember in February 2011 when AOL bought the Huffington Post for $315 million? Did that price tag come to mind in August when Amazon’s Jeff Bezos bought the Washington Post for $250 million? […]

A Scoop That Was Not a Scoop: The ‘Spying on Gamers’ Story Is Old News

You perhaps saw the headlines: Spies Infiltrate a Fantasy Realm of Online Games — New York Times Xbox Live among game services targeted by US and UK spy agencies — The Guardian World of Spycraft: NSA and CIA Spied in Online Games — Pro Publica Don’t believe the Greenwald/Snowden media fanboy hype, says Paul Hair […]

Now @MikeElk Calls @betsyscribeindc a ‘Racist,’ Because … Journalism!

My apology for treating you to more of this kook’s kookiness, but these nutjobs just fascinate me. Mike Elk responded to Betsy Rothstein’s Monday article with a series of typically bizarre e-mails: [C]riticize him at your own peril — he’ll charge that you’re against people with conditions like Asperger’s and write your boss and insist […]

Because @MikeElk Deserves a Reply

An e-mail arrived at 9:50 a.m. today: Subject: u still sore you lost the civil war? From: Mike Elk ([email protected]) To: Robert Stacy McCain Shit son, I am about to go visit some Civil War battlefields where we kicked the fuck out of you degenerate Confederate bastards. I bet you are still sore you guys […]

What, If Anything, Does the @MikeElk Meltdown Prove About the Left?

Smear the target. When they respond, accuse them of racism or cyberbullying @betsyscribeindc w/ the story http://t.co/cu4gIHPekT — Eli Lake (@EliLake) December 9, 2013 Do you really care about a personal feud between Mike Elk (a labor reporter for the progressive journal In These Times) and Eli Lake (a national security reporter for The Daily […]

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