The Other McCain

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

Ben Smith Wants You to Ignore This

As soon as Edward Snowden came forward as the “face” of the NSA leaks, the question immediately suggested itself: “Hero or Traitor?” Revelations about the NSA surveillance program had made worldwide headlines. Coming on the heels of other scandals, it seemed to fit into an emerging neo-Nixonian picture of the Obama administration. As I wrote […]

Edward Snowden’s Dubious Heroism

Lindsay Mills is a dancer, acrobat and blogger: “My world has opened and closed all at once. Leaving me lost at sea without a compass. . . . But at the moment all I can feel is alone. . . . As I type this on my tear-streaked keyboard I’m reflecting on all the faces […]

Let’s Debate Fourth Amendment Rights, and Also Send Snowden to Leavenworth

Glenn Greenwald’s new man-crush, Edward Snowden theothermccain.com/2013/06/10/hol… I am more afraid of the federal Department of Education than I am of the #NSA. Seriously. @angelatc @justinamash — Robert Stacy McCain (@rsmccain) June 10, 2013 Following the Edward Snowden revelations, I find myself accused of statism, warmongering and worse. It seems some of my libertarian friends […]

Holy Freaking Crap! How Did NSA Leaker Edward Snowden Get Security Clearance?

My son enlisted in Army under same 18X program as #Snowden. Whiskey Tango Foxtrot! viralread.com/2013/06/10/her… — Robert Stacy McCain (@rsmccain) June 10, 2013 The phrase “whistleblower” would imply the disclosure of wrongdoing and — sorry, Senator Paul — I don’t see any crime at NSA, beyond the negligence that put a high-school dropout in a […]

#DDayVA Stand Up for Veterans Today!

Today is D-Day. Stand up with @concernedvets for our veterans who served. millionvetbacklog.com/#petition #DDayVA — Robert Stacy McCain (@rsmccain) June 6, 2013 Obama promised to fix the backlog at Veterans Affairs. Instead, it got worse — 2,000% worse! millionvetbacklog.com/#petition PLZ RT #tcot #DDayVA — Robert Stacy McCain (@rsmccain) June 6, 2013

Adrian Lamo Is a Hero

Anybody who is hated by Anonymous must be doing something right: Lamo previously lived in Sacramento but went into hiding for fear of reprisals for turning in the 25-year-old soldier . . . (It is an insult to honorable soldiers to call a gutless lying cowardly dirtbag like Bradley Manning a “soldier.”) . . . […]

‘Take That Hill’

My 14-year-old son stayed home from school today sick, and put the TV on the Military Channel where, among other shows, we watched a documentary about the Battle of Hill 875 in Vietnam. To call this a battle is something of a misnomer: It was a horrible blunder, a senseless slaughter caused by poor strategy […]

He Gets His Wings Tonight!

The back of this T-shirt asks, ‘What do you do?’ So the final jump of Airborne school was supposed to happen Thursday night and graduation was supposed to be noon Friday. But the C-130 was grounded by mechanical problems, so my Army son didn’t get to make his fifth jump until about 5 p.m. Friday, […]

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