The Other McCain

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

Liberal Ethics: If It’s OK to Kill Babies, Why Is It Wrong to Molest Children?

Not an entirely moot question, now that the former executive director of a pro-abortion group has been busted in a sex  sting operation: Scott Richard Swirling, 61, thought he was discussing plans to meet a District man who was offering to let him have sex with his preteen daughter, authorities said. It turns out Swirling […]

The Incident at St. Aloysius: 911 Call in Illinois Raises Questions for Church

Was something kinky happening in the rectory of a Catholic church in Springfield, Illinois? That would seem to be the implication of this story: The pastor of St. Aloysius church on Springfield’s north end has been granted a leave of absence after he called 911 from the rectory and told a dispatcher that he needed […]

Too Sexy for Iowa

The Constitution doesn’t guarantee you the right to be sexy: The Iowa Supreme Court ruled [Friday] that employers can fire employees towards whom they have an “irresistible attraction,” irrespective of the latter’s workplace conduct. The 7-0 decision, handed down by the all-male court, came about as a result of a lawsuit filed by married dental […]

Naked Celebrity News Update (Or, the Parable of the Prodigal Upskirt)

Because I’m trying not to offend the Pope — he’s on Twitter now, and I’m still hoping to get a “Follow Friday” shout-out — I resisted the temptation to headline this item “Anne Hathaway Upskirt,” although I decided it wouldn’t hurt to use that as the URL. It seems that at this week’s premiere of Les […]

Ohio Democrat Makes Bestiality Jokes; Humane Society Official Not Amused

In Ohio, believe it or not, it’s legal to sodomize your dog. Or fellate your horse, or otherwise have carnal knowledge of whatever species might arouse your perverse erotic interest. Some members of the Ohio legislature want to pass a law to outlaw bestiality, and the leader of the state’s House Democrats decided to make a few […]

The Sexual Avant-Garde

From the Wall Street Journal: Writing to James Jones in 1965, [novelist William Styron] describes a weekend visit to the Vineyard by Jackie Kennedy: “We swam around quite a bit on the ocean beach and I rubbed a good deal of Sea n’ Ski foam on the widow’s thighs. . . . I hate to […]

Bad Memories of Bayshore Boulevard

(Left to right) Natalie Khawam, Gen. David Petraeus, Dr. Scott Kelley, Jill Kelley and Holly Petraeus at a party in Tampa. It was August and a hurricane was hovering off the Florida coast that Monday afternoon in Tampa when I set out to find Jim Antle. The senior editor of The American Spectator had my […]

If You Were Saying to Yourself, ‘This Petraeus Scandal Isn’t Crazy Enough …’

You’re going to love this news: Jill Kelley — whose report of threatening e-mails led to revelations of Gen. David Petraeus’s affair with Paula Broadwell — has a “psychologically unstable” twin sister. And when the sister needed a reference in her child custody case, Petraeus provided it: The four-star general’s letter to the court — written […]

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