The Other McCain

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

The Intersection of Rage and Ignorance

Tempted as I am to blame “misinformation” for this, the facts of the Kyle Rittenhouse case were accurately reported in dozens of major media outlets, so there is no excuse for these people who somehow got the idea that Rittenhouse “murdered . . . black kids in Michigan during a protest.” Just to reiterate: The […]

Cody Balmer Update: Crazy, Yes, But Also Ranting About ‘the Palestinian People’

After Tuesday’s victory lap — in which I congratulated myself for deducing that Cody Balmer was mentally ill — it is now time for me to eat some crow for dessert, as it turns out that the arsonist who lit up the Pennsylvania governor’s mansion also had a political agenda: The madman who carried out […]

Crazy People Are Dangerous: Pennsylvania Arsonist Edition

As soon as Pennsylvania State Police announced that Cody Balmer had been charged with setting the fire at the Pennsylvania governor’s mansion in Harrisburg, someone found Balmer’s Facebook page and a deep dive found little evidence to point to a motive. Like most other people — including Gov. Josh Shapiro himself — I immediately assumed […]

‘Clearly a Fanatic of Some Type’

Flagler County, Florida, is a wonderful place with many wonderful people, including Sheriff Rick Staly, who is one of the most experienced law-enforcement officers in the entire United States. Sheriff Staly first became a cop in 1975 in Oviedo right out of high school, then spent a year with the Altamonte Springs Police Department before […]

Texas Murder: An Exclamation Point on My Argument About ‘Adolescence’

Matt Walsh’s Daily Wire article is “members only,” so in case you’ve been hiding under a rock — or getting your news from the mainstream media — I’ll summarize what happened in Frisco, Texas, this week: A high school junior, Austin Metcalf, was stabbed to death Wednesday morning at a track meet by a senior […]

UPDATE: Liberal Wins in Wisconsin After GOP Wins Two Florida Special Elections

UPDATE 9:55 p.m. ET: It’s over in Wisconsin. Decision Desk HQ projects Susan Crawford wins election to the Wisconsin Supreme Court.#DecisionMade: 9:41 PM EDT Results: https://t.co/xANhmetrz1 pic.twitter.com/jATzSTGp0m — Decision Desk HQ (@DecisionDeskHQ) April 2, 2025 So basically we burned tens of millions of dollars for nothing. *** PREVIOUSLY *** Something like $100 million has been […]

Aspiring Rapper Update

Say hello to Torkilo Hambrick and, while you’re at it, go ahead and say good-bye, because Torkilo probably won’t be back on the streets anytime soon. Torkilo is a career criminal from Memphis who made the mistake of committing serious felonies in Lonoke County, Arkansas — where Donald Trump got 76% of the vote in […]

CPAC: Too Early to Think About 2026?

NATIONAL HARBOR, Maryland So I get on the hotel elevator with a couple, and the guy’s wearing a red shirt emblazoned, “RON ELLER FOR CONGRESS.” Curiosity being a journalistic habit, I ask the guy, “Who’s Ron Eller?” “I’m Ron Eller,” he says, and then proceeds to tell me that he ran for Congress last year […]

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