The Other McCain

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

‘A Philadelphia Gentleman’s Club’

Euphemism alert: Authorities have identified two suspects wanted in a double homicide that happened outside a Philadelphia gentlemen’s club on Tuesday. Investigators say a 32-year-old man and a 42-year-old man suffered fatal gunshot wounds when an argument turned deadly in the parking lot of Club Risqué on Tacony Street around 2:30 a.m. (Because where else […]

Crazy People Are Dangerous

Say hello to Harrison Foster of Cape Girardeau, Missouri. This is a mugshot from 2008, after Foster was arrested for robbing pharmacies and the judge ordered a “mental evaluation” that sent him to “Fulton State Hospital’s maximum security lockdown.” Foster was 21 at the time, and I don’t know what the results of the “mental […]

Denver Shooting Rampage Update: Gunman Identified as Tattoo Artist Lyndon McLeod, Was Known to Cops

Before the identity of the Denver shooter was known, I’d predicted that we would “eventually be told the gunman ‘struggled with mental health issues,’” and sure enough, Lyndon James McLeod, 47, “had a history of psychiatric episodes,” according to “multiple law enforcement sources.” McLeod had twice been the subject of police investigations in the past […]

Denver Gunman Kills 4, Wounds 3

Motive unknown: A lone gunman shot four people to death and wounded three, including a police officer, on Monday in a Denver-area shooting spree that unfolded at several locations and ended with police killing the suspect, authorities said. Investigators have yet to determine a motive for the rampage, which began around 5 p.m. when the […]

Killadelphia Update

When last we checked in on Philadephia’s crime wave, the city had already eclipsed its all-time annual murder record of 500 (“‘Killadelphia’ D.A. Turned Loose Teen Carjacker Who Murdered Marxist Student,” Dec. 2) and then this past week, local Democratic congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon was carjacked in FDR Park. The bodies keep stacking up in […]

Ironic Justice: Two Anti-Police Lawmakers Get Carjacked

This may cause me to re-think my opposition to carjacking: Two Democrats who supported police reform in Philadelphia and Chicago were both carjacked at gunpoint within 24 hours of each other. Illinois state Sen. Kimberly Lightford (D-Maywood) was targeted in suburban Chicago on Tuesday night, while Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon (D-Pa.) was carjacked Wednesday afternoon […]

Joe Manchin Wrecks ‘Build Back Better,’ Ruins Christmas for Democrats

Democrats and the media (but I repeat myself) are wringing their hands and gnashing their teeth in impotent fury at the West Virginia senator who refused to let them join in any reindeer games: The White House accused Sen. Joe Manchin III of a double-cross on President Biden’s mammoth social welfare and climate change legislation. […]

‘No Stranger to Law Enforcement’

Say hello to 32-year-old Davis Howard Jr., who was behind the wheel of a speeding Maserati in Bunnell, Florida, when a Flagler County deputy blue-lighted him and Howard took off — because, really, what’s the point of driving a Maserati if you can’t try to outrun cops once in a while? The high-speed chase ended […]

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