The Other McCain

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

LIVE AT FIVE: 01.11.13

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS NRA’s LaPierre: Biden Meeting Missed The Target NRA: “We were disappointed with how little this meeting had to do with keeping our children safe and how much it had to do with an agenda to attack the Second Amendment.” Obama Nominates Jack Lew To Replace Geithner At Treasury Former […]

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 […]

When Your Gun Is Not Your Gun

Your firearms are your private property and you have the right to sell your private property, right? Well, not if Joe Biden gets his way: “[T]here is a surprising — so far — a surprising recurrence of suggestions that we have universal background checks. Not just close the gun show loophole but total, universal background checks, including […]

Notes on Hip: Hanson as Sontag

Susan Sontag circa 1965 In 1964, Susan Sontag published a 6,000-word essay in Partisan Review called “Notes on ‘Camp,’” which described a hitherto little-noted phenomenon: A sensibility emerging from the gay subculture and just then beginning to diffuse itself through the world of art and theater. Sontag was a prodigy: She graduated high school at 15, […]

Can Fauxcohontas Delete the Internet?

Wikipedia expert Leigh Thelmadatter guest-blogs at Legal Insurrection: On January 7, 2013, Legal Insurrection noted that the entire section about controversy surrounding Elizabeth Warren’s asserted Native American heritage had been wiped fromher Wikipedia page. That assertion was seen by Wikipedia and responded to, with the section reinstated, albeit in a  different form than before. , […]

They Told Me If I Voted for Romney …

. . . low-income minorities would have a harder time getting approved for mortgages — and they were right! The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Thursday will roll out the first of several far-reaching changes to the nation’s mortgage market, limiting upfront fees and curtailing practices such as interest-only payments that can leave homeowners stuck […]

LIVE AT FIVESIX: 01.10.13

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS Biden Suggests Executive Action On Guns VP suggests Obama may bypass Congress on parts of gun-control agenda New Federal Mortgage Rules Aim To Restrict Options CFPB intends to insure mortgage borrowers can repay loans Lew Nomination Elevates Budget Battles Over Crisis Management Administration emphasis shifting from global financial crises […]

A Soldier and Two Marines: Sworn to ‘Support and Defend the Constitution’

Sixty-one shipped out of Fort Meade today. Only one of them was 18 X-Ray. You’re welcome, America. — Robert Stacy McCain (@rsmccain) January 9, 2013 My son is now in training, but we got a lecture about “operational security” during our visit to the MEPS (Military Entrance Processing Station) and after discussion with my wife, […]

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