The Other McCain

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

Rape Without Context

Perusing the #fem2 (feminist) hashtag, I found a post at @TheNib that tells the story of a woman’s rape, in a way that makes no sense. Go read the whole thing and try to figure it out. The guy “hovered over” her — where? — and told her she was “pretty,” had sex with her […]

Buy It Now: ‘The Last Falangist’ Review; Wombat Shows the Hard Face

In case you don’t recognize the name Kevin Trainor, he is our very own Wombat, the co-blogger who compiles the daily “Live at Five” headline roundup and now the author of The Last Falangist: Essays on Culture and Politics in America — CLICK HERE TO BUY NOW. Wombat points out in the introduction that he […]

What Were They Thinking?

Why would the editors of Esquire assign Tom Junod — or anybody else, for that matter — to write “In Praise of 42-Year-Old Women”? And, having made that assignment, why would they not demand a re-write after he turned in a horrifying mess that begins thus: Let’s face it: There used to be something tragic […]

LIVE AT FIVE: 07.11.14

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS Obama Offers To Broker Gaza Ceasefire Palestinians claim most of the dead and injured are civilians Rocket fire from Lebanon joins barrage from Gaza Turkish PM Erdogan says Gaza offensive threatens rapprochement Gov. Perry To Obama: Send Guard To Border Now Criticizes President for not visiting border Even Texas […]

Atheist Progressive Makes Rape Threat About Conservative’s Teen Daughter

Preston Smith (@common_alias) is an atheist progressive supporter of Hillary Clinton’s incipient 2016 presidential campaign. C. Steven Tucker (@CSteven) is a Chicago businessman, Tea Party activist and ObamaCare critic. Wednesday afternoon, Tucker sent out a Twitter message about calls to impeach President Obama. Smith responded with a sick comment — CC’d to Tucker’s wife Andrea — […]

What Is Radical Feminism? ‘Make Deviance the Core of Our Identity’

“Both femininity and masculinity are heteropatriarchal terms that establish the boundaries of what is ‘acceptable,’ ‘permissible’ appearance and behavior for females, Lesbians included. Heteropatriarchal semantics equates femininity with femaleness and masculinity with maleness, as though behaviors and personality traits were determined by biological sex. On the basis of that equation, heteropatriarchy values femininity in females and masculinity in males. […]

LIVE AT FIVE: 07.10.14

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS Israeli Drones Hunt Hamas As Terrorist Rockets Strike Deeper In Israel PGM strikes kill more jihadi leaders, but collateral damage deaths among civilians still high Uttar Pradesh Hero Amit Shah Named BJP President Expected to take the party to greater success Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin Sentenced To […]

Obama Fails Again: Are We Surprised?

“Obama: Anatomy of a World Leader,” by Alex Gray (detail) The escalating mess at Murietta and the general bankruptcy of President Obama’s “immigration policy” — the scare-quotes necessitated by its haphazard and improvised nature, so that it isn’t actually a policy at all — isn’t something I’ve said a lot about, because the disaster is […]

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