The Other McCain

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

Teacher Convicted of Sex With Teen Asks Judge for Castration Instead of Prison

Weird story from Connecticut: A teacher convicted of sexually assaulting one of his students had an odd request for the judge at his sentencing Thursday. Adam Friedman, 46, offered to be castrated in an effort to avoid prison time. Friedman was an instructor at the Arts at the Capitol Theater magnet school in Willimantic when […]

WikiLeaks and the Totalitarian Impulse

“The dissolution of the distinction between the private and public spheres was one of the great aims of totalitarianism.” — Theodore Dalrymple, “What’s Really Wrong with WikiLeaks” Coincidentally, last night I was thinking along very similar lines not only in regard to Julian Assange’s info-terrorism, but also in regard to what Betsy Rothstein does at […]

Noose Tightens for Julian Assange

The Washington Post: PARIS- The Swedish Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Julian Assange, the Wikileaks founder and guiding spirit, must appear before a magistrate in Stockholm to answer accusations of rape and sexual harassment brought by two Swedish women. . . . Read the rest. Like I said, four words.

‘Roman Polanski Has a Rival as the World’s Most Notorious Fugitive Pervert’

That was a friend’s reaction on Twitter to the news that Interpol has issued a warrant for Julian Assange on sex-crimes charges: The WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange, is tonight facing growing legal problems around the world, with the US announcing that it was investigating whether he had violated its espionage laws. Assange’s details were also […]

Muslim Columnist: U.K. Rape Gang Case Exposes ‘Disgusting Cultural Beliefs’

Yasmin Alibhai-Brown is a founding member of British Muslims for Secular Democracy. A native Ugandan of Indian ancestry, she came to England in 1972, shortly before the ruthless dictator Idi Amin officially expelled Uganda’s Asian population. She married a British man, Colin Brown, and is a popular author, journalist and lecturer. Alibhai-Brown is a woman of […]

Student Takes Hostages in Wisconsin; UPDATE: 15-Year-Old Gunman Commits Suicide; Hostages Freed Unharmed

Marinette High School, about 50 miles north of Green Bay: A student armed with a handgun burst into a high school classroom in eastern Wisconsin on Monday, taking nearly two dozen students and a teacher hostage at the end of the school day, authorities said. Five hostages were released by mid-evening. . . . Police […]

U.K. Rape-Gang Leader’s Ex-Girlfriend ‘Wasn’t Surprised’ by His Crimes

Notice that she “felt like something wasn’t right” about Mohammed Saddique, and yet she couldn’t say no to him: A FORMER girlfriend of the ringleader of a Derby gang which raped and abused at least 27 girls has described evil Abid Mohammed Saddique as a “puppet master”. Toni-Marie Redfern was horrified to discover that during […]

VIDEO: Couple Saves Six-Month-Old Baby Daughter From Carjacker

Your heart-warming feel-good story of the day:

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