The Other McCain

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

Whatever Happened to Crazy?

The endless theorizing about Pentagon shooter Patrick Bedell inspires James Taranto of the Wall Street Journal to observe:  We suppose if Cindy Sheehan ever picked up a gun and started shooting, the media would describe her as a “right-wing extremist” too. It inspired me to write a 1,900-word essay based on Chris Rock’s question: “Whatever happened to […]

One Bong Hit Away From Murder: Warning Signs of Psycho-Libertarianism

“[E]veryone knows that marijuana is a gateway drug to libertarianism.” — Tom Maguire, e-mail to Professor Glenn Reynolds The Psycho-Libertarian Dopehead Menace continues to stalk the blogosphere and everybody’s starting to catch a contact high. Meanwhile, a report from the Los Angeles Times raises the question: Which came first, the heavy marijuana use or the murderous […]

Quit Smoking Dope or You’ll Go on a Psycho Rampage, You Libertarian Freaks

Young people who smoke cannabis or marijuana for six years or more are twice as likely to have psychotic episodes, hallucinations or delusions than people who have never used the drug, scientists said on Monday. — Reuters, March 1 Pinto: I won’t go schizo, will I? Jennings: It’s a distinct possibility. — National Lampoon’s Animal […]

Send the Body to Keith Olbermann

So says Professor Glenn Reynolds, in not quite so many words. The Christian Science Monitor cites certain predictable sources to gin up speculation that the Pentagon shooter was motivated by “right-wing extremism,” but . . . eh, not so much:  Internet research shows that the guy was a 9/11 Truther and an anti-Bush nut case. So much […]

Killer Socialist Professor Update

Harvard-educated murderer Amy Bishop displayed her enlightened, sophisticated academic temperament: In March, 2002, Bishop walked into an International House of Pancakes in Peabody with her family, asked for a booster seat for one of her children, and learned the last seat had gone to another mother. Bishop, according to a police report, strode over to […]

‘Almost Never’ Is Once Too Often

“Certainly, there are lots of socialists on college faculties across the land. Happily, they almost never engage in killing sprees.” — James Joyner, Outside the Beltway UPDATE: The plot thickens: The professor who is accused of killing three colleagues at the University of Alabama on Friday was a suspect in the attempted mail bombing of […]

Attention, Ugly Women: You Do Not
Have the Right to a Job as a Stripper

You might not need to be told this. Obviously, being a stripper is one of those jobs — like NASCAR driver — where good looks are very important. Most ugly women understand this concept, and therefore seek careers as tenured university professors, a field where looks are inconsequential. However, vocational guidance counselors forgot to explain […]

‘Random Tragedy’ Not So Random: Socialist Serial Killer Amy Bishop

“It’s always baffling to me when people try to politicize random tragedies — usually while they’re breaking news stories with little real information.” — James Joyner, Outside the Beltway Joyner is (a) from Alabama and (b) has a Ph.D., and I’m sorry if that caused anyone’s head to explode — “An intellectual? From Alabama?” — […]

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