The Other McCain

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

Equality: Women Raping Women

Gayle Newland of Cheshire, England, is on trial for five counts of sexual assault. Prosecutors say that Newland, 25, invented a false persona, “Kye Fortune . . . a half-Filipino, half-Latino young man,” in order to trick a woman into sex. “Kye” claimed to have been disfigured by surgery for cancer and convinced the victim […]

Don’t Do This, Ever

So-called “sexting” is such a disastrously bad idea that I shouldn’t even have to explain why it’s a bad idea. Here is the thing: The “sexting” participant provides his or her partner with evidence — a permanent digital record of text messages and images — that the partner can then use as he or she […]

Murder City, U.S.A.

Violent crime in Baltimore has escalated to the point it’s actually worse than Detroit. Baltimore’s homicide rate has increased 56% this year compared to 2014, and every day brings new headlines about the bloody crime wave: The son of a high-ranking Baltimore police commander has been charged with murder in the stabbing death of his […]

Self-Correcting Stupidity

Houston mourns the loss of a promising young man: A man posing with a gun and taking selfies was killed when the gun went off and struck him in southwest Houston, police said. Family members said the victim is 19-year-old Deleon Alonso Smith. Investigators said Smith was taking selfies with a gun at an apartment […]

Gunman Blames Racism After He Kills Two Young Journalists on Live TV UPDATE: Charleston Church Shooting ‘Sent Me Over the Top,’ Killer Claims

Vester Flanagan, a/k/a Bryce Williams Alison Parker and Adam Ward of WDBJ-TV in Roanoke, Virginia, were doing a live broadcast this morning when a disgruntled former employee of the station approached and shot them both dead with a semi-automatic pistol. Vester Flanagan, who had worked for WDBJ-TV using the on-air name “Bryce Williams,” posted a […]

Feds Raid ‘Rentboy’ Site

While the hack of the adultery site AshleyMadison-dot-com was making headlines, the FBI was investigating a male escort site: A criminal complaint was unsealed today in federal court in Brooklyn charging the CEO of Rentboy.com, Jeffrey Hurant, and six Rentboy.com employees with conspiring to violate the Travel Act by promoting prostitution. . . . As […]

Memphis Manhunt for Cop Killer

Shooting suspect Tremaine Wilbourn (left); Officer Sean Bolton (right). Tremaine Wilbourn Hunted Over Shooting of Memphis Police Officer Sean Bolton — NBC News Police issue warrant in slaying of officer — Memphis Commercial Appeal Memphis police officer killed; suspect identified — CNN MPD: Tremaine Wilbourn wanted in shooting of Officer Sean Bolton — WHBQ-TV, Memphis […]

God Bless Kentucky

“My daughter comes in and says, ‘Dad, there’s a drone out here flying.’” When your daughter’s sunbathing by your family’s backyard pool and she tells you there’s a drone hovering over her, what are you going to do? Well, if you’re in Bullitt County, Kentucky, you go get your shotgun and blast that dadgum thing […]

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