The Other McCain

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

‘Hundreds of Videos Depicting Underage Boys … in Sexually Explicit Conduct’

That’s a description of what the cops found on an external hard drive when they arrested a top Senate GOP aide: Ryan Loskarn, the now ex-chief of staff for GOP Sen. Lamar Alexander (Tenn.), appeared in federal court on Thursday after being arrested and charged with possessing and distributing child pornography. A nervous Loskarn, whose […]

Cravers of Boy-Flesh: Yet Another Sad Example of a Disturbing Trend

Elizabeth Aponte: She likes ’em young, allegedly. Once you start covering stories like this, people keep sending you tips. Having just recently reported the latest development in the case of Michigan teacher Neal Erickson, this one arrived via e-mail: A 28-year-old woman charged with having sex with a 13-year-old boy in Allentown must face trial […]

Michigan Union: Teachers Still Have a Right to Benefits After Boning Teenagers

(WARNING: This item contains strong language, sexual perversity, an out-of-control labor union and sarcasm.) If the American people can agree on nothing else, can’t we all agree — black or white, male or female, rich or poor, gay or straight — that it’s a very bad thing for teachers to have sex with students? And […]

Anonymous Compares Bradley Manning to Nelson Mandela (Irony Alert)

#Anonymous is circulating this. pic.twitter.com/jnAYvuHgfL Irony much? — Robert Stacy McCain (@rsmccain) December 12, 2013 In that analogy, President Obama is P.W. Botha and laws to punish disobedient soldiers are apartheid. Remember that Bradley Manning was the emotionally disturbed Army private who illegally provided classified U.S. documents to Julian Assange’s Wikileaks. Conservatives are often accused of […]

‘Teacher of the Year’ Learns a Tough Lesson: Always Take the Plea Bargain

Ethel Anderson, 31, was once voted “Teacher of the Year” in Riverside, Florida. You might have thought that when prosecutors offered her a 15-year-sentence, the former language arts teacher at Mango Elementary would have known it was the best she could hope for: A female teacher found guilty of having sex with a 12-year-old student […]

‘They Started to Fight Over Her and I Knew She Was Going to Be Raped’

  Maybe if it had been committed by the Duke lacrosse team, you would have heard of this atrocity by now, but it happened five years ago in another country. Amanda Marcotte probably didn’t notice: Jamie Paterson, 17: “I was lying down and I could hear them undoing the TV and then throwing it across […]

Lunenburg, Massachusetts: Mother Suspected in Fake Racism Hoax?

A supposed hate crime that made big news in Massachusetts now appears to have been a hoax — but still, perhaps, a crime: The investigation into who spray painted a home with racist graffiti last month has turned toward the woman who lives there. Police said on Wednesday that Andrea Brazier is now considered a […]

Public Education News Updates

Colorado Springs, Nov. 22: A Widefield High School teacher accused of sexual assault apparently had the habit of talking to male students about homosexual sex, grabbing their nipples and touching their crotches in a way that several students referred to as “cup checking,” according to an arrest affidavit. Lee Edward Riddle, a 29-year-old German language […]

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