The Other McCain

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

CONNECTICUT SCHOOL SHOOTING UPDATE: Death Toll 27; Gunman Now Identified as 20-Year-Old Adam Lanza

UPDATE 6:20 p.m. ET: Nearly everything originally reported about the gunman was wrong, as Ace of Spades notes. Reports had ID’d 24-year-old Ryan Lanza as the shooter, but now it is reported that in fact the shooter was his 20-year-old brother Adam Lanza: According to a report from ABC News, neighbors of the Lanza family […]

The Stalinist at Montclair State

Smitty blogged about this Monday, but amid the election excitement, I worry that it may have been overlooked. During an Oct. 25 debate at Montclair State University, Professor Grover Furr denied the systematic mass murders committed under Soviet dictator Josef Stalin: “What you said is a bulls–t. It’s wrong. It’s a lie. . . . […]

Once More Proving Why the Ivy League Elite Are Our Moral Superiors

As a synonym for “moral superiority,” substitute nude young boys: Dr. Richard J. Keller, 56, of Andover, was arrested and charged today with receipt of child pornography. Prosecutors said Keller bought or ordered more than 50 DVDs of child pornography online. An ongoing search of his home in Andover has turned up more than 500 […]

Striking Teachers: When Omitting Letters, Avail Yourself Of The Apostrophe

by Smitty Another best practice: lay the sign out in pencil before using markers. In the plus column, at least this is hand-made: Spelling c’unts via Michelle Malkin

If You’re Plagiarizing in J-School …

. . . that’s kind of a large hint that maybe a journalism career isn’t going to work out for you. Consider the case of Columbia University journalism student Jade Bonacolta, who decided that a great way to write a story would be to plagiarize a New York Times article published two days earlier. This […]

The Sexual Predators Union

Otherwise known as the United Federation of Teachers: In the last five years in New York City, 97 tenured teachers or school employees have been charged by the Department of Education with sexual misconduct. . . . [T]he unions — believing that they are helping the cause of teachers by being weak on sexual predators […]

Kids! What’s the Matter With Kids Today?

Why can’t they be like we were, perfect in every way? Actually, as Bush-era “brand damage” fades amid the grim reality of Obama-ism — hey,  the economy sucks, right? — the kids are starting to figure this stuff out. In 2008, exit polls showed the Republicans lost the under-30 vote by more than a 2-to-1 margin […]

‘Higher Education Bubble’? Colorado Shooter Is Medical School Dropout

Larry McShane of the New York Daily News reports: The suspected Colorado movie mass murderer was a loner and a medical school dropout who described himself last year as “quiet and easy-going” on a rental application. James Holmes, 24, withdrew abruptly last month from the University of Colorado Medical School, spokeswoman Jacque Montgomery said Friday. […]

« go back — keep looking »