The Other McCain

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

Holy Freaking Crap! High School Seniors Suspended, Accused of ‘White Supremacy’ for Wearing White T-Shirts to School

Stogie at Saberpoint calls attention to this bizarre example of political correctness run amok in California: Students banned from a Central Coast school for wearing a white t-shirt. On Wednesday, Soquel High School suspended at least two students. The students say it’s because of allegations, they’re part of a white supremacist group. . . . […]

Not News? Columbia Professor and Huffington Post Contributor David Epstein Pleads Guilty in Incest Case

You will recall that Palin-hating blogger David Epstein was arrested in December and charged with felony incest for having sex with his adult daughter (now 24) from 2006 through 2009. One of our readers has obtained court documents (for Case #2010NY090162) indicating that Epstein copped a plea to a misdemeanor charge of attempted incest. (Click […]

Ace of Spades Gets It

“The New Aristocracy isn’t made by blood but by credentials,” Ace writes, commenting on a Mark Steyn column about the Strauss-Kahn sex scandal. One of the most unfortunate consequences of the controversy that enveloped The Bell Curve is that, by affixing the “racism” label to Murray and Herrnstein’s book, liberals discouraged people from acquainting themselves […]

Summa Cum Laude

My daughter Kennedy is graduating today from Frostburg (Md.) State University with highest honors. Regular readers will remember that Kennedy got married last summer, and that she was featured in a news story about her career as an aspiring teacher. The commencement ceremony today — and my son Jim’s high-school graduation yesterday — explains why I’m not in Atlanta […]

A Kinsleyan Gaffe?

Michael Kinsley once defined a gaffe as when a politician accidentally tells the truth. New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg: “Unfortunately there are some parents who just come from — they never had a formal education, and they don’t understand the value of education.” Which is certainly true of “some parents,” although it is unclear whether this […]

Like 31 Flavors of AWESOME: Yeah, My Son Jim Is Graduating High School Today

Regular readers will perhaps best know Jim for the work he did last year to fix the engine on the famous 2004 KIA Optima: Of course, that expensive repair job was just weeks before the car got wiped out by the “Whitetail Jihad.” We’ve now got all the parts to do that job, but the […]

To Hell With ‘Gender Equity’

That’s my reaction to a New York Times story about how universities are faking their way around Title IX, which mandates an artificial “equality” between men and women’s sports programs. Americans have for too long been tortured on the Procrustean bed of “equality,” which aims to destroy all custom and tradition — indeed, to destroy liberty itself […]

Alex Pareene, Bigot

Tennessee state Sen. Stacey Campfield has pushed through committee a bill that would prohibit public schools from teaching about homosexuality prior to ninth grade. This inspires Pareene — employed as a professional journalist by Salon — to write as if he were a fanatical activist auditioning for a front-page gig at DailyKos: The numskulls and […]

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