The Other McCain

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

Viva, Californication?

Three mommies, no daddy: On a leafy drive in west Los Angeles, at a newly renovated home with cathedral ceilings and a backyard pool, 4-year-old Kate Eisenpresser-Davis’ friends have been known to pose an intriguing question: “Why does Kate have three mommies?” Lisa Eisenpresser, 44, and her partner, Angela Courtin, 38, share custody of Kate […]

Teen Bride’s Mom: ‘Courtney Is Used to This Type of Reaction Towards Her’

There was a strong reaction to yesterday’s post about Courtney Stodden, the 16-year-old aspiring singer who married her 51-year-old manager, actor Doug Hutchison, and so I’m sure readers will find lots to say about this bit of information: Courtney’s new husband is four years older than her father. That’s just one item in Sasha Bogursky’s […]

A Christian Virgin in Hollywood?

Sixteen-year-old Courtney Alexis Stodden, pictured above, is said to be an aspiring singer, but no one had ever heard of her until she married 51-year-old actor Doug Hutchison: “We’re aware that our vast age difference is extremely controversial,” the couple told E! News in a statement released by their spokesperson. “But we’re very much in […]

Successful Propaganda

Gallup reports that, for the first time ever, a majority of poll respondents favor same-sex marriage. Note the large and rapid change in opinion: A mere 15 years ago, Americans opposed same-sex marriage by more than a 2-to-1 margin, 68% to 27%, whereas now the number is 53%-45% in support of same-sex marriage. “The fantastical […]

You Saw This Coming, Right?

The inexorable logic of “equality”: Anticipating the elimination of the military ban on homosexuality, the Office of the Chief of Navy Chaplains has decided that same-sex couples in the Navy will be able to get married in Navy chapels, and that Navy chaplains will be allowed to perform the ceremonies — if homosexual marriage is […]

Ye Merry Olde Upskirt Traffic

Back in November, when I first had the silly idea of grabbing the “Kate Middleton upskirt photo” Google-bomb (I blame John Hawkins and his Linkiest aggregator site for the inspiration), I little imagined how traffic would surge on the royal wedding day.

Women Are Mean to Me

Little Miss Attila accuses me of advocating “sex-segregated Puritan libertinism.” What I was actually doing, of course, was having fun at the expense of spoilsport Caitlin Flanagan. But let’s face it: I have too much fun. Amanda Marcotte also decided to take a poke at me, for which I’m grateful, since she thereby called my attention […]

Royalists for Social Justice?

After yesterday’s post about the royal wedding, I decided to develop the theme into a column for The American Spectator: Conservatives, predisposed to defend all things traditional and hierarchical, might naturally be expected to admire the British monarchy. But the remarkable fact is that most of the Americans obsessed by the royal wedding (and the […]

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