The Other McCain

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

Good May Come Of This Administration: The Realization That Federal Involvement In Personal Matters Is False

by Smitty Bruce Carroll, writing in the Daily Caller, critiquing the Left’s response to Barack’s panderingevolution this last week: In my experience this is a typical reaction from left-wing gays and lesbians. They want to be liked, accepted, adored and fawned over. This week, President Obama gave them an important moment of self-adoration. After the […]

This Might Be What You’d Call ‘Relevant’

Remember how Liz McMillen threw Naomi Schaefer Riley to the wolves over accusations of racism? Headline at American Power: Naomi Schaefer Riley Is Married to the Wall Street Journal‘s Jason Riley, Who is Black Routine conversation at the Riley household, as imagined by typical readers of the Chronicle of Higher Education: Naomi: Honey, will you […]

Which Is Worse: Gang-Rape or Racism?

British teens must be grateful their rapists weren’t victims of racism “Individuals opposed to Party rule are selected as targets of disapproval, usually to the point of demonization. Criticism usually extends to allegations of personal corruption, wickedness, or barbarism. Terms used to vilify Party opponents are formulaic, seeming to draw from a lexicon developed for […]

Commissars Sacrifice Naomi Schaefer Riley to the ‘New Gods of Diversity’

You might think that being a magna cum laude graduate of Harvard, an accomplished journalist and published author, would be the kind of impeccable credentials that would offer some protection against the occasional eruptions of intellectual cannibalism on campus. Alas, no. Naomi Schaefer Riley is a former Wall Street Journal editor, the author of God […]

First Arrest in Alleged ‘Justice for Trayvon’ Mob Attack in Mobile, Alabama

The case of Matthew Owens, a white man who suffered critical injuries after being beaten by a black mob — some of whom allegedly shouted “that’s justice for Trayvon” — has produced its first arrest: Terry Rawls, 44, who “has an extensive criminal history . . . including assault, burglary, theft and cocaine possession.” Meanwhile, however, it […]

Alabama Man Becomes Third Victim of ‘Justice for Trayvon’ Violence Trend UPDATE: Not a Hate Crime, Cops Say

From the very start, I warned against trying this case in the media. Demagoguery and political grandstanding have predictably inflamed emotions, so that innocent people who never set foot in Sanford, Florida, are made to pay a dreadful price: First in Baltimore, then in Chicago, and now in Mobile, Alabama: Police tell News 5 the […]

‘Civil Rights’ = Death Threats

Hey, remember when liberals were anti-lynching? George Zimmerman released on bond in Trayvon Martin killing — Los Angeles Times Twitter lynch mob: George Zimmerman is out on bail? Let’s kill him! — Twitchy If you’re old enough to remember when liberals were opposed to racism — and in favor of grammar and spelling — well, howdy, old-timer!

Dear Victor Davis Hanson: Racism Is A Power Pump

by Smitty Here’s a great essay by Victor Davis Hanson on the racial divide, epitomized by the Trayvon Martin tragedy. And yet. . .I just don’t think the great scholar gets it, or, at least, seemed to pull his punches: Why? I could go on and on, but one gets the message. So why the […]

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