The Other McCain

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

The Queer State of California

  News from the Left Coast: The Palm Springs, Calif., City Council now has transgender and bisexual members — and is entirely LGBT or queer. Lisa Middleton made history as the first openly trans candidate elected to a nonjudicial office in California (Victoria Kolakowski was elected an Alameda County Superior Court judge in 2010). She […]

Can Roy Moore Still Win?

  By now, I’m sure every reader is familiar with the news. The Washington Post reported Thursday that in the late 1970s and early ’80s, when Roy Moore was a lawyer in his early 30s, he pursued relationships with three teenage girls, the youngest of whom was 14 at the time. This would seem to […]

Gillespie Defeated in Virginia as Huge Democrat Turnout Devastates GOP

Ed Gillespie got more votes (1.18 million) yesterday than any Republican gubernatorial candidate in Virginia history, but Democrats produced a “tsunami” turnout that elected Ralph Northam and wiped out GOP candidates in down-ticket races. The trend was nationwide: Democrats roared back on Tuesday a year after suffering perhaps the most demoralizing defeat in modern political […]

TEXAS CHURCH MASSACRE: ‘Creepy’ Atheist Was Stopped by Armed Citizen

Atheist murderer Devin Kelley (left); Texas hero Stephen Willeford (right). Crucial facts about the shooting at First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, are beginning to emerge. The perpetrator, 26-year-old Devin Patrick Kelley, was given a bad-conduct discharge from the Air Force three years ago after he assaulted his wife and infant child in 2012. […]

MASSACRE: 26 Killed at Texas Church; Gunman ID’d as Devin Patrick Kelley

A horrific crime was committed this morning when a gunman opened fire at the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas. The gunman is reportedly dead; at least 25 people were killed and 20 others wounded, but we don’t know the killer’s identity or his motive. UPDATE: The gunman has been identified as Devin Patrick […]

UPDATE: ‘This Was an Act of Terror,’ NYC Mayor Says; 8 People Killed in Attack

    Details are still sketchy, and early reports of such incidents are often wrong, but it is now being reported that a man used a rental truck to run over pedestrians and bicyclists in New York City. The driver was reportedly shot and wounded by NYPD and taken into custody. Six people are reported […]

Freedom of Speech Is Genocide and Other Lessons From the 21st-Century University

  Edith Macias became infamous a couple of weeks ago when a viral video showed the University of California-Riverside (UCR) student stealing a “Make America Great Again” cap from another student. An ethnic studies major, Macias demanded that the hat’s owner be punished. At one point during the video, when the hat’s owner Matthew Vitale […]

CBS Executive Fired After Saying No Sympathy for Victims in Las Vegas

  She’s a Columbia University Law School alumna: CBS fired a legal executive Monday after she wrote on Facebook that she was not “sympathetic” to the victims of the mass shooting in Las Vegas. “I’m actually not even sympathetic [because] country music fans often are Republican gun toters,” former executive Hayley Geftman-Gold wrote. At least […]

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