The Other McCain

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

Will Cruz Cruise or Get Trumped?

  The battle for Iowa seems to be coming down to Texas Sen. Ted Cruz vs. Donald Trump. Of course, there are likely to be five candidates still in the race after the Feb. 1 Iowa caucuses, but the debate Thursday highlighted the clash between Cruz and Trump: Donald Trump and Ted Cruz clashed Thursday […]

#RollTide: Alabama Crimson Tide Defeats Clemson 45-40 for National Title

  Defense wins football games. Senior linebacker Reggie Ragland (above) and his University of Alabama teammates know this, and they face a tough challenge against the undefeated #1-ranked Clemson Tigers in the BCS championship game. Never mind anything else the analysts and commentators tell you. If ‘Bama’s defense can stop the Tigers, the Crimson Tide […]

Our Moral Superiors™

Liberal intellectuals are convinced that the rest of us are so stupid we need them to tell us what to think. Their narcissism manifests itself as a contempt for the common sense of ordinary Americans, an attitude Thomas Sowell analyzed in The Vision of the Anointed: Self-Congratulation as a Basis for Social Policy. What inspires […]

Did I Forget to Mention #RollTide?

Alabama’s Tim Williams sacks Michigan State quarterback Connor Cook. Thursday afternoon, my son Jefferson and I were watching #1 Clemson beat #4 Oklahoma in the Orange Bowl, and we began to discuss the upcoming Cotton Bowl game between #2 Alabama and #3 Michigan State. My father graduated at Tuscaloosa in the Class of 1951, and […]

Schadenfreude For Greasy Terry

by Smitty While Virginia wasn’t bright enough to elect Ken Cuccinelli, it was also not quite stupid enough to give His Greasiness control of the Legislature. My godless Commie neighbors here in NOVA haven’t completely sodomized the Dominion. A little shout out to Greasy Terry: Heard pouring forth from the Virginia Governor's Mansion https://t.co/P0cKjI2njN @instapundit […]

Reports: Chris Harper Mercer, 26, Identified as #UCCShooting Gunman

Citing law enforcement sources, CBS News was the first to identify the Umpqua Community College gunman as 26-year-old Chris Harper Mercer. The New York Times reports that it has independently confirmed Harper as the gunman who was killed by officers responding to the massacre at the campus in Roseburg, Oregon. At least ten people were […]

Gunman Kills 10 in Shooting Spree at Community College in Oregon

A gunman has reportedly killed 10 people and wounded at least 20 more on the campus of Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Oregon. UPDATE 3:05 p.m. ET: According to KOMO-TV in Seattle, the shooting began at Snyder Hall on the UCC campus. The number of killed and wounded is not yet certain. It has been […]

Did She Have a Tumblr Blog?

Nickole Dykema was arrested Tuesday. Florida is the Weird News Capital of the World, but sometimes the news from Florida is so weird it seems too weird even for Florida: A Florida woman has been arrested after police discovered over 3,500 weapons in her mobile home. Deputies arrived at the Brooksville residence of Nickole Dykema […]

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