The Other McCain

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

Rangers Lead the Way

Bob with his girlfriend Johanna, after his graduation Friday. “Acknowledging the fact that a ranger is a more elite soldier, who arrives at the cutting edge of battle by land, sea, or air, I accept the fact that as a ranger, my country expects me to move further, faster, and fight harder than any other […]

The Hunting of George Lawlor

A 19-year-old student at Warwick University in England, George Lawlor ignited a controversy last month when he wrote an online column criticizing the “rape culture” hysteria: Ah, the special feeling you get when logging into Facebook and find someone thinks you’re cool enough to invite to their event. Is it a house party? Is it […]

Is Your Kid a Weirdo?

  America is in the grip of a crisis, namely a shortage of normal people. Evidence indicates that the population of kooks and freaks is rapidly increasing, and there are simply not enough sane people to keep the weirdos under control. Especially among the under-30 demographic, the United States is struggling to cope with the […]

Is Ellie Clougherty a Liar?

Joe Lonsdale and Ellie Clougherty in 2012. It seemed like a perfect romance — a young high-tech entrepreneur and the former fashion model who met through a mentorship program at elite Stanford University. But after they broke up, the stunning beauty claimed she had been raped and abused by Joe Lonsdale. He was banned from […]

What ‘Rape Culture’ Really Means: Your Male Heterosexuality Is Problematic

“[T]he curse of having been born a heterosexual male . . . meant being consumed by desires that one couldn’t act on or even admit without running the risk of becoming an objectifier or a stalker or a harasser or some other creature of the darkness.” — Scott Aaronson, Dec. 14, 2014 The Internet erupted […]

Moving the Goalposts: What Feminist ‘Rape Culture’ Discourse Is About

“But the hatred of women is a source of sexual pleasure for men in its own right. Intercourse appears to be the expression of that contempt in pure form, in the form of a sexed hierarchy; it requires no passion or heart because it is power without invention articulating the arrogance of those who do […]

‘The Psychology of Female Objectification’

Harvard University sophomore Lily Calcagnini. “Each time a woman is catcalled, publicly humiliated, and forced to ignore it, the psychology of female objectification becomes evermore seared into the brains of all actors and bystanders involved. We’re already conditioned to look at a woman and see the raw sum of her physical components before we consider […]

When Excellence Is Expected

Today is my 56th birthday and I don’t intend to spend it arguing online with a Swedish idiot who popped up on Twitter to declare: “The right has become pro-rape. White boys can’t attract women naturally, have to resort to force to enter the gene pool.” To which I replied: 1. You’re insane. 2. I’m […]

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