The Other McCain

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

The Progressive Spirit Is Breaking

by Smitty Michael Goodwin at the New York Post gets it wrong in “The American Spirit is Breaking“: There are many examples that say our spirit is breaking if not already broken. One involves a Wall Street Journal report that, six years after the housing bubble popped and sank the economy, federal officials want to […]

Rule 5 Sunday: Armed Forces Day Edition

— compiled by Wombat-socho Yep, time once again for a break from politics, feminism and other unpleasant realities – well, I suppose you could argue that Rule 5 is an important part of National Offend A Feminist Week, and in fact last week’s Rule 5 Sunday was the most linked post of NOAFW. As usual, […]

FMJRA 2.0: I Can See For Miles

— compiled by Wombat-socho Rule 5 Sunday: Insert Appropriate Song Title Here Batshit Crazy News Regular Right Guy Animal Magnetism Blackmailers Don’t Shoot A View From The Beach Ninety Miles From Tyranny The Brutality of Kurt Schlichter Hogewash Regular Right Guy Batshit Crazy News Lonely Conservative Our Tyrannical Government Boko Haram and the Jihad in […]

‘Forget It, Jake …’

It’s Chinatown Mississippi: A Pearl man who runs a political blog is accused of sneaking into a nursing home where U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran’s wife is bedridden and photographing her, then posting the image in a video political “hit piece” on the internet. Madison Police arrested Clayton Thomas Kelly, 28, of Pearl on Friday night […]

Feminism: Love as Oppression and Heterosexuality as Subordination

Anyone who studies feminist theory quickly realizes a truth first expressed by Women’s Liberation pioneer Ti-Grace Atkinson in 1971: “Feminism is the theory. Lesbianism is the practice.” That is to say, when feminists condemn “patriarchy,” they are not merely condemning all men, but also heterosexuality, viewing heterosexual women as victims of male oppression. Insofar as […]

Fret Not: The Clinton/Warren 2016 Ticket Will Fix The VA Health Care Problem

by Smitty Nobel Prize-winning economist and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman has long touted the VA system as the epitome of government-run healthcare. “Exhibit A for the advantages of government provision [of healthcare] is the veterans administration, which runs its own hospitals and clinics, and provides some of the best-quality healthcare in America at […]

‘Superior Male Mathematical Ability’

  Does anyone else remember the “Teen Talk Barbie” controversy? In July 1992, Mattel issued a talking Barbie doll which said various phrases that a teenager might say. One of these phrases was “math class is tough” and, to judge from the reaction by feminists, Barbie might as well have said, “All girls are stupid”: A […]

Generally Speaking, @AmandaMarcotte Is Insane, and Feminism Is Always Wrong

So now, reacting to the firing of Jill Abramson discussed previously, we encounter this commentary from Amanda Marcotte: Women, particularly ambitious women, often feel like they’re in a no-win situation when it comes to climbing the career ladder. They’re told to “lean in” and stop being afraid to ask for what we want. They’re told […]

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