The Other McCain

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

American Journalist James Foley Beheaded by Islamic Terrorists

The killers blame Barack Obama: A video released by ISIS shows the beheading of U.S. journalist James Foley and threatens the life of another American if President Barack Obama doesn’t end military operations in Iraq. In the video posted Tuesday on YouTube, Foley is seen kneeling next to a man dressed in black. Foley reads […]

LIVE AT FIVE: 08.20.14

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS 52 Arrested, Two Shot; Four Officers Injured In Ferguson 93% of those arrested not from Ferguson; 27% not from Missouri Peaceful protesters plead with people on the streets to go home Gov. Nixon refuses to remove county prosecutor Nigeria Scrambles To Contain Ebola President Jonathan declares national emergency Egyptian […]

You Lost Me at Marx, Gail Dines

The feminist troll @UniLantern jumped my timeline on Twitter this afternoon and got as much respect as she deserves: I'm a father of six, so I guess my "sexist pig" mojo is working better than you could imagine. @UniLantern pic.twitter.com/PlXMNFGBRK — Robert Stacy McCain (@rsmccain) August 19, 2014 Hey, @UniLantern, way to confirm that "Angry […]

A Lesbian Feminist Horror Movie

Lesbian actress Ingrid Jungermann (left) and director Stewart Thorndike. Working on “Sex Trouble,” my continuing series about radical feminism, I routinely search Twitter for relevant news and commentary. Searching for “lesbian feminist,” this headline popped up: Lyle Director Stewart Thorndike on Making the Lesbian Version of Rosemary’s Baby and the Need for Feminist Horror We […]

A Statement To Ponder

by Smitty Emphasis mine: A hundred years ago, the first group of progressives concluded that this country needed to change in a big way. They argued explicitly for a refounding of the United States on the grounds that the only absolute in political life is that absolutes are material and economic rather than moral in […]

LIVE AT FIVE: 08.19.14

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS Gov. Nixon Sends In The National Guard Police unable to maintain order without the Guard as violent protests continue Obama refuses to answer question about going to Ferguson Liberia Confirms Seventeen Patients Missing After Attack On Ebola Clinic WHO urges exit screening in countries with Ebola Iraqi, Kurdish Forces […]

Celebrity Feminist Emma Watson Says Something Really Stupid on Twitter

Emma Watson (@EmWatson) is the actress most famous for her part in the Harry Potter movies. More recently, she has become “Goodwill Ambassador for UN Women,” a job that evidently requires her to say silly feminist stuff on Twitter, e.g.: Gender equality not only liberates women but also men from prescribed gender stereotypes. Ri-iiight. Because […]

My Official #Ferguson Commentary

Stop watching cable TV news. If that commentary sounds familiar to regular readers, it’s because that’s what I said about the Trayvon Martin case. The 2012 Florida shooting controversy dominated headlines for weeks and months, and I don’t remember saying anything else about it until there was a verdict in the George Zimmerman trial: Not […]

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