The Other McCain

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#NavyYardShooting Patience, Please: Don’t Let Media Reports Confuse You

Hint: Breaking news is always confusing. By 5 p.m., we will know facts. Be cautious about initial media reports. #NavyYardShooting — Robert Stacy McCain (@rsmccain) September 16, 2013 We’ve seen this pattern over and over, from 9/11 to the Boston Marathon bombings: New breaks, cable TV and online sources fill up with “confirmed” reports and […]

Nobel Peace Prize Winner Ready to Make Feeble Unilateral Gesture Against Syria

The British Parliament voted against war, but now that the oceans stopped rising and the planet has begun to heal and Obama has “restored our image as the last, best hope on Earth” — what, you didn’t notice? — President Gutsy Call has decided that go-it-alone foreign policy and military intervention without congressional authorization are […]

Your Semi-Official Obama vs. Syria Armageddon Predictions Thread

“Obama: Anatomy of a World Leader,” by Alex Gray (detail) Let me jump out in front of the anti-war movement before U.S. attacks Syria: "OBAMA LIED! PEOPLE DIED! NO W.M.D.! FIRE CAN'T MELT STEEL!" — Robert Stacy McCain (@rsmccain) August 27, 2013 We’re supposed to start bombing the crap out of Damascus sometime soon, because […]

‘The Powers That Be’: Lawful Authority, Honorable Service and a Cursed Traitor

My soldier son and his mother at Fort Benning. Our night-owl friend Ali — who lately has kept a Dracula-style sleep schedule — stayed up past dawn to report that a deeply confused fool is more deeply confused than anyone previously suspected. Regular readers know my Army son is currently training in hope of joining […]

Bradley Manning Verdict: GUILTY! GUILTY! GUILTY! GUILTY! GUILTY! …

Exactly how many counts this unspeakable disgrace to the uniform of the U.S. Army was convicted of today, it’s hard to tell from the Politico story, but Allahpundit says it’s at least 15 counts, enough to put Bradley Manning — I pause to spit on the ground in disgust at the mention of his name […]

Ben Smith Wants You to Ignore This

As soon as Edward Snowden came forward as the “face” of the NSA leaks, the question immediately suggested itself: “Hero or Traitor?” Revelations about the NSA surveillance program had made worldwide headlines. Coming on the heels of other scandals, it seemed to fit into an emerging neo-Nixonian picture of the Obama administration. As I wrote […]

Edward Snowden’s Dubious Heroism

Lindsay Mills is a dancer, acrobat and blogger: “My world has opened and closed all at once. Leaving me lost at sea without a compass. . . . But at the moment all I can feel is alone. . . . As I type this on my tear-streaked keyboard I’m reflecting on all the faces […]

Let’s Debate Fourth Amendment Rights, and Also Send Snowden to Leavenworth

Glenn Greenwald’s new man-crush, Edward Snowden theothermccain.com/2013/06/10/hol… I am more afraid of the federal Department of Education than I am of the #NSA. Seriously. @angelatc @justinamash — Robert Stacy McCain (@rsmccain) June 10, 2013 Following the Edward Snowden revelations, I find myself accused of statism, warmongering and worse. It seems some of my libertarian friends […]

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