Robert Stacy McCain (born October 6, 1959) is an

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journalist, writer, and blogger. McCain is a former assistant national editor and reporter for ''

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'' and co-author (with

Lynn Vincent Lynn Vincent (born 1962) is an American writer, journalist, and author or co-author of 12 books. Vincent's work focuses on memoirs, history, and narrative nonfiction. In 2022 she was appointed as the executive editor of ''WORLD'' magazine. Her ...

) of the 2006 book ''Donkey Cons: Sex, Crime, and Corruption in the Democratic Party''. He is proprietor of the blog, The Other McCain.

Early life

Robert Stacy McCain was born on October 6, 1959.

Career

''The Washington Times''

McCain joined the staff of ''The Washington Times'' in November 1997. In addition to his regular duties as an editor, McCain also contributed numerous by-lined news and feature articles to ''The Washington Times''. He frequently reported on controversial issues in the "culture war," including stories related to sexuality, education, and history. His writing about communism included feature stories about

Joseph McCarthy Joseph Raymond McCarthy (November 14, 1908 – May 2, 1957) was an American politician who served as a Republican U.S. Senator from the state of Wisconsin from 1947 until his death in 1957. Beginning in 1950, McCarthy became the most visi ...

, ''

The Black Book of Communism ''The Black Book of Communism: Crimes, Terror, Repression'' is a 1997 book by Stéphane Courtois, Andrzej Paczkowski, Nicolas Werth, Jean-Louis Margolin, and several other European academics documenting a history of political repression by co ...

'', and the obituary of former U.S. Communist Party leader

Gus Hall Gus Hall (born Arvo Kustaa Halberg; October 8, 1910 – October 13, 2000) was the General Secretary of the Communist Party USA (CPUSA) and a perennial candidate for president of the United States. He was the Communist Party nominee in the ...

. McCain's reporting on controversies surrounding sexuality included features about

Alfred Kinsey Alfred Charles Kinsey (; June 23, 1894 – August 25, 1956) was an American sexologist, biologist, and professor of entomology and zoology who, in 1947, founded the Institute for Sex Research at Indiana University, now known as the Kinsey Instit ...

, the

Jesse Dirkhising Jesse William Dirkhising (May 24, 1986 – September 26, 1999), also known as Jesse Yates, was an American teenager from Prairie Grove, Arkansas. He was staying with two men (with his parents’ permission) who bound, drugged, tortured, and repea ...

murder case, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and

Judith Levine Judith Levine (born 1952) is an American author, journalist, civil libertarian and co-founder of the National Writers Union, a trade union of contract and freelance writers, and No More Nice Girls, a group dedicated to promoting abortion rights ...

's controversial 2002 book, ''

Harmful to Minors ''Harmful to Minors: The Perils of Protecting Children From Sex'' ( ardcover aperback is a 2002 book by Judith Levine. The foreword was written by former United States Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders, who resigned after suggesting that mastu ...

''. In 2003, McCain was named editor of the "Culture, Etc." page of ''The Washington Times'', which appears on Page A2 of the newspaper Monday through Friday. Over the years, McCain interviewed many prominent authors and personalities. In 2006, McCain co-wrote ''Donkey Cons'' with

(), and created a blog to promote the book. McCain also contributed freelance articles, reviews and commentary pieces to a number of publications including ''

The American Spectator ''The American Spectator'' is a conservative American magazine covering news and politics, edited by R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr. and published by the non-profit American Spectator Foundation. It was founded in 1967 by Tyrrell, who remains its editor-i ...

'', ''

Reason Reason is the capacity of consciously applying logic by drawing conclusions from new or existing information, with the aim of seeking the truth. It is closely associated with such characteristically human activities as philosophy, science, ...

'', ''

The American Conservative ''The American Conservative'' (''TAC'') is a magazine published by the American Ideas Institute which was founded in 2002. Originally published twice a month, it was reduced to monthly publication in August 2009, and since February 2013, it has ...

'', ''Ripon Forum'', and '' Chronicles: A Magazine of American Culture''.

2008 - present

In January 2008, McCain announced he would resign from ''The Washington Times'' in order to concentrate on a book project and began blogging about the 2008 presidential race as "The Other McCain." In March 2010, McCain returned to the Times as a freelance writer, covering a New York congressional race with a candidate with connections to the

Tea Party A tea party is a social gathering event held in the afternoon. For centuries, many societies have cherished drinking tea with a company at noon. Tea parties are considered for formal business meetings, social celebrations or just as an afternoon ...

. On March 13, 2013, McCain was named the editor-in-chief at ViralRead.com. In February 2017, McCain was permanently banned from

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for "participating in targeted abuse."

Controversy

The

Southern Poverty Law Center The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) is an American 501(c)(3) nonprofit legal advocacy organization specializing in civil rights and public interest litigation. Based in Montgomery, Alabama, it is known for its legal cases against white su ...

reported in 2000 that McCain was once a member of the

League of the South The League of the South (LS) is an American white nationalist, neo-Confederate, white supremacist organization, headquartered in Killen, Alabama, which states that its ultimate goal is "a free and independent Southern republic". The group def ...

. Writer

Barrett Brown Barrett Lancaster Brown (born 14 August 1981) is an American journalist, essayist, activist and former associate of Anonymous (hacker group), Anonymous. In 2010, he founded Project PM, a group that used a wiki to analyze Internet leak, leaks con ...

accuses McCain of failing to disclose conflicts of interest, writing in his book ''Hot, Fat and Clouded,'' that McCain is "a member of the

sons of Confederate Veterans The Sons of Confederate Veterans (SCV) is an American neo-Confederate nonprofit organization of male descendants of Confederate soldiers The Confederate States Army, also called the Confederate Army or the Southern Army, was the militar ...

, for instance, an organization which the reader may recall from a few seconds ago, when McCain was covering it in the context of an objective news article regarding a controversial dispute between the organization of which he's a member and a fellow whom he and the organization both strongly opposed -- and who belonged to a certain race with whom McCain has elsewhere expressed great interest." Brown also accuses McCain of writing under the pseudonym "Burke C. Dabney" for the white supremacist magazine ''

American Renaissance The American Renaissance was a period of American architecture and the arts from 1876 to 1917, characterized by renewed national self-confidence and a feeling that the United States was the heir to Greek democracy, Roman law, and Renaissance hu ...

''.

Personal life

McCain lives on the Atlantic Seaboard with his wife. They have six children, whom they

homeschool Homeschooling or home schooling, also known as home education or elective home education (EHE), is the education of school-aged children at home or a variety of places other than a school. Usually conducted by a parent, tutor, or an onlin ...

ed. He is a Baptist, and has remarked, "I am a poor excuse for a Christian, but I really do have a deep faith in God". McCain frequently derides now-deceased U.S. Senator and former presidential candidate

John McCain John Sidney McCain III (August 29, 1936 – August 25, 2018) was an American politician and United States Navy officer who served as a United States senator from Arizona from 1987 until his death in 2018. He previously served two terms ...

as "Crazy Cousin John". The distant kinship is based on a common ancestor in South Carolina listed in the 1790 Census.

References

External links

''The Other McCain''
McCain's blog

Autobiographical blog post

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