The Other McCain

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

LIVE AT FIVE – 03.16.11

TOP NEWS Fukushima Plant Evacuated After Radiation Spikes Workers battling meltdown ordered to leave plant for an hour Fire Erupts Again At Fukushima (Video) Radiation Risk To California Downplayed Somber Emperor Makes Unprecedented Address To Nation Bahrain Clears Protesters From Pearl Square Three-month state of emergency declared Libyan Loyalists Rout Rebels As No-Fly Efforts Stall […]

Re-Reading Susan Brownmiller
Confronting the Radical Facts of Feminism

“God help us if she ever gets raped — we will be buried under an avalanche of rhetoric.” — James Wolcott, letter to the Village Voice, 1971 Little Miss Attila vowed Monday that she owes me an essay in response to a post I wrote, and she can write a damned book for all I […]

California? Sure, I’d Love to Go

For weeks, Joe at Valley of the Shadow has been bugging me: Would I come to the California Republican Party convention? The convention starts Friday morning in Sacramento. But I can’t go. Don’t ask why. Just go

Governor Walker Reeling From Rhetorical Blow Dealt By. . .Susan Sarandon?

by Smitty (via Lucianne) Politico captures the less-than-stunning verbal impact: Sarandon spoke to The Nation’s John Nichols about why she travelled to the Midwest. “I wanted to say thank you for everyone who’s kept this fight going, who have awakened all the union members. I’m a union member. I’m also a mom whose kids have […]

You Never Know Whom You’ll Run Into

by Smitty Today I went on a bit of a scavenger hunt in Bagram to turn in some paperwork at NAVCENT. This place is all dust and conex boxes, with a background hum of prop and jet engines, with bonus diesel generator noise at night. Ran into a Navy Reserve Senior Chief after I’d done […]

Even In The Shrunken Google Reader Version, I Was Sure That Little Miss Attila Was Not Talking About Me

by Smitty Heh.

What Da Tech Guy Didn’t Mention About Herman Cain

by Smitty This blog and a lot of others are huge fans of Herman Cain because he’s the genuine article. As a result of surgeries, he might technically have less guts than Allen West, but they’re both men cut from classic American cloth, and I’m privileged to have met them. While Da Tech Guy captures […]

The Afghanistan Analysts Network: What The Netty-Tubes Are For

by Smitty Now and then you find a trove of genuinely useful references on the Internet. As I sit in Bagram at the Green Bean, surrounded by stunning mountains, wondering what the place will be like in a few decades, it’s good to encounter something actually helpful in understanding the situation. Those interested in learning […]

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