The Other McCain

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

Pregnant Portman Quits Veganism (Insert Puerile ‘Meat’ Double Entendre Here)

A radical alteration in the delicate ballet of her diet! Let not meat protein cross these lips! Natalie Portman made the incredible shift from full-on vegan, which metamorphosis occurred in 2009 after reading Jonathan Safran Foer’s Eating Animals, to the far more widespread practice of vegetarianism: “I actually went back to being vegetarian when I […]

They Won’t Work for Tina Brown

Jonathan Alter today added his name to the list of Newsweek writers who have left since the magazine’s merger with the Daily Beast. As Politico reports, Howard Fineman is now with Huffington Post, Michael Isikoff has joined NBC News, Fareed Zakaria is at Time magazine, and Evan Thomas is at Princeton University, while Jon Meacham, […]

Sputnik or Fort Sumter?

While I was busy commemorating today’s 150th anniversary of the bombardment that began the Civil War, it seems those commie comrades at Google decided to go with the “Bolsheviks in Space” motif: Bob Belvedere is suitably sarcastic: “Sure, why the Hell not. The old Soviet Union was not so bad, you know . . .” We’ve come […]

Obama’s Libyan Stalemate

The New York Times catches a whiff of the massive failure: Three weeks ago, President Obama ordered American troops into the first “humanitarian war” on his watch, vowing to stop the forces loyal to Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi from massacring their own people. Mr. Obama’s hope was that a quick application of power from the air […]

Fort Sumter 1861: ‘Strike a Blow!’

Today, a most momentous anniversary is the subject of my column at The American Spectator: Visitors to Princeton, New Jersey, may find there the grave of a former New York state judge who died in 1919 at the advanced age of 90. Judge Roger Pryor was not from New Jersey, however, nor was he a […]

LIVE AT FIVE – 04.12.11

TOP NEWS Japan Raises Nuclear Accident Level To Highest Severity Massive release of radioactive materials detected Pakis Tell US To Halt Drone Attacks Pakistani Government also requests reduction in intel, Special Ops personnel in-country Obama To Call For Higher Taxes On The Rich As if that’s going to solve a damn thing. POLITICS Mitt Romney […]

‘We Have the Honor to Notify You …’

Click the image to enlarge. Apologies if the handwriting is a bit illegible after 150 years, but this note reads: Fort Sumter, S.C. April 12, 1861. 3:20 a.m. Major Robert Anderson U.S. Army Comdg Fort Sumter Sir By authority of Brig General Beauregard commanding the provisional forces of the Confederate States we have the honor […]

Rule 5 Monday: Beautiful Together

Well, just one more weekend left in tax season, and then Rule 5 Sunday will return to its proper place on the weekend. For now, I appreciate your patience. Too late for last week’s roundup (or maybe just way too early for this one), Fishersville Mike submits a pic of Kaley Cuoco and the Pink […]

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