The Other McCain

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

‘They Aren’t Sitting on Their Sofas Trying to Fill a Quota on a Content Farm’

And “thank God” for that, says laid-off journalist-turned-blogger Susannah Breslin: This is what the state of journalism is today: a mess. Tell it, sister! The expression “content farm” would describe, inter alia, Demand Media, which reportedly pays as little as $15 per article for freelance contributions. At that rate, you could write 30 articles a […]

LIVE AT FIVE – 07.12.11

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS Obama Presses, But Boehner Stands Firm House GOP unimpressed by scary talk about debt defaults; not going to roll over and “eat their peas” on President’s tax hike proposal, either US Accuses Syria Of Unleashing Attacks On Embassies Syrian troops stood by, did nothing Secretary Clinton: Pakistan Must Cooperate […]

Vadum: Obama Administration Gave ACORN More Than $500,000 This Year

Investigative reporter Matthew Vadum is author of the new book, Subversion, Inc.: How Obama’s ACORN Red Shirts are Still Terrorizing and Ripping Off American Taxpayers, and he just broke another huge scoop. Having previously reported that ACORN got $80,000 in federal funding despite a congressional ban, it now turns out the actual number was much, much bigger: […]

Stupid Is Seven Feet Tall

Yes, I’m talking about Troglopundit: In 1988, I voted for Sen. Paul Simon (D-Illinois) in the Democrats’ presidential primary. There are still a lot of dumb people in Wisconsin. But it was much worse before Sean Hackbarth moved to Washington, D.C.

Democrat Janice Hahn’s Mother Dies on Eve of CA-36 Special Election
UPDATE: Poll Shows ‘Obama Fatigue’?

Los Angeles Times: Ramona Hahn, the wife of the late county Supervisor Kenneth Hahn and the mother of both former Los Angeles Mayor James K. Hahn and City Councilwoman Janice Hahn, died Monday at the age of 86. Ramona Hahn’s death came toward the end of Janice Hahn’s race for Congress in Tuesday’s extremely contentious […]

Dying on Deadline: Fear, Loathing and a Frank Confession of Professional Failure

Barbara Espinosa of American Freedom called Sunday evening, wanting to take out an ad for her “Hair on Fire” radio show on KFNX 1100-AM in Phoenix. She sent me the graphic, and when I saw it my thought was: Great. A two-column square. Because I don’t have a two-column space anywhere on the sidebars, nor do […]

Will Althouse Praise ‘His Steely Nerve, His Intelligence, and His Groundedness’?

“In a 75-minute meeting Sunday night, President Obama once again demanded that more than $1 trillion in tax increases be part of any deficit reduction package attached to a vote on the debt ceiling. In the session, Obama rejected a Republican proposal to seek $2.5 trillion in spending cuts and reforms, and insisted on higher […]

‘Coulter, She’s Just a Show Person’

So says notorious scoundrel David Brooks (skip to 4:23): The last time I saw Brooks at an event where he had been invited to speak, I quietly walked out of the room, hoping no one noticed the pulsing veins in my neck and forehead as I struggled to resist a sudden urge to charge the […]

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