The Other McCain

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

‘Die, Navin R. Johnson!’

“The new phonebook’s here! The new phonebook’s here! . . . This is the kind of spontaneous publicity — your name in print — that makes people! Things are going to start happening to me now!” To explain the non sequitur: Steve Martin’s excitement over the “spontaneous publicity” of the new phonebook is how I […]

My Adorable 8-Year-Old Daughter Just Thanked Me for a Turkey Sandwich

Turkey and cheese on a croissant, to be more specific. It happened that Reagan and I were the only ones at home at lunchtime today, so when I went up to the kitchen to pour myself another cup of coffee, she came to me and said, “Dad, could you please fix me some lunch?” Sure, I said, […]

$20 Says Eugene Volokh Had Sunday’s Most-Clicked Link on Instapundit

This delivered at least 5,000 hits in the first four hours: MORE ON THE CASE OF THAT SENSUOUS TOPLESS ITALIAN SUNBATHER. The Italian justice system seems to have delivered. Some things are predictable. For instance, when the defendant’s attorney begins a sentence, “Let’s be clear my client is tall, brunette and has an ample breast and is […]

Glenn Reynolds ‘Nuke the Norks’ Only 5th Place in Sully’s ‘Malkin Awards’ Finals?

You might have thought he’d be a runaway winner for Andrew Sullivan’s award recognizing the most “shrill, hyperbolic, divisive and intemperate right-wing rhetoric” with this war-mongering entry: If [the North Koreans] start anything, I say nuke ‘em. And not with just a few bombs. They’ve caused enough trouble — and it would be a useful […]

‘A Communicational Schematic That Is Superior to Anything Else in Existence’

On April 7, 2002, a university professor in Tennessee posted this: I keep hearing from people that they started a weblog because of InstaPundit. About a month ago, I asked everyone who did so to email me. I got so many that it took me a while to find the time — and energy — […]

Smell the Glove, America!

Professor Glenn Reynolds nails it: Nigel Tufnel, many will remember, was the fictitious heavy metal guitarist in the fictional “rockumentary” “This Is Spinal Tap.” In a classic scene, he displays his guitar collection and his special amplifier that — unlike all other amplifiers in existence — has knobs that go all the way up to […]

And Let Me Add, ‘Roll, Tide!’

Bemoaning the likelihood that Republicans will win their current battle with Democrats over extending the Bush tax cuts, progressive blogger David Kurtz reaches for an interesting analogy: It reminds me of the line attributed to the old football coach Bum Phillips, speaking about the legendary Alabama coach Paul “Bear” Bryant: “He can take his’n and […]

‘The Operators of Some of These More Obscure Websites and Blogs . . .’

Professor Reynolds lacks a “dazzling personality” and as for the rest of us . . . Chopped liver, man.

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