The Other McCain

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

Righteous Indignation Meets The Grand Master

— by Wombat-socho This post is about two very different people who took the same journey at very different times. One of them grew up in poverty, and one in the middle class. One went to a well-known private school with all expenses paid; other other had to scramble to get an appointment to one […]

Ziegler: Breitbart Thought Matt Drudge Was ‘In the Tank’ for Obama in 2008

In a Wednesday talk-radio appearance, conservative filmmaker John Ziegler said that the late Andrew Breitbart told him that during the 2008 presidential election campaign, Matt Drudge altered content on his famous Drudge Report site in such a way that Breitbart believed Drudge was “in the tank” for Barack Obama. Interviewed by Chris Daniel on California’s KMJ […]

Bring In Jeff Goldstein?

by Smitty Bill Quick and some people are arguing past each other on an important linguistic/cultural point: Are you guys really this dense, or is it just that you can’t see past your own blinders – lefties don’t like racist terminology and usage, so you think you have to approve it, or pretend that it […]

Breitbart DC: Instapundit Interviews

by Smitty Click the photo to go to PJTV and view the outstanding editing job of splicing various blogger interviews into a nifty segment remembering Andrew Breitbart. Here, the fabulous Dr. Helen conducted the interviews, while His Insta-badness worked the camera: Tidbits of Stacy, his close friend Tabitha Hale, Cynthia Yockey, and I are included, […]

Joe The Plumber, Coming To A Congress Near You?

by Smitty Samuel “Joe” Wurzelbacher, an earlier recipient of a Fatwah Of Love (FOL), from the Left, will go against Marcy Kaptur in a new Ohio district this fall. Wurzelbacher hasn’t exactly been embraced by the Republican establishment, largely because GOP officials regard the northeastern Ohio-based 9th District as tilting heavily Democratic and an unlikely […]

A Little Help For Bill Quick

by Smitty A jig is a Celtic dance tune, typically in a 6/8 time signature. When the piece is finished, the jig is up. If everything is raaaaacist, nothing is raaaaacist. Here is one I like to play, when not consumed with work, blogging, newborn son, etc: Update: no, Bill, even within a conditional “if […]

Who Is James Wolcott? And Why Would Anybody Want to Know? Or Care?

Pamela Geller’s commentary about Sandra Fluke has caused a conniption on the part of — you guessed, didn’t you? — Charles Johnson. Mr. Jazzy McBikeshorts then got into a Twitter colloquy with the infamously boring James Wolcott, who decided to bring my name into it. A commenter informed me about this, prompting my Twitter reply: […]

Since We Can’t Call Sandra Fluke a ‘Slut,’ Would ‘Lying Liberal Bitch’ Be OK?

Sandra “Not a Slut” Fluke testifies, Monday, Feb. 27, 2012 Far be it from me to stoop to name-calling as a substitute for argument, but this question is not merely rhetorical. It seems that Sandra Fluke — who is receiving media Martyr of the Month beatification as the Matthew Shepard of “reproductive rights” — stands accused of makin’ stuff […]

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