The Other McCain

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

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

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 […]

Oh My Pi! Another 5th Bloggiversary!

No sooner did I finish congratulating Ginny on her five-year bloggiversary than I discovered that Joe Fein at Valley of the Shadow is also celebrating his fifth year today. You’ll recall that when I went to California for the BCS Championship Game (Roll, Tide!) Joe’s was one of the sofas on which I crashed. And […]

Revolving Doors: Freire Exits Examiner, Joins NMS; Klein Exits Spectator, Joins Examiner; Hot Air Is Hiring (Not Me)

One of the things that has always amazed me about D.C. is how frequently young people change jobs here. You go to a cocktail reception and run into a think-tank guy you met at a reception six weeks ago: “Hey, how are things at [name of think tank]?” And he says, “Oh, I’m at [name […]

Obi’s Sister: Her Pi Are Square

Not that there’s anything wrong with that, OK? Anyway, Ginny at Obi’s Sister celebrates her five-year bloggiversary by getting her geek on — today is “Pi Day” (3-14, get it?) and so she’s all geometric and stuff. Ginny got a birthday ‘Lanche, but didn’t even bother to link her Lithia Springs homeboy. Sigh. Now that […]

What I Said to Pete

Pete Da Tech Guy took a gander at my recent go-rounds with Little Miss Attila — as I’ve called it, “blogospheric badminton with ‘feminism’ for a shuttlecock” — and expressed his enjoyment of the discourse. So I left this comment at Pete’s post: Glad you enjoyed the spectacle. Joy is one of my favorite people […]

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