The Other McCain

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

Sarah Palin Quotes Instapundit

First, it was “blood libel,” now she’s using “Army of Davids.” Next thing you know, she’ll borrow his “Heh.” Or maybe, “They told me if I voted for John McCain . . .”

‘The End of Blogging’? No, It Just Proves That Nothing Succeeds Like Success

Elizabeth Spiers is taking over as editor-in-chief of the New York Observer — a minor blip of media news that is rather more significant than it would appear at first glance. Earlier this week, the Observer ran a long article entitled, “The End of Blogging,” a grabby title that misinterprets the changes that are actually […]

Fun With Lizards

There’s all kinds of news I need to be blogging about today, but offline duties intervened and — as much as I know it bores most of you — I just had to call attention to the latest in Johnsonoid craziness. Charles Johnson went on a rant about “stalkers and dimwitted creeps” — a rant thoroughly […]

Smitty and Tammy, Sittin’ in a Tree . . .

You probably know the rest of that playground poem from memory, but Smitty’s a married man and his wife’s not named Tammy. However, Smitty did get a shout-out from Tammy Bruce when she had as a guest on her radio show our good blog-buddy Big Fur Hat from IOwnTheWorld.com: If you lack the patience to […]

‘The Euphoria Is Fading’

So says Donald Douglas at American Power, whose initial optimism about democraticization in Egypt has been tempered by evidence that the anti-Mubarak protesters are influenced byIslamic radicalism, and that a post-Mubarak Egypt is therefore likely to be anti-Israel and anti-American. “Likely,” I say, and to say that is not to suggest the Egyptian unrest will certainly […]

Power Line Gets Scalped: Did Indian Tribe Money Influence Akin Gump Decision?

William Jacobson at Legal Insurrection has the story of how, when Paul Mirengoff criticized the Yaqui Indian prayer offered at the Tucson memorial, his remarks were denounced as “insensitive and wholly inappropriate” by a partner at Mirengoff’s K Street law firm, Akin Gump. So now Mirengoff’s offensive post has been taken down by Power Line […]

Ace? Is That You?

OK, so I was watching the “Academic Vagina” video I posted earlier, and then I noticed another video from the same site. Watch it: See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor. Did you see the guy at the 35-second mark, playing Tekken in class? If that’s not Ace of Spades, it’s his twin […]

‘Whose Bright Idea Was It to Send Joe Biden Out to Talk About Egypt?’

Question of the day, asked by Blake Hounshell of Foreign Policy in response to the latest eruption of Bidenism. “Asked if he would characterize Mubarak as a dictator Biden responded: ‘Mubarak has been an ally of ours in a number of things. And he’s been very responsible on, relative to geopolitical interest in the region, […]

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