The Other McCain

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

In Desperation Move, Egyptian Regime Shuts Down Access to Iowahawk

Also, the entire freaking Internet: [I]n an action unprecedented in Internet history, the Egyptian government appears to have ordered service providers to shut down all international connections to the Internet. Critical European-Asian fiber-optic routes through Egypt appear to be unaffected for now. But every Egyptian provider, every business, bank, Internet cafe, website, school, embassy, and […]

‘Peace For Our Time’

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Diplomacy triumphed here Tuesday night, as Professor Glenn Reynolds and Robert Stacy McCain agreed to a treaty hailed as the greatest achievement for world peace since the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact of 1939. The treaty was reached after hours of strenuous negotiations at Calhoun’s BBQ on Kingston Pike. The specific terms of the agreement […]

No, I’m Not Liveblogging It

I’m tired. I’ve driven a crapload of miles to Nashville and halfway back. I’m in a motel near Harriman, Tenn., and in no mood to liveblog the State of the Union address. Vodkapundit is drunkblogging it. Enjoy, if you can.

Blogger Reaches 1 Million Hits; Celebrates by Linking Entire Freaking Blogosphere

Sam Foster at Left Coast Rebel did a crapload of linking here, and points out that it was Keith Olbermann’s split with MSNBC that put them across the million-hit threshold. So when Keith Olbermann gets elected to the Senate, he should remember to thank Left Coast Rebel. I was talking to my buddy Chris Cassone today and when he mentioned […]

The Word Is ‘Reprehensible’

Donald Douglas calls our attention to the latest cover of Newsweek, in which the gunman is wrapped in an American flag: The cover story by Jonathan Alter is more than 2,000 words. And what one word does not appear in that article? Zeitgeist. Remember when Newsweek used to do reporting? UPDATE: Linked by Stephen Green […]

In Which Charles Johnson Belatedly Discovers We Can Fact Check Your A$$

The Diary of Daedalus guys caught the LGF Grand Wizard trying to disavow the term “St. Pancake” as a reference to anti-Israel protester Rachel Corrie, resulting in Patterico’s conclusion: “In short, Charles Johnson is a sanctimonious, lying hypocrite.” This brings up two issues: Why disavow what was, in fact, a brilliant meme? I’m not sure […]

Religious Left Infiltrates Catholic Agency?

Lisa Graas reports: According to a document revealed by Creative Minority Report (CMR), we now have definitive proof that the pro-abortion mindset dwells even at the highest levels of the

We Need to Tone Down the Rhetoric

Otherwise, all this extremist talk about “choice” and “women’s rights” might lead to mass murder:  A massacre perpetrated by a deranged man is not about the deranged man; it’s about “rhetoric.” But a massacre perpetrated by an abortion provider whose violations against laws of the nation and of humanity were overlooked for years is “not […]

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