The Other McCain

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

Profiles in Narcissism: Charles Johnson Blinded by His Own Self-Righteousness

Among the books I most often recommend are The Vision of the Anointed: Self-Congratulation as a Basis for Social Policy (Thomas Sowell, 1995) and The Culture of Narcissism: American Life in an Age of Diminishing Expectations (Christopher Lasch, 1979). Thoughtful readers familiar with both books will understand how the phenomenon described by Sowell — liberals […]

Hey, Lefties, It’s Sunday: Are You Finding Joy In Life?

by Smitty Bluegrass Pundit points to CNS News: The more often a person attended religious services, Gallup discovered, the more often they experienced positive emotions and the less often they experienced negative emotions. The less a person attended religious services, the more they experienced negative emotions and the less they experienced positive ones. People who […]

You Will Love Big Brother As Much As Big Brother Loves Loving You

by Smitty Trot over to The Tatler for news about who is adapting “1984”. Hint: this workout will cover some mighty familiar territory for those propaganda mongers. Update: more at Breitbart.

Obama in 1990: America ‘Mean-Spirited’

While a student at Harvard Law School in 1990, Barack Obama was interviewed by the Associated Press in an article the Illinois Daily Herald headlined, “Harvard student tackles racism at core“: America suffered when the movements of the 1960s dissipated, he said. Those movements succeeded in raising doubts about harmful traditions of sexism and racism, […]

Explosive: Obama’s Mentor Derrick Bell on ‘Jewish Neoconservative Racists’

John Podhoretz at Commentary on the controversy unleashed by the Breitbart.com video: Michael Powell of the New York Times reflected conventional opinion in liberal media circles when he tweeted: “Derrick Bell, Radical? We’re to pretend our history cleansed? He fought 4 Civil Rights in Mississippi.” It is incumbent on Powell and others, if they want […]

The Left’s Anti-Reproductive Bigotry

by Smitty Pundette links to Lisa Miller in the WaPoo making a typical post-Modern, anti-conservative play: There’s nothing wrong with big families, of course. But the smug fecundity of the Republican field this primary season has me worried. Thou bimbo: if there is nothing wrong, why the worry? Because you’re making a cheap anxiety play, […]

Gaily Subverting The Will Of Maryland Voters Like Stacy McCain

by Smitty Joel Pollak at Big Government details the long-term strategy for the Ruling Class to subvert the will of Maryland voters: Last September, in a speech to same-sex marriage activists in Chevy Chase, Maryland Attorney General Doug Gansler revealed a plan by Democrat governor Martin O’Malley to stack the state’s highest court with judges […]

‘A Poor Impression Of The Insular, Cliquish Culture Of Their Discipline’

by Smitty An interesting article at Slate reprints an article from a decade ago about a non-professional philosopher who wrote a serious philosophical tract and then, retaining anonymity, paid philosophers to engage on it in scholarly journals. James Ryerson then goes on a hunt to unmask this anonymous thinker, with anti-climactic results, emphasis mine: After […]

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