The Other McCain

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

The Constitutional Delusions of Sirota’s Mind

by Smitty David Sirota, emphasis mine: Paige says Colorado Springs attracts new residents and economic growth “by actually putting America’s limited government ideals into practice.” In this, he asks us to forget that one of the city’s biggest employers is the defense industry – that is, an industry that has absolutely nothing to do with […]

What Would William F. Buckley Jr.
Say About Eric Boehlert?

Buckley might limit himself to the two most famous words of Rahm Emanuel, but the Media Matters mouthpiece blathers on for more than 1,200 words, playing the familiar (and dishonest) liberal trick of invoking dead conservatives to disparage living conservatives. This reminds me of something that Buckley once said to a liberal contemporary. “Now listen, you queer, you stop […]

‘I Forgot Chris Matthews Was White’

Raina Kelley of Newsweek had the blog post title of the day. She’s not the only MSM type noticing Vanilla McTingly’s awkward SOTU moment: Jay Bookman, Atlanta Journal-Constitution: “I can sympathize with the risks of talking on national TV for a living, but . . . that’s disturbing. Not said with bad intent, perhaps, but strange that he […]

Good News: ‘Ellie Light’ Is a Man

Bad news: He’s afraid of “right-wing crazies” in California: Ellie Light, the ubiquitous letter writer whose name appeared in newspapers nationwide praising President Barack Obama, appears to really be a male health care worker from California. A man who identified himself as Winston Steward, 51, of Frazier Park, Calif., says he made up the name […]

Self-Righteousness, Guilt and Liberalism

One of the books I most often recommend is Thomas Sowell’s The Vision of the Anointed: Self-Congratulation as a Basis for Social Policy, which I consider the best analysis of the psychology of liberalism. What Sowell explains is that liberals make policy on the basis of how it makes them feel, regardless of whether the […]

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