The Other McCain

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

LIVE AT FIVE – 1.20.11

TOP NEWS House Votes To Repeal Obamacare Three Democrats cross the aisle to vote with GOP. Bipartisanship! 😉 PRC Promises Action On Software Piracy, Protectionism Hu concedes “a lot needs to be done” to improve human rights in the PRC DA: Philadelphia Abortionist Killed Seven Babies With Scissors 300-page grand jury report “filled with ghastly, […]

LIVE AT FIVE – 1.19.11

TOP NEWS Peace Corps Founder Sargent Shriver Dead At 95 Probably best known for marrying into the Kennedy clan, work with Special Olympics Senator Lieberman To Retire In 2012 Second Democratic senator to announce retirement PRC President Visits Amid Mounting Military Tension Rising concern in the Administration about PRC capabilities Ministers Quit Tunisian Unity Government […]

LIVE AT FIVE – 1.18.11

TOP NEWS Apple’s Jobs Takes Medical Leave Again Can Apple survive without its wizard? Greed Of Leila Ben Ali Major Goad To Tunisian Revolt “The Imelda Marcos of the Arab World” House GOP Ready To Rumble Repeal/replacement of Obamacare still job #1 Lebanon On Brink Of Chaos As UN Indictments Delivered Ayatollah Khamenei, Hezbollah charged […]

LIVE AT FIVE – 1.17.11

TOP NEWS “Baby Doc” Duvalier Returns To Haiti Returns after 25 years of exile to a Haiti in chaos Tunisian Strongman Toppled By Popular Revolution First such revolution in the Arab world Hu Jintao Calls For End To “Zero-Sum Cold War Mentality” However, appreciation of the yuan ain’t happening POLITICS Tucson Remembers Dorwan Stoddard 76-year-old […]

LIVE AT FIVE – 1.14.11

TOP NEWS Tucson Bids Farewell To Youngest Victim Of Madman’s Rampage Firemen honor child born on 9/11 with flag from WTC ruins Search Is On For Brazilian Flood Victims Over 400 dead, 14,000 homeless after torrential rains trigger landslides near Rio Giffords’ Condition Still Improving “A lot of medicine is outside of our control, and […]

LIVE AT FIVE – 1.13.11

TOP NEWS President Asks For Words That Heal, Not Words That Wound Calls for moderation in the ongoing political debate Extra Police Sent In As Flood Death Toll Continues To Rise Police will patrol vast flooded areas in Brisbane, Ipswich Sarah Palin Breaks Silence, Accuses Critics Of “Blood Libel” Predictable whining from media, leftist Jews […]

LIVE AT FIVE – 1.12.11

TOP NEWS Ariz. Governor Brewer To Sign Emergency Legislation Blocking Westboro “Baptist Church” Funeral Demonstrations Bill passed unanimously by state House and Senate Gun control advocates seizing the moment Starting with ban on high-capacity magazines Loughner Family: “We Don’t Understand Why This Happened” Brief statement released to press POLITICS Chamber Of Commerce Head “Cautiously Optimistic” […]

LIVE AT FIVE – 1.11.11

TOP NEWS Commentators Rush To Blame Media For Loughner’s Murders And pious blathering about “violent rhetoric” focuses only on the Right. South Sudan goes to the polls Most observers think secession’s a done deal Tom DeLay Sentenced To Three Years For Money Laundering, Free On Appeal Bond “I can’t be remorseful for something I think […]

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