The Other McCain

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

The Daily Disgrace

The front-page headline in this morning’s New York Times: GUNMAN KILLS 12 AT COLORADO THEATER; SCORES ARE WOUNDED, REVIVING DEBATE The headline is different in the online version of the story, but the “debate” the editors have in mind is referenced in the fifth paragraph, which declares that “once again . . . the nation […]

Rewarding Failure, Punishing Success

Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged is in many ways too radical — with dangerous overtones of Nietzsche — but clearly enunciates certain basic insights. In one of her characters’ monologues, Rand expresses the fundamental problem with the Marxist maxim, “From each according to his ability, to each according to his need.” What’s wrong with that? It […]

VA AG Ken Cuccinelli, Truth Teller

by Smitty Mitchell challenged his claim that the president’s proposal to allow the Bush-era tax cuts to expire for anyone making more than $250,000 would be detrimental to the middle-class. “Of course, their argument is that only two or three percent of the people would be affected by the, uh, middle-class tax cut,” she said […]

MSM Meme: Oh, Noes! Rich People Are Giving Money to Republicans!

Just look at the Memeorandum headline aggregation: Protesters raise cloud of sand as Romney raises $3 million in N.Y. — Los Angeles Times Romney Mines the Hamptons for Campaign Cash — New York Times Protesters demonstrate outside of Koch fund-raiser for Romney — CNN Protesters! The Koch Brothers! The Hamptons! Three million dollars! The innocent […]

E-Mails Expose MSNBC Host’s Involvement in #StopRush Boycott

Krystal Ball will co-host MSNBC’s new show ‘The Cycle’ starting Monday. FROM AN UNDISCLOSED LOCATION MSNBC host Krystal Ball was in close communication with leaders of an online boycott aimed at advertisers on Rush Limbaugh’s popular radio show, e-mails between the boycott leaders indicate. Attempting to discover the identity of an infiltrator in their group, the […]

MSNBC: The ‘C’ Is for ‘Crazy’

Of the half-million or so viewers who regularly watch MSNBC, I’m sure at least 100,000 are like me: Conservatives tuning in just to laugh at the zany derangement of liberal idiots. Benny Johnson and Erica Ritz of The Blaze describe one typical MSNBCer’s lunatic rant: According to MSNBC Host Melissa Harris-Perry •9/11 vaulted America into a […]

Creative Ideas About Media Bias

There are few things more boring than listening to conservatives complain about liberal bias in the media. We’ve heard it all before and nothing ever changes, because the people who run the media sincerely believe one of two things: Their coverage is actually objective and balanced; or Republicans are a dangerous menace — genuinely evil […]

Counter-Factual Assertions

Dylan Byers of Politico promotes (or at least calls for a discussion of) the Left’s latest propaganda campaign: The assertion that the polarization of American politics is entirely the fault of extremists who allegedly have pulled the Republican Party rightward. This is both (a) untrue, and (b) a transparent effort by the Left to scapegoat its […]

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