The Other McCain

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

#LennayKekuaFacts: What You Don’t Know About Manti Te’o’s Fake Girlfriend

Shortly before she died, Lennay gave an exclusive interview to Jayson Blair of the New York Times. #LennayKekuaFacts — Robert Stacy McCain (@rsmccain) January 18, 2013 From the “Too Good to Check” file: The Times was not among the most prominent offenders in taking at face value what turned out to be a hoax, as […]

Are You a ‘Nate Silver Truther’?

I am, according to some worthless putz named Joshua Holland writing at the left-wing site AlterNet. Holland also: Calls me “a notably dense right-wing blogger”; and Misspells my name (there is no “e” in Stacy). As to the substance of the dispute, Holland’s article is entitled: Republicans Desperate to Spin Romney as the Front-Runner Are […]

Signs and Omens: Obama’s Fading Hope and the Graveyard Whistling Choir

Nate Silver continues to lead the Democrat Graveyard Whistling Choir, raising Obama to a 70.3% likelihood of victory based on . . . what? I dunno. I’m not an expert with a New York Times column or anything, much less a Magical Forecasting Model™ that can divine future events with the precise scientific exactitude of […]

The Democrat Graveyard Whistling Choir Ignores ‘Preference Cascade’ Scenario

– Ed Driscoll points out that the “War on Women” hero/martyr Sandra Fluke drew a much smaller crowd than did the actual victims of the “War on Coal” in Grundy, Virginia. As they say, the plural of “anecdote” is data, and these are just a couple of points on the scatter-chart which are beginning to form into […]

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 […]

Forbath Lost Me At ‘Laws To Redress Want And Inequity’

by Smitty American Power links the Grey Lady soiling herself with Commie tripe. Lots of good analysis from Mr. Douglas, but I went non-linear in the second paragraph: The Supreme Court is again putting up constitutional barriers against laws to redress want and inequity. Never mind about the Supreme Court actively putting up barriers. The […]

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 […]

‘They Just Want the Money’

Walter Russell Mead finds amusement in New York Times employees — members of the Writers Guild union — whining about a proposal to substitute 401(k)s for their current bloated pension plan: Nobody in the video talks about the changes in the news business that threatens to drive the Times into a deep dive. Nobody talks […]

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