The Other McCain

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

News: Herman Cain Beats Rick Perry and I Just Bought My Ticket to Des Moines

The media don’t much like him, but whenever he gets a chance to meet people one-on-one, he wins: Presidential candidate Herman Cain won the straw poll at the Western Conservative Summit in Denver this weekend with 48 percent of the votes, followed by Texas Governor Rick Perry. “How about spectacular,” Cain said to ABC News […]

Herman Cain: He’s In It To Win It

Late Tuesday night, I had about 45 minutes of frustrated confusion when California writer Jim Henson sent a couple of Twitter messages to Shane Vander Hart and me: My reaction to that — knowing that such a rumor could have no basis in fact — was something like, “WTF?” To which Henson replied: Well, you can’t just […]

A One-Way Ticket to Des Moines …

. . . would cost $249 if I booked today for an Aug. 3 departure from Reagan National in D.C. You may ask, “Why Iowa? Why Aug. 3? Why a one-way ticket?” Here’s the story at The American Spectator: Atlanta businessman Herman Cain will begin a nine-day bus tour of Iowa next week, leading up […]

Like 31 Flavors of AWESOME: Yeah, My Son Jim Is Graduating High School Today

Regular readers will perhaps best know Jim for the work he did last year to fix the engine on the famous 2004 KIA Optima: Of course, that expensive repair job was just weeks before the car got wiped out by the “Whitetail Jihad.” We’ve now got all the parts to do that job, but the […]

Fun With Pneumonia Update: I’m Still Sick, But These Drugs Are Great!

Well, I was feeling pretty good yesterday, but now I realize that was just the Percocet talking. Woke up this morning feeling awful. The good news? Re-reading the directions on the Percocet, I saw that it says “take one or two every four to six hours.” The “or two” is definitely more fun. So while […]

If I’d Known the Drugs Were Gonna Be This Good, I’d Have Gotten Sick Earlier

Sunday night, my wife took me to the emergency room. The pain in my ribs — like a knife every time I coughed — had gotten to the point where even I had to admit that I was really sick. They hooked me up to a saline drip, gave me 4 cc’s of morphine, gave […]

March Goes Out Like a Lion

The March End-of-the-Month Bonus Fundraiser was a huge success. Thanks to tip-jar hitters Charlie in Oregon, Sissy in Massachusetts, Stephen in Texas, Brendan in New Jersey, Jeff in Walla Walla, Will in Texas, Mike in Ardmore, Larry in North Carolina, James in Texas, Victor in Virginia, and Dana in Ohio. My wife is impressed with […]

The REAL Budget Battle (UPDATED)

Yeah, I know everybody’s riveted by negotiations between Republicans and Democrats over the federal budget, but what is far more urgent — at least to me, personally — is the battle over my own budget, which involves negotiations with Mrs. Other McCain. If you think this is leading up to me asking you to hit the tip […]

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