The Other McCain

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

BREAKING: Arnold Schwarzenegger Dumps Liberal Wife Maria Shriver

OK, the headline is totally misleading, because we don’t yet know who dumped whom: Former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and his wife, Maria Shriver, have separated, with Shriver moving out of their Brentwood mansion while the two determine the next step in their 25-year marriage. Shriver has been residing apart from the actor-turned-politician for the last few […]

His and/or Her Equal Rights

One of my favorite subjects is the inexorable logic of “social justice.” I have suffered many slings and arrows (hello, Little Miss Attila) for arguing that once you embrace equality as a principle, this principle must inevitably lead you places you had not originally intended to go: Lyralisa Stevens, who was born male but lives […]

Thugland, USA: Baseball Fan Brutally Attacked Outside Dodger Stadium

A 42-year-old paramedic is hospitalized with critical head injuries after he was savagely stomped in the parking lot while leaving a Dodgers-Giants game last week. The injured man, a father of two young children, is a Giants fan and the Los Angeles Times depicts this atrocity as a sports-rivalry-gone-wrong. But Southern California blogger Donald Douglas […]

California Babylon: Teen Girls Lie About Sleepover, Caught Pole-Dancing in Bar

Welcome to the 21st century, where parents have more reasons than ever to worry about their kids: MODESTO — A Modesto bar could face fines and loss of its liquor license after police say they found underage pole dancers and drinkers along with other illegal activity at the establishment. Acting on complaints, police and officers […]

Does Mitt Romney Agree With Bill Maher?

In case you missed it, hate-filled HBO “star” Bill Maher one-upped his own most tasteless anti-Palin slurs: Question: Has Mitt Romney ever spoken out forcefully in Gov. Palin’s defense? Because some people have noticed the crickets chirping: Joseph Fein, a party insider from the Los Angeles area, said some people feel they can’t trust Romney. […]

California GOP: Falling Down

“After LA lost the aerospace industry during the Clinton Administration, we lost a half million aerospace workers, voters and donors.” — former California GOP Chairman Shawn Steel That quote reminded me of the 1993 movie Falling Down starring Michael Douglas as a laid-off Los Angeles aerospace engineer trying to make sense of a world falling […]

‘Valley Of The Shadow’ Reports From A Convening Of Springs In The CA Republic

by Smitty Stacy was disgruntled, I gather, that the Koch brothers didn’t decide to send him to California Republican Spring Convention. But we do have the Valley of the Shadow on scene, providing an effort worthy of your attention, albeit slightly less gonzo. The economic train wreck that is California promises to be important and […]

California? Sure, I’d Love to Go

For weeks, Joe at Valley of the Shadow has been bugging me: Would I come to the California Republican Party convention? The convention starts Friday morning in Sacramento. But I can’t go. Don’t ask why. Just go

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