The Other McCain

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

Barney Frank Makes Me Nervous

“[In March 1987], the ABCC [Alien Border Control Committee] had its first notable success. The CIA tipped off the FBI to a group of suspected Palestinian terrorists in Los Angeles. The Bureau arrested eight men. But instead of being lauded, the Bureau and the Agency came under harsh attack from civil liberties groups who argued […]

Desperate Barney Frank Now Begging for More Democratic Baby-Killer Money

“A vote for me is a vote to save your right to destroy your inconvenient unborn children.” — Barney Frank Oh. Wait. Barney didn’t actually say that. But as Pundette says, that’s what he meant when he said this: My opponent, Sean Bielat, supports the reversal of Roe v. Wade. When asked by a reporter […]

Mrs. Patrick’s Tax-Funded Aide

They don’t call it Taxachusetts for nothing: Rose Arruda, who makes $55,000 a year to run [Gov. Deval] Patrick’s ribbon cuttings and speaking engagements across the state, also works on up to 52 events a year for the governor’s wife, who’s a lawyer at the prestigious Hub firm Ropes & Gray. Republicans immediately seized on […]

Barney Frank Is Scared, and He Hasn’t Even Seen Ladd Ehlinger’s Next Video

When an incumbent congressman has to lend money to his own campaign, the crisis must be very dire indeed. Allahpundit wonders, “What on earth are his internal polls showing him . . . ?” Hey, when a congressman and his heckler boyfriend fly to the Virgin Islands aboard the private jet of a hedge-fund billionaire in the […]

At Bielat HQ, Ready for the Road Trip

NEWTON, Mass. — Here at Sean Bielat campaign headquarters on a Saturday afternoon, Ace of Spades and several of his readers are running the phone banks: “Hey, my name’s Ace. Would you like Sean Bielat to build you a robot?” The big news today is that Sean Bielat is the top fundraiser in Massachusetts: In […]

Boston Postcards

BOSTON — Some photos of the stuff I’ve been covering yesterday and today: You might recognize the guy with the camera. So what’s Ladd Ehlinger Jr. doing in Boston? OK, I can’t tell you exactly what Ladd’s doing here, but in this photo he is talking to Kiera and in maybe a week you’ll know what this is all […]

Thanks, Professor Reynolds

Barney Frank and his lover take a private jet ride to the Virgin Islands with a hedge fund billionaire, prompting Professor Glenn Reynolds to proclaim: I don’t want to hear one goddamned word about my freaking carbon footprint from Barney Frank, or his cronies. He speaks for millions.

Reporting News That Liberals Want You to Ignore? ‘Right-Wing Attack Site’!

BOSTON — A rainy morning in Massachusetts and here’s my latest column at The American Spectator: Tina Hood of Worcester said “it blew my mind” when she heard her congressman say, “I think the Constitution is wrong.” Rep. Jim McGovern later called his statement a “slip of the tongue,” but to Ms. Hood — a […]

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