The Other McCain

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

Matt Welch: Meh

by Smitty (h/t Insty) It’s something of a tangent from Welch’s main point over at Reason, but his characterization of conservatives as unsophisticated is exactly that: Speaking only for myself, I don’t see libertarianism moving rightward, I see rightward moving libertarian. Which is to be expected, what with the whole not-having-power thing (as Kilgore points […]

A Bad Hairball Day For Sissypuss?

by Smitty This blog took on a mascot recently, and all was swell and spiffy. Now there is blowback against the POTUS from even the smallest and most loyal (presuming steady handouts) supporters: We’ll keep researching and see if we can figure out just exactly what platitudes, sleight-of-hand, and other nether sunshine is needed to […]

Obviously, the Solution to Our Nation’s Most Pressing Problems Is . . .

. . . more Ann Hathaway boobies. That seems to be the agenda at Classic Liberal, at least, and who are we to argue? Even though Anne’s breasts have ceased to be Catholic, they nevertheless continue to exercise a miraculous influence: Some contend that Anne Hathaway’s splendid rack was responsible for the record blizzard that […]

Fortune Musters J’Accuse, Re-ignites Al’s Trousers

by Smitty This week’s FMJRA salutes Real Men of Bear Pig. “Real Men of Bear Pig…” Trading up the the authority of my old job, plus sympathy from dupes over a setback in 2000, for a couple of awards and a lucrative perpetual guilt machine that blew up in your face in the last 90 […]

Instapundit Interviews Les Phillip

This was sort of a carom shot of my Alabama trip. My Monday American Spectator column included two paragraphs about Les Phillip, who is running for Congress in Alabama’s 5th District. Friday night, after the state GOP meeting in Montgomery, Ali Akbar and I hung out with Phillip — who smokes cigars — on the veranda […]

Professor Is Denied Tenure, Opens Fire in University Faculty Meeting, 3 Dead

Unusual and tragic violence: HUNTSVILLE, AL (WAFF) – Police said a female member of the UA-Huntsville faculty shot and killed three co-workers on campus. Sources close to the investigation identify the suspect as Dr. Amy Bishop. Police also have the alleged shooter’s husband in custody. He has not been formally charged with anything. University spokesman […]

Keith Olbermann Once Again Displays His Astonishing Lack of Self-Awareness

He begins by chastising Rush Limbaugh for having a huge ego — never mind that Rush’s audience on is at least 20 times as big as Olbermann’s, or that Olbermann is a 24K-gold-plated narcissist — and ends by predicting that Michelle Malkin will die in obscurity: Olbermann’s career is one of the most spectacular failures […]

Would You Hire The Head Alcoholic From Your Local AA Chapter To Manage The Adult Beverage Store?

by Smitty Rick Moran gives a great apology for Representative Paul Ryan’s (R-WI) plan, as reviewed in Forbes by Bruce Bartlett to do something, anything, about the federal debt. Working off the dead horse by the end of the next 70 years is indeed noble.

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