The Other McCain

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

Don’t Pay the Ransom, I Escaped

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Please excuse my unusually long silence since yesterday’s post about the state attorney general. From Birmingham, we left en route to Montgomery for the winter meeting of the Alabama Republican Party, arriving about 6:30 p.m. Central time. Six hours of heavy-duty reporting/schmoozing ensued, and then we departed for an unknown location near […]

Human Again

by Smitty After a rough day, following some Indian food that laid me out, I’m back on the FMJRA task. “Flakes Motivate Journalist to Repair to Alabama.” We’ve got a lot of snow here, and Stacy’s convenient swing South cannot go unnoticed. In any case, please send me your FMJRA input. Back to work.

Troy King and the Scandal That Dare Not Speak Its Name: Way Down (Low) in Dixie

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Everybody who follows Alabama politics knows about the gossip and everybody has a sarcastic joke about the state attorney general, so it’s not exactly news, which may partly explain why the state’s establishment media won’t touch it with a 10-foot pole. Do a Google search and it’s hard to miss the online […]

On the Radio This Morning

AT 8:30 a.m. (Central Time), I’ll be on the Matt Murphy show on Birmingham’s WAPI 1070 AM. You can listen live online. =>MP3 here.

‘In Birmingham, They Love . . .’

. . . the next governor? Just returned from dinner with Republican gubernatorial candidate Tim James. Among the guests joining us at McCormick & Schmick’s was Judy Merritt, president of Jefferson State Community College. Dr. Merritt became Alabama’s first female president of a state college in 1979 when she was appointed by former Gov. Fob James, […]

LIVE from Birmingham, Alabama

Yes, that’s right, folks. Despite the law-enforcement dragnet across Virginia and Tennessee — “Be on the lookout for a black 2004 KIA Optima . . .” — I have arrived at an undisclosed location  in Birmingham. Political intrigue and shenanigans are afoot down here in God’s country, and I’ll be updating regularly. While en route — 785 miles […]

Topics That Deserve Attention

by Smitty Geert Wilders is a canary taking a litmus test in a coal mine. If you’re not reading Atlas Shrugs and Jihad Watch, among others, then you’re letting yourself down. For some…odd…reason, this administration seems to desire this country to follow Europe’s decline. So long as we maintain this course, the Wilders case is […]

‘I Don’t Know What Their Motivation Is’

by Smitty Jon Stewart has show occasional glimmers of intelligence. So, ~3:45, when the discussion turns to those vile, obstructionist Republicans, Stewart doesn’t grasp their motivation.

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