The Other McCain

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

Soap Operas Are Not Documentaries (and ‘Feminism’ Is a Word With a Definition)

There has been, as Da Tech Tech Guy notes, quite a bit of sex talk lately on the right side of blogosphere. The Kathryn Jean Lopez column that inspired my musings on the Contraceptive Culture leads Little Miss Attila to many musings of her own, including this: [A]s a former hippie I find the notion of […]

VIDEO: The Fight in Wisconsin

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Ruh-Roh

This is bad news any way you slice it: Rep. Darrell Issa, the Republican chairman of the powerful Oversight and Government Reform Committee, has launched an inquiry into whether spokesman Kurt Bardella improperly shared e-mails from other reporters with a New York Times reporter writing a book on Washington’s political culture, POLITICO has learned. Bardella […]

‘We Don’t Have the Mortgage Problem That We Initially Thought’

Liberal wonk Robert Kuttner continues promoting a once-popular idea of how to deal with the mortgage crisis: “Write-downs” on loan principle (i.e., debt forgiveness) as a way to avert escalating foreclosures, bankruptcies and walk-aways. But there are several reasons that won’t work, and among the reasons named by Megan McArdle is this: We don’t have the mortgage problem that […]

LIVE AT FIVE – 03.01.11

TOP NEWS Last American World War I Vet Passes Away Joined AEF aged 15, died Sunday aged 110 Roskam Suggests Piecemeal Cuts Instead Of One Massive Cut Taking a leaf from Cuomo’s book and letting Dems pick targets for cuts? Also, White House signals willingness to deal. What Next For Libya? In the grim future […]

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