The Other McCain

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

Slaves of the Progressive Cause

Liberals are stupid. We know this. Samuel Johnson knew this, too: “No man but a blockhead ever wrote, except for money.” If you’re smart, you can figure out how to get paid to write. If you’re stupid, you’ll be a liberal journalism intern like Charles Davis: I was 21 years old when I took out […]

Guardian Losing $50 Million a Year?

These numbers are mind-boggling: Guardian News & Media has lost nearly £200m in the past six years as it pursues its ambition of being the “world’s leading liberal voice”. GMG already enjoys advantages over some of its commercial media rivals. Ownership by the Scott Trust means it does not have to answer to shareholders. The […]

Conor Friedersdorf’s Grassy Knoll

Conor Friedersdorf is the Lee Harvey Oswald of journalism — an alienated young man consumed by irrational hatred of his own country. Fortunately, the Secret Service need not worry about Friedersdorf purchasing a Mannlicher-Carcano rifle just now. The focus of his manic obsession is not the current president, but his predecessor. Bush Derangement Syndrome — […]

The Exceptional Jeremy Lott

When I first started writing for The American Spectator, Jeremy Lott was my editor. He has since joined the RealClearPolitics family of sites, but continues to be one of the most lively and versatile writers around. Unlike a lot of conservative journalists, Jeremy has no evident ambition to be regarded as a pundit. His specialty […]

Fall Off The Planet, Cohen

by Smitty Richard Cohen stepped into a pile of ObamaCare on the 11th of November, emphasis mine: Today’s GOP is not racist, as Harry Belafonte alleged about the tea party, but it is deeply troubled — about the expansion of government, about immigration, about secularism, about the mainstreaming of what used to be the avant-garde. […]

The Butt-Hurt Epidemic Goes to Court

We live in a world of Special Snowflakes™ who believe they can do no wrong, and that whatever problems they experience in life must therefore be someone else’s fault. Strangely enough, one of these perpetual victims is a Professional Journalist who, when her skill at her craft was criticized, decided to file a lawsuit. Thank […]

Roger Shuler: Another Kook Succumbs to ‘Investigative Blogger Syndrome’

Portrait of a Kook: Roger Shuler “Shuler has not shown that any clearly established right has been violated. His only alleged evidence is a recorded phone call that he says supports the notion that he was terminated because of the political content of his blog. However, Shuler’s own transcript of the phone call shows only […]

Police State: Feds Raid Investigative Reporter @AudreyHudson, Seize Notes

HOLY FREAKING CRAP! http://t.co/pKHUOWAvPw They raided @AudreyHudson? @AlexPappas @JeffQuinton @instapundit @ali — Robert Stacy McCain (@rsmccain) October 25, 2013 As soon as I saw the headline, I called Audrey, whom I worked with for years at The Washington Times. Audrey said she was “terrified” when she learned that police who raided her home in August […]

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