The Other McCain

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

The Brilliance of Breitbart

The first time I met Andrew Breitbart — at CPAC 2007 — the recognition of genius was  immediate. Some people are fearful of superior intelligence and others are envious. Admiration is more appropriate, and Breitbart combines raw brain power with a fierce contempt for liberalism and a refusal to be intimidated by power. This is not to say […]

ObamaCare Swindle Makes DC Beltway Look Like a Kiddie-Car Ride

When it comes to cussing people straight to Hell, the experience of driving I-495 would tempt a saint, but it can’t hold a candle to the spontaneous-Tourette’s factor of Lynne Woolsey’s latest proposal: As House Democrats press for final passage of a health care bill, a legislative scenario has emerged whereby the House wouldn’t have to […]

Media Malfeasance Begins To Eat Itself

by Smitty James O’Keefe has no business walking about unrecognized. You figure that, had the media covered the ACORN scandal at a realistic level, JOs face would be as infamous as that of, oh, OJ. The fact that JO waltzed into HUD and pulled a similar “how-can-we-work-these-rules” sort of stunt just shows another reason why […]

Prayers For Lara And Lana Reid

by Smitty Thanks to commenter Keyboard Jockey for pointing out the Drudge Report and the tragic situation for the Senate Majority Leader’s family. The I-95 and the Beltway are a mess at almost any hour, I know from personal experience. This is the sort of tragedy that can befall any family, and it’s an opportunity […]

Humor Sites Become Worrisome

by Smitty Hard to believe Parliament of Whores is nearing 20 years old. That classic surveys, in a humorous way, the crap-tacular organizational behavior problems that were just kind of amusing then, and quite literally threaten the solvency of the country now. Farm policy is among the more glaring examples of Federal policy silliness O’Rourke […]

Stacy And I, Combined, Haven’t The Charm To Garner An NYT Quote

by Smitty . . . Barabara Espinosa, on the other hand, does: The interesting crosscurrents in the contest are seemingly endless. Mr. Parker appears to enjoy support from the same people getting behind former Representative J. D. Hayworth, who is challenging Senator John McCain in the Republican primary with a hard right elbow to the […]

Who Is Jon Scott Ashjian?

We know that he owes $200,000 in back taxes. We know that his “Tea Party” candidacy is Harry Reid’s only hope for re-election. There are many questions being asked in Nevada: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is facing Republican accusations that he’s behind the emergence of a third-party Tea Party candidate on the ballot who […]

That Ain’t Country Music

I’m not one of these hard-core purists, who denounces any artist who strays too far from the original formula, despite my hereditary Old School tendencies. (My mother worked for the Atlanta office of RCA Records when I was a kid and used to bring home authographed records by Eddie Arnold, etc.) And I’m OK with […]

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