The Other McCain

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

Support A Good Guv

by Smitty (via RedNova) Support Bob McDonnell’s tenure as VA Governor in this online poll. I never got around to writing a post concerning the recent flapette, but great bloggers like The Daley Gator and Saberpoint did, which see. Update: NPR poll results. Fauxtrage is faux!

My Emergency Evacuation: Good-Bye to the Big Easy; Hello, Sweet Home Alabama

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — I’m blogging from the studios of WTKI 1490 AM, where today I was a guest on the Film Ladd radio show, a fantastic multimedia experience — radio, chatroom, live video camera. The host, Ladd Ehlinger, is a brilliant independent film director and all-around virtuoso. Ladd called me Sunday morning while I was on […]

Breitbart Party Voodoo

“Best photo ever!” Lyndsey Fifield exclaimed after seeing this photo of a conversation at Friday’s New Orleans blogger bash off Chartres Street near the levee: Lyndsey reacts to Breitbart’s remark — a Tulane alumnus, Breitbart was confirming that New Orleans voodoo is a reality — as Dave Weigel of the Washington Post and political operative Zach […]

Romney Could Emerge Smelling Of Roses

by Smitty Let Freedom Ring is deeply skeptical of RomneyCare. As I’ve tried to expound before, a radically Federalist tack could be good for both Romney in particular and Conservatives in general. Here is the rub: if you argue a libertarian hand at the Federal level, keeping to the 10th Amendment and re-constituting the States […]

His Fedora Still Travels

NEW ORLEANS — As Smitty noted yesterday, Da Tech Guy continues his standing offer to travel anywhere to cover a story for $1,000 a week plus expenses. He was kind enough to extend the loan of his casual fedora — my favorite from the Scott Brown campaign we covered together — which has made several guest […]

Rule 5 Sunday

by Smitty Rule 5 Sunday dawns, and we’re less than seven months from what will arguably the most anticipated mid-term election in American history. But lets halt the nail biting long enough for a refreshing look at the positive things in life. The Daley Gator informs me of a couple of oversights. Thoughts of Fei, […]

New Orleans: Random Man on the Street, and More News You Can Abuse

NEW ORLEANS — When everybody’s going for the Big Story in the pack-journalism scrum — Romney wins SRLC straw poll! Ron Paul says wacky stuff! — my counter-intuitive instinct is to look for offbeat angles that nobody else reports. What an amazing coincidence, huh? And ladies, there’s good news: So even though conservative heart-throbs like Marco Rubio, Scott Brown and […]

Two Shot Dead in New Orleans; UPDATE: Seven Wounded; Who Will Sully Blame?

NEW ORLEANS — “Honey, I’ve got good news,” I told my wife in a phone conversation a few minutes ago. “I’m still alive.” The news wasn’t so good for two people four blocks away from where I was having dinner Saturday night: The New Orleans Police Department is investigating a 9:15 p.m. shooting in the […]

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