The Other McCain

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

Elena Kagan: Bork Hearings Were
‘Best Thing That Ever Happened’

“I love what happened in the Bork hearings. . . . The Bork hearings were the best thing that ever happened to constitutional democracy.” Perhaps Judge Bork will be willing to share his own perspective on that experience during the Americans United for Life press briefing Wednesday. UPDATE: Dave Weigel reminds us of how liberals […]

Why Are People Democrats?

This question wasn’t his research topic, but I think Cornell University psychology Professor David Dunning has found the answer: “When people are incompetent in the strategies they adopt to achieve success and satisfaction, they suffer a dual burden: Not only do they reach erroneous conclusions and make unfortunate choices, but their incompetence robs them of […]

Sharron Angle Fights Back

Nevada Sen. Harry Reid and his MSM allies have tried to score a pre-emptive knockout against Republican challenger Sharron Angle by depicting her as an extremist kook. Here is Angle’s first ad of the general election campaign: Philip Klein at the American Spectator provides the text of the ad: Unemployment has skyrocketed. Billions in bailouts […]

Sandy Goodman Thinks The BP Squeeze Was Not ‘Fascism-Fascism’

by Smitty Sandy Goodman at the Puffington Host generates a truly useful idiocy in attacking another useful idiot, David Brooks, for his PBS NewsHour appearance Friday night. At issue is whether the Joe Barton apology can be seen as standing up for the rule of law. Goodman: Those laws, Brooks reminded us, protect the unpopular […]

Will Senator Kyl Get Introduced To Bartonism?

by Smitty RedState (and half the rest of the right-o-sphere) has the clip of Senator Kyl telling an audience that during a private, one-on-one meeting with President Obama in the Oval Office, the President told him, regarding securing the southern border with Mexico, “The problem is, . . . if we secure the border, then […]

Rahm Swan Song?

by Smitty (via Lucianne) “Democrats have not stood behind the president in the way Republicans did for George W Bush, and that was meant to be Rahm’s job.” There were sharp differences over health care reform, with Mr Emanuel arguing that public hostility about cost should have forced them into producing a scaled down package. […]

How Not to Succeed

Kathy Shaidle brings to our attention this interesting obituary of a podcast from D.R. Tucker: I promised myself that The Notes would not end up like Culture 11. Unfortunately, it has. Why did Culture 11 go under, while Big Hollywood prospered? Simple: the latter was able to tap into a populist vein, while the former […]

Ten Buck Fridays

by Smitty (via Mind Numbed Robot) In the end, the votes cast for the election are what matter. However, time, effort, and money have an impact. The money is important, particularly early. So the Ten Buck Fridays is a wonderful way to express political will in a fashion that shall no doubt bring tears of […]

« go back — keep looking »