The Other McCain

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

A Baseball Theory

by Smitty Baseball Crank has a post entitled “BASEBALL: Year of the Slightly Better Pitcher” While out in Idaho, we grilled some steaks. A rancher friend was over, and I alluded to the stolen third perfect game of the year. Out of nowhere, the fellow outs himself as a tremendous baseball fan, praising it as […]

Curb Your Vice President

Global warming is a crisis, but evidently not such a huge crisis that a guy can’t take a few minutes to screw around: Al Gore’s split from wife Tipper after 40 years of marriage was a shock to everyone who thought theirs was the ideal marriage. . . . (Who is this “everyone” who thought […]

Census Worker Murdered

When a Census worker was found dead in Kentucky last year, Rick Ungar proclaimed “Send the Body to Glenn Beck” and Andrew Sullivan suspected “Southern populist terrorism, whipped up by the GOP and its Fox and talk radio cohorts.” Bill Sparkman’s death turned out to be suicide. So, who’s to blame for killing Census workers now? A […]

How Freedom Died

Incredible:  The White House on Monday outlined broad new rules designed to prevent employers from dropping health insurance benefits for their workers or shifting huge new costs onto them. The regulations empower the administration to revoke the so-called grandfather status of businesses that shift “significant” new burdens onto employees — a considerable penalty that would […]

Pamela Geller Triumphs!

You recall the weekend uproar over PayPal’s attempt to cancel Pamela Geller’s account. Well, Monday morning CAIR issued a press release celebrating their apparent victory. And then . . . A PayPal excecutive called Pamela Geller to explain that it had all been a big misunderstanding — and Pamela then issued her own press release. […]

Nikki Haley Leads Big

Rasmussen says she’s looking good: State Representative Nikki Haley is running stronger than her Republican Primary runoff opponent in the general election for South Carolina’s first open gubernatorial race since 1994 . . . Haley fell just short of 50% support in last Tuesday’s primary race. She and [U.S. Rep. Gresham] Barrett will face off in a […]

Who and Why?

The story behind the story of the Bob Etheridge video continues to fascinate Washington. While people in North Carolina are wondering why a seven-term Democratic congressman went nuts when asked whether he supported President Obama, Washington Post gossip columnists Roxeanne Roberts and Amy Argetsinger follow David Weigel’s angle. Is it as interesting as Miley Cyrus? […]

Naked Miley Cyrus Upskirt Photo

No, I would never post such a thing. Not in a million years. But if you’re a creepazoid pervert desperately Googling for “Naked Miley Cyrus Upskirt Photo,” there’s no reason all that traffic should go to Perez Hilton: Perez Hilton might be in some hot water after posting an uncensored photo of  Miley Cyrus’ private parts to […]

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