The Other McCain

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

The University of Instapundit

Reflecting on grade inflation at law schools, Fisherville Mike reckons that he should qualify for a juris doctor through daily reading of Professor Glenn Reynolds. And when your blog gets linked at Instapundit, that’s like becoming editor of the university law review.

Why Is It That Nothing Sounds Too Creepy For This Administration?

by Smitty Townhall links a letter from Sens. Grassley, Hatch (R-Utah), Vitter (R-La.), Bunning (R-Ky.), Chambliss (R-Ga.), Isakson (R-Ga.), Inhofe (R-Okla.), and Cochran (R-Miss.), saying: We understand that there’s a push for your Administration to develop a plan to unilaterally extend either deferred action or parole to millions of illegal aliens in the United States. […]

Nikki Haley Wins GOP Runoff!

The Associated Press goes straight into the “historic” race-and-gender identity-politics stuff: Nikki Haley, an Indian-American woman, won the Republican nomination for governor and Tim Scott, a black lawmaker, grabbed a commanding lead in his bid for the GOP nod for a House seat in South Carolina primary runoffs Tuesday, a measure of racial progress in […]

World Cup: ¡Va La Argentina!

Argentina got second-half goals from Martin Demichelis and Martin Palermo to defeat Greece 2-0, advancing to a round-of-16 match against Mexico. Your average Argentine soccer fan hates Mexico in a way that would horrify Sheriff Joe Arpaio. Argentina totally dominated Group B — scoring 7 goals to their opponents’ one — and against Greece, controlled the ball by a 2-to-1 […]

Judge Blocks Obama Administration Offshore Drilling Ban; UPDATE: Text of Ruling; Obama Vows to Appeal Decision

Instapundit links the news from Bloomberg. UPDATE: Judge Martin Feldman sides with the people against the powerful: A New Orleans federal judge lifted the six-month moratorium on deepwater drilling imposed by President Barack Obama following the largest oil spill in U.S. history. . . . More than a dozen Louisiana offshore service and supply companies sued […]

Killgore Trout Beclowns Himself

Dave Weigel of the Washington Post contacted me seeking a denial of an assertion by one of Charles Johnson’s LGF henchmorons that I was the anonymous “Tea Party consultant” who wrote the Playboy article: “I’m almost certain it’s him. He’s making up a lot of the details and probably exaggerating his influence . . .” Fool. […]

OMG! Scandal! Miley Cyrus Crotch Shot Published by Perez Hilton Reuters

Reuters offers the Mother Of All Excuses: A Reuters representative speaking on background admitted that the photo had caused concern in the photo department because of Miley’s age, but that was weighed against the fact that it occurred on stage in front of hundreds of people and other cameras, as well as the fact that the […]

‘Unexpectedly’ — Again!

Purchases of U.S. Existing Homes Unexpectedly Fall Sales of U.S. previously owned homes unexpectedly fell in May, a sign demand was probably pulled into prior months before a June tax-credit deadline. . . . The decline raises the risk the retrenchment following the expiration of the tax credit will be deeper than anticipated. . . […]

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