The Other McCain

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

Everybody Have Fun at Right Online!

My friend Steve Eggleston of No Runny Eggs blog fame asked me a question on Twitter: Read  the article for yourself: “[T]he nation’s foremost new media experts from across the country” — a list from which my name is omitted. As I explained three weeks ago: The list of speakers for this year’s conference includes Erick Erickson and Ed Morrissey — both […]

Did I Mention That My Daughter Has Made Dean’s List Every Semester?

Fortunately, because I’m not rich, there was never any danger that my daughter would darken the door of Ross Douthat’s alma mater: “Last year, two Princeton sociologists, Thomas Espenshade and Alexandria Walton Radford, published a book-length study of admissions and affirmative action at eight highly selective colleges and universities. Unsurprisingly, they found that the admissions process seemed […]

Good Dad, Bad Dad

Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents . . . — Romans 1:30 (KJV) Exactly why I was referring to the first chapter of Romans on Twitter is perhaps irrelevant here. At any rate, I found myself lecturing on the principles of parenthood, which I understand as well […]

Tactics And Strategy Are Peanut Butter And Chocolate

by Smitty Ramesh Ponnuru makes one of those points you ignore at your peril: the GOP’s been a cheerfuly party to Progressive over-reach this last century. It’s that the fiscal future of the country does not turn on grants to the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant. We ought to be pressuring Republicans on the right issues. […]

Conservatism 101:
Never Let Your Enemies Tell You Who Your Friends Should Be

Conservative Republicans seeking political advice should not take it from a liberal Democrat like Jonathan Chait: You don’t have to love Sue Lowden to understand that a 90% chance of Lowden winning is better than a 20% chance of Sharron Angle winning. Nor is there any recognition on the right that conservatives paved the way […]

AllahPundit Is A Month Late, Aims Low

by Smitty Hot Air: Exit question: Greene in 2014? This blog had a better idea in the middle of last month: Where Is Your Gallows Humor? Alvin Greene For President In 2012! This guy is BHO without all the Ivy League nonsense. Go for it, boss!

Jews and Israel: Death by Relativism

Frank Luntz quoted by Evelyn Gordon at Commentary: “The problem that I see is that so many parents in the Jewish community taught their kids not to judge. I’m going to say something that’s a little bit ideological, but I find that kids on the right are far more likely to stand up for Israel […]

Irish Debt Woes

Not a Greece-style crisis, but not good news, either: Ireland’s efforts to pull out of a deep economic slump suffered a setback Monday when a major credit agency downgraded the country’s bond rating, citing a weak banking system and rising debt. Moody’s Investors Service downgraded Ireland one notch, to Aa2 from Aa1, although it remains […]

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