The Other McCain

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

Dan Riehl and the Zero Hour

 He now averages more than a quarter-million visitors per month, but when he started out blogging in 2004 . . . eh, not so much: I remember trying to deduct my own visits from my sitemeter one day, figuring I had had about 17 actual visitors for 24 hrs. Having the persistence to stick with it […]

Am I the Only One Who Remembers . . .

. . . how often we were told that the Catholic Church sex scandals had nothing to do with homosexuality? Yeah, there was an endless parade of former altar boys coming forward to say they’d been molested by priests, but this was in no way related to the accused priests being gay, you see, and anyone who dared suggest […]

Lisa Murkowski’s Palin Problem

Joe Miller is the Republican primary challenger to Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski, who was rated No. 5 on the Human Events list of “Top 10 Senate RINOs” (and that was when Arlen Specter was still a Republican). The Aug. 24 Alaska primary is the subject of my latest American Spectator column:  Any disinterested political observer would be tempted […]

‘I’ll Have What He’s Having’

OK, I poached the headline from Ace of Spades HQ and, since this video has already gotten more than 600,000 views, you may have seen it already. For those of you who haven’t, the summary: California hippie dude who calls himself “Yosemite Bear” gets insanely joyful at the sight of a double rainbow: “What does this mean?” […]

Methodists Support Hamas

British Methodists have decided that Israel is evil: The Methodists boycott no other country. The fact that an institution professing allegiance to values of love, truth and justice should have succumbed to an agenda of hatred, hypocrisy and barbarism is sadly emblematic of the degraded spirit of our times, and of the moral inversions which […]

Shorter New York Times

PROFITS BAD! Making matters worse, businesses are already plowing fewer profits back into their own enterprises. Over the past decade and a half, corporations have been saving more and investing less in their own businesses. . . . The reason for all this saving in the United States is that public companies have become obsessed […]

Obama’s War on Food

Orit Sklar at Human Events explains how the Obama administration plans to decide what you eat: In the current regulatory environment, one may be certain that “recommendations” aren’t mere suggestions. The latest example that calls for a healthy read between the lines is this week’s big unveiling of the Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) “Dietary Guidelines […]

VIDEO: Rick’s Awesome Fireworks

This year, for the first year in . . . well, forever, I didn’t get to shoot my usual super-awesome Fourth of July fireworks show. Darling Daughter scheduled her wedding for this week, so I was forced to scrap my annual Alabama expedition. One day, I’ll find it in my heart to forgive her, but Sunday […]

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