The Other McCain

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

The Obama Obsession

Da Tech Guy‘s habit of watching Morning Joe on MSNBC, to get a daily read on what liberals are thinking, is a habit I’ve started to adopt. It’s interesting to watch the Obama-centric worldview in action. Today, Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinsksi spent a full ten minutes discussing with Savannah Guthrie and Evan Wolfson this Pew Poll that shows […]

Ace Is Absolutely Killing

When he’s on, he’s really on: It would never even occur to me, or any decent person, to erect a Museum of American Achievements in Aviation in Hiroshima. And here he makes an analogy so brilliant I’m ashamed I didn’t think of it myself. Having been endlessly lectured by our enlightened betters about the need to be […]

Malibu Plastic Surgeon Dies in Car Crash; Was Driving While Texting About His Dog

Not an Onion parody: Dr. Frank Ryan, plastic surgeon to Heidi Montag and other celebrities, was sending Twitter messages about his border collie before his fatal car accident. The California Highway Patrol is investigating whether Ryan was texting at the time he crashed Monday . . . A close friend of Ryan’s says Ryan sent […]

SHOCKER: Doctors Say Lindsay Lohan Doesn’t Actually Have Mental Disorder

She’s not technically crazy, she’s just a part-time lesbian who sometimes makes bad decisions like driving drunk and bleaching her red hair blonde: [T]he doctors who have evaluated Lindsay Lohan at UCLA have concluded she does not suffer from the drug or psychiatric problems that were previously diagnosed. . . . We’re told Lindsay has […]

Allahpundit: We Have To Work On Your Rock’N’Roll Picks

by Smitty (h/t HotAir) One is tempted to move off the anti-triumpnalism stance on the news that, apparently, the Lefty think-tanks are nearing acceptance of that which we knew all along about ObamaCare. Our blue state Col. Jessup overlords figured we couldn’t handle it, though: the truth. When you look at the ultimate slide in […]

Curious Phrasing, Mr. Appel

“In my experience, liberal think tanks and intellectuals dominate most domestic issues while conservative think tanks and intellectuals dominate foreign policy. . . . Democrats have traditionally held an advantage on domestic issues while Republicans have traditionally held an advantage on foreign policy. The intelligentsia of both parties reflect this divide.” — Patrick Appel, The […]

Associated (Orwellian) Press

A memo from the Ministry of Truth: AP Standards Center issues staff advisory on covering New York City mosque Associated Press Deputy Managing Editor for Standards and Production Tom Kent sent the following note to the staff about covering the New York City mosque story: Aug. 19, 2010 Colleagues, Here is some guidance on covering […]

Complex Problems, Simple Solutions

Imagine the horror of finding myself favorably cited by David Frum, who notes my concern with lack of attention to elections by the conservative blogosphere, and says that conservatives aren’t neglecting politics so much as they’re neglecting policy: What is neglected is governance. How much do we discuss what went wrong with the US economy […]

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