The Other McCain

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

They’ll Never Steal a Chevy Volt

Car thieves aren’t doing their share to save the planet: The Cadillac Escalade, a big luxury sport-utility vehicle, once the favorite of rappers and moguls alike, remains tops for average insurance theft losses, according to the insurance industry’s Highway Loss Data Institute report out today. Other automotive eye candy, such as the Chevrolet Corvette Z06, […]

Paco Strikes Again

by Smitty Paco serves up a splendid bit of palate cleansing fiction. Among several savorable sequences, there is this: Kerry – tall and saturnine, with a face like a garden spade and hair resembling a nicely maintained badger pelt – walked hurriedly into the room and took J.P.’s outstretched hand. “Senator, what a delightful surprise! […]

Jon Meacham’s $1 Legacy

One dollar — that was the reported selling price of Newsweek, following Meacham’s disastrously pretentious “re-invention” of the magazine. Let’s see if we can figure out why that didn’t work: To cite one obvious example: newsweeklies annually marked Christian holidays with a cover story on a religious theme, always respectful and sometimes celebratory in tone. […]

When Maxine Waters Needed Ethics Advice, She Turned to Barney Frank

Maybe you see the problem here: US Representative Barney Frank of Massachusetts urged Representative Maxine Waters of California to avoid any dealings with Boston-based OneUnited Bank because her husband owned stock in it. But the congresswoman didn’t heed his warnings, according to a House ethics report released yesterday, and now faces a possible trial before […]

The Child Requested An Extension Of The Sentence

by Smitty (h/t Lucianne) “Smug mother Gisele Bundchen says there ‘should be a law’ forcing women to breastfeed for six months“

The 100 Days Night

by Smitty July 26, 2010, T-Mac and Elliot Engel of NY. This is a couple of party hacks swapping talking points. After the initial pawn push in the opening half, the middle of the clip threatens to warm up, especially when the Fox head holds up the popularity of the POTUS to the ‘Bush did […]

Unexpected Endorsement for Schlafly

Remember my defense of Phyllis Schlafly? Well, now comes some blunt truth from Patterico: Here is a generalization for you: when I see violent criminals in court, they tend to be fatherless. When government welfare policies encourage fatherless households, they encourage crime and violence. And when anyone — unmarried women or anyone else — votes for expanding […]

Justin Bieber Gets Harper-Collins Book Deal for Memoir at Age 16

Sure to be the biggest cult classic since Mein Kampf: Harper Collins announced today that Bieber is publishing a memoir with the colon-heavy title “Justin Bieber: First Step 2 Forever: My Story” that will be be released in October. The book promises to reveal all the details of his “amazing journey to stardom,” a journey […]

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