The Other McCain

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

Stupid Things Lady Gaga Says

“I have this weird thing that if I sleep with someone they’re going to take my creativity from me through my vagina.” — Lady Gaga, interviewed in Vanity Fair “We have to be active. We have to protest. . . . I think it’s important that people understand that it’s a state of emergency for […]

Federal Judge Allows Virginia Lawsuit Against ObamaCare to Proceed

Denies Justice Department motion to dismiss: Virginia’s lawsuit challenging the Obama administration’s health care reform law cleared its first legal hurdle Monday as a federal judge ruled the law raises a host of complex constitutional issues. U.S. District Judge Henry Hudson’s decision stemmed from Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli’s claims that Congress exceeded its authority […]

Eric Boehlert of Media Matters Attacks Washington Post TV Critic Tom Shales

 Christiane Amanpour made her much-ballyhooed debut as host of ABC’s “This Week” and Tom Shales — who can’t stand Amanpour — made this pointed remark: [T]he commendable “In Memoriam” segment ended with a tribute not to American men and women who died in combat during the preceding week but rather, said Amanpour in her narration, […]

Good News: Dan Rather and Chris Matthews Bummed About Mid-Terms

“Wouldn’t you LOVE to play poker with these people?” Update: (Smitty) Video URL

You Might Be a Raaaaacist If . . .

. . . you think Democrats are corrupt: The politically charged decisions by veteran Democratic Reps. Charles Rangel of New York and Maxine Waters of California to force public trials by the House ethics committee are raising questions about race and whether black lawmakers face more scrutiny over allegations of ethical or criminal wrongdoing than […]

File No. 100-360217

For those who missed the weekend’s Howard Zinn FBI files story — or who prefer a straight narrative account — my latest column at The American Spectator is “The Case Against Howard Zinn”: Howard Zinn was teaching a class, but he wasn’t yet a professor and his classroom wasn’t at a university. It was late […]

Lindsay Lohan Out of Jail

And into rehab again: The 24-year-old actress was discharged from a suburban Los Angeles jail about 1:35 a.m. Monday. She served 14 days of a 90-day jail sentence for violating her probation for a 2007 drug case. The “Mean Girls” star’s release doesn’t end her legal saga though. She now must go to an inpatient […]

Sweet, Sweet Argument From Authority

by Smitty Via Memorandum, we have Steve Benen assuming the position for the Priesthood One of the uglier strains of modern conservative thought is pervasive anti-intellectualism. As Faiz Shakir noted today, House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) offered a rather classic example of “Fox News Sunday.” Host Chris Wallace noted that “a number of top […]

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