The Other McCain

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

Let Me Get This Straight: The Cart Is Not The Horse

by Smitty (via The Corner) In this paper, published in Economic Policy Journal, economists Yann Algan, Pierre Cahuc, and Andre Zylberberg looked at the impact of public employment on overall labor-market performance. The authors use data for a sample of OECD countries from 1960 to 2000, and they find that, on average, the creation of […]

Athens Runaway Lands In Myrtle Beach, SC. Nikki Haley Blogging Ensues

by Smitty Our old blog buddy Jesse is chilling on Ocean Boulevard in Myrtle Beach, an aerial photograph of which graces the masthead at his new digs, Right Turns Only. Starting off with a bang, Jesse catches us up on Democratic party tactics in the Gubernatorial race, where Nikki Haley toasted her GOP opponents to […]

So, When Ginsburg Retires. . .

by Smitty (h/t The Corner) Thanks to Lindsey Graham’s latest abdication of courage, the decay of the SCOTUS into a bowl of Progressive mush continues apace. NRO points to an NYT article on the Christian Legal Society suit against Hastings Law School, and Justice Ginsburg’s argument, that is truly disquieting: Part of the irony of […]

A Contrary Take On That Hypothetical McCain ’08 Victory

by Smitty (via Insty) The Daily Caller highlights a Quinnipiac poll finding a plurality believe the country would have been better off if John McCain had beaten Mr. Obama in 2008 It’s all counter-factual. While unemployment might be lower, budget deficits would certainly be lower, and several trees would likely have been spared being turned […]

What Are the Odds . . .

. . . that I am, even at this very moment, boarding a Delta Airlines flight en route to Las Vegas? Well, if you have already hit the tip jar, you might know how to bet that proposition. If you haven’t hit the tip jar yet, now would be a good time to do so. […]

For Eric Alterman:

by Smitty (h/t Bluegrass Pundit) Fostering National Recovery Finds Normal Reaganites Fighting Nasty Revanchists

NBC Interviews Breitbart

First, I would object to this headline: Blogger: It’s about NAACP, not fired worker Andrew Breitbart is not just a “blogger.” Not to be derogatory of the blogosphere, but Breitbart is New Media mogul who may yet prove to have the kind of revolutionary influence in the online world that Rush Limbaugh had in talk […]

Andrew Breitbart: ‘I Have to Take This Call, I Think It’s Diane Sawyer’

That’s how my phone call to the man concluded today. When he answered, I heard him say to whoever he was with, “This is what it’s been like today.” And then, “Hello?” He’s on my speed-dial, but I’m not on his. “How’s it going, Andrew?” “Stacy, what’s going on?” A conversation ensued and, since there […]

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