The Other McCain

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

‘Go Back to Europe’? You Mean, Where They Speak Foreign Languages?

The Brown Beret protester yells at white Tea Party protesters through a megaphone: “Go back to Europe! You don’t belong here!” Via Memeorandum and Jim Hoft at Gateway Pundit, where the focus is on the racism of the Chicano militant group colloquially known as “The Klan With a Tan.” Allow me to suggest that let’s not […]

Georgia Primary Today

Just a reminder that it’s primary day in Georgia and we’ll be watching the results for two congressional candidates we’ve been following for months: Liz Carter in the 4th District (Yank Hank!) and Ray McKinney in the 12th District (Beat Barrow!).

Andrew Sullivan Back From Vacation

You may wonder: What topic would Sully blog about Monday, having been off the grid for the past week or so? Guess. C’mon, guess. If you can’t guess, you’ll probably click this link. And feel ashamed of yourself for doing so. Related: Guess who the New York Post considers an authoritative source for an anti-Palin story?

There Are Some Things That Only Democrats Can Get Away With; UPDATE: Shirley Sherrod Resigns!

Including public declarations of racial discrimination: Speaking of rural Georgia, if you live in Georgia’s 12th District and don’t like being represented by Shirley Sherrod’s fellow Democrat John Barrow, remember to vote Tuesday for Ray McKinney, who just got endorsed by the Tea Party Express. UPDATE: Fox News: The Agriculture Department announced Monday, shortly after FoxNews.com published […]

Everybody Have Fun at Right Online!

My friend Steve Eggleston of No Runny Eggs blog fame asked me a question on Twitter: Read  the article for yourself: “[T]he nation’s foremost new media experts from across the country” — a list from which my name is omitted. As I explained three weeks ago: The list of speakers for this year’s conference includes Erick Erickson and Ed Morrissey — both […]

Did I Mention That My Daughter Has Made Dean’s List Every Semester?

Fortunately, because I’m not rich, there was never any danger that my daughter would darken the door of Ross Douthat’s alma mater: “Last year, two Princeton sociologists, Thomas Espenshade and Alexandria Walton Radford, published a book-length study of admissions and affirmative action at eight highly selective colleges and universities. Unsurprisingly, they found that the admissions process seemed […]

Good Dad, Bad Dad

Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents . . . — Romans 1:30 (KJV) Exactly why I was referring to the first chapter of Romans on Twitter is perhaps irrelevant here. At any rate, I found myself lecturing on the principles of parenthood, which I understand as well […]

Tactics And Strategy Are Peanut Butter And Chocolate

by Smitty Ramesh Ponnuru makes one of those points you ignore at your peril: the GOP’s been a cheerfuly party to Progressive over-reach this last century. It’s that the fiscal future of the country does not turn on grants to the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant. We ought to be pressuring Republicans on the right issues. […]

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