The Other McCain

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

‘The Written Word Is Forever’

Do you remember this headline? Dede Goes Down Upstate That story was filed from the Carriage House Inn in Watertown, N.Y. Ali Akbar, Kerry Picket of the Washington Times and Dave Weigel (then with the Washington Independent) were all blogging in the same hotel room where I was trying to hit deadline for the American Spectator with my 793-word […]

Weigel to the Atlantic?

Donald Douglas on Twitter asked me if I knew whether David Weigel had gotten a new job. As I mentioned earlier, Dave told me he had received three or four offers, but he didn’t say who had made the offers, and I didn’t ask. But then I saw this Hot Air Green Room post by Karl: Andrew […]

VIDEO: George Washington At Manassas

by Smitty George Washington serves it up!

Thirsty? Tea Party Time

by Smitty I’m in Manassas, Virginia, in an area with a bit of a reputation for not always paying attention to the Federal government, though for substantially better reasons this time around. From FaceBook The Manassas Tea Party announces the”Defend the Constitution Rally” to support Virginia’s lawsuit against thefederal government’s imposition of national healthcare on […]

WEIGEL RESIGNS

This is not good news for conservatives, no matter how much you hate Dave Weigel. UPDATE: In an e-mail to several bloggers last night, I observed: [O]nce the WaPo axed Ben Domenech, it was more than four years before they again tried a “conservative” blog. As someone who is BCC’d said to me on the […]

Condolences to Jeff Goldstein

His father just died. You should hit Jeff’s tip-jar.

Defeatist Peaceniks Upset That Obama Isn’t Losing Afghanistan War Fast Enough

That’s not the headline on the Politico story, but it could be: The president and congressional critics, long on a collision course over the war in Afghanistan, are hurtling ever faster toward each other since the ouster of Gen. Stanley McChrystal, and doves on Capitol Hill are feeling a little tougher right now. The anti-war […]

Did Somebody Say ‘Double Dip’?

Oh, yes they did! Could a double dip in the housing market be on the way? That’s what influential banking analyst Meredith Whitney told CNBC’s Squawk Box yesterday. Market analyst Barry Ritholtz explains: The assumption has been that if we can modify mortgages or voluntarily refrain from foreclosures, the [residential real estate] market will stabilize. […]

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