The Other McCain

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

Andrew Sullivan on Empiricism

Irony Deficiency Syndrome: “And the insistence on reality, on assessing problems empirically, and in proposing solutions is what we all need to get better at.” After which observation, Sully returned to his usual métier — bashing Israel and ranting about Sarah Palin’s uterus.

Karaoke Thought Experiment

by Smitty We’ll call him ‘Person On The Unreproachable Side’ for the sake of this post, as it ventures in the direction of what I personally consider distasteful. As a thought experiment, say that the Person was convicted. Let’s not fret about the possible list of crimes, its length, grouping, or how it would be […]

Subtle Point About North Dakota

by Smitty (via Let Freedom Ring) Politics Daily points out that Senator Conrad is trying to save the power of the only State Bank in the US to loan education money to the residents of that State from a bureaucratic steamroller careening, in a hidden sort of way, in his state’s general direction on page […]

The Bigger Picture

by Smitty Via Moonbattery, we have a sobering summary of 14 months of Constitutional demolition:. If it looks like our separation of powers is collapsing towards an autocratic Executive, you may be perceptive. Virginia Democrat Tom Perriello admits the truth: Why is the Federal government behaving so indiscriminately? Because it has the Federal Reserve, that’s […]

CBO Performs Voodoo Math and Other Undead Zombie Health Care Updates; UPDATE: ‘Does the CBO’s Shady Accounting Trick Make My Butt Look Big?’ UPDATE II: Ramming Speed! ‘Slaughter Solution’ Passes 222-203

UPDATE 3:56 p.m. ET: Michelle Malkin has the details on the procedural vote whereby the House Democrats approved the so-called “Slaughter Solution” to allow them to pass the Senate version without actually voting on it. This is a Constitution-be-damned-just-ram-it-through move, and Michelle links this fretful remark from AOSHQ: “I am getting really worried, because if 222 Democrats […]

‘Crisis’ in Israel-U.S. Relations

Pamela Geller in NewsMax: U.S.-Israeli relations have hit a 35-year low over the contentious east Jerusalem building project. Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren said, “Israel’s ties with the United States are in their worst crisis since 1975 . . . a crisis of historic proportions.” R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr. in The American Spectator: Historians will some day […]

Time Magazine’s Congressional Correspondent ObamaCare Cheerleader

Jay Newton-Small is the newest top contender for the George Stephanopoulos Prize for Non-Partisan Objectivity: Take a good look around, Democrats, this is likely to be as bad as it’s going to get. . . . But, oh how quickly things can change. If you pass the bill, next week’s coverage is likely to trumpet triumph, the […]

Woman Gang-Raped by Illegal Aliens

Raping the women American rapists won’t rape:  WALDORF, Md. – The Charles County Sheriff’s Office has charged six illegal immigrants with first-degree rape and false imprisonment for allegedly holding a woman hostage for hours and sexually assaulting her — and two more assailants are being sought, investigators said. . . . More than a dozen […]

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