The Other McCain

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

Haley Barbour, Newt Gingrich, Bobby Jindal, Sarah Palin, Tim Pawlenty, Mike Pence, Rick Santorum . . .

. . . those are the speakers who have already confirmed for the Southern Republican Leadership Conference April 8-11 in New Orleans. Sean Hannity will broadcast live from the conference. And I’ll be there, too. Registration is $119 ($699 for “VIP” registration).

Getting Re-Tweeted by Alyssa Milano May Have Gone to Mickey Kaus’s Head

He’s running against Barbara Boxer in the Democratic primary: Pioneering political blogger Mickey Kaus took out papers filed to run for U.S. Senate in California, he told LA Weekly. The Venice resident said he’ll run this year against Barbara Boxer for her seat. He said he took out filed papers at with the Los Angeles […]

Scientific Study Confirms: Instapundit Should Link Here More Often

Simon Owens at Bloggasm: Over a period of four days spanning from February 23 to Feb. 26, Reynolds published a total of 287 links to 144 separate domains. In that small space of time, there were 26 domains that he linked to three times or more. We didn’t make the list. Hat-tip to American Power, […]

CNN’s Cooper to Replace Couric?

There are rumors and denials that CBS is trying to recruit CNN’s Anderson Cooper as a replacement for Katie Couric, who’s been stuck in the Nielsen ratings basement almost from the moment of her “Evening News” debut. A Cooper-for-Couric switch would not significantly alter the traditional liberal slant at CBS. However, the utter flop of […]

2012 and Other Distractions

It’s bad enough to have Bob Belvedere and friends distracting me with Old School pinup trivia — I’d never even heard of Melba Ogle before — but what’s with Ross Douthat trying to spark a premature rush to the Mitch Daniels 2012 bandwagon? At 5’7”, the Indiana governor wouldn’t be the tallest man to occupy the White […]

Carly Simon Still Teasing Us

A British paper claimed last week to have identified David Geffen as the mystery man mocked by Carly Simon’s “You’re So Vain,” and our blog friend Nicholas accepted this as refutation of the long-popular Warren Beatty theory (my favorite). Now, however, Simon has denied that speculation, calling it a “funny mistake.”  By the way, I’ve never bought […]

Relax, Mr. President, and Have a Smoke

Pay no attention to the so-called “experts” : After the president underwent a 90-minute physical exam at the National Naval Medical Center Sunday morning, Navy Capt. Jeffery Kuhlman, the chief White House physician, declared him to be in “excellent health.” But Kuhlman still had some healthy recommendations for the president. First and foremost: “Continue smoking […]

European Envoy Seeks Cease-Fire as Peace Talks Fail to End ‘Cleavage Wars’

BRUSSELS — In a desperate bid to end the Cleavage Wars that have devastated the blogging community for the past week, representatives of the European Union dispatched “Matrix Reloaded” star Monica Bellucci as a special peace envoy. “This senseless waste of cleavage cannot be allowed to continue,” said the 45-year-old Italian actress. “In the name […]

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