The Other McCain

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

Calling the Democrats’ Bluff

Armed with a rather bizarre CBO estimate — claiming to show that repealing ObamaCare would actually increase the deficit — the president is now trying to push Republicans off their game: President Obama officially drew a line in the sand Thursday evening, threatening to veto House Republicans’ attempt to repeal Obama’s landmark healthcare law. In […]

LIVE AT FIVE – 1.7.10

TOP NEWS Voting Against Pelosi Could Have Consequences For Blue Dogs Nineteen votes for other candidates most defections in House history Gates Calls For Cuts To Army, Marines 47,000 soldiers and Marines to be cut under budget-reduction pressure from White House President Puts Plans To Woo Business Into Gear Appointment of Daley as adviser been […]

The Burden of Young Genius

“There is . . . a new generation of young, sophistic bloggers who offer their wisdom from the New York-Washington corridor. They are usually graduates of America’s elite colleges and navigate in an upscale urban landscape. One, the Washington Post’s 26-year-old Ezra Klein, recently scoffed to his readers that a bothersome U.S. Constitution was “100 […]

Herman Cain Will Speak at CPAC!

Via Citzens4Cain on Twitter comes the latest news: The Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), a project of the American Conservative Union Foundation, is pleased to announce that business leader and talk radio host Herman Cain will address the event to be held February 10-12 in Washington D.C.  Mr. Cain will speak on Friday, February 11 […]

BREAKING: FBI Investigates Suspected Mail Bomb Near Maryland State House UPDATE: Governor O’Malley Targeted?

Very few details yet: A Maryland State House mailroom employee was injured this afternoon while handling a package and the incident is being investigated by bomb squad officials, according to Annapolis city officials. The Annapolis Fire Department’s bomb squad is investigating the incident and the state’s bomb squad and FBI officials were on their way […]

Ann Marie Buerkle Sworn In
UPDATE: Alas, Poor Marco Rubio!
UPDATE: Catching Up With Griffith
UPDATE: Interview With Renee Ellmers

Wednesday’s trip to Capitol Hill was amazing. I spent most of the afternoon with Rep. Ann Marie Buerkle, her staff, supporters and family, including a trip to the basement of the Capitol for her ceremonial swearing-in photo with Speaker John Boehner. The lady in the middle holding the Bible is Congresswoman Buerkle’s 89-year-old mother. I’ll […]

LIVE AT FIVE – 1.6.10

TOP NEWS Boehner Sets Humble Tone As He Becomes Speaker New Speaker aims to remind fellow Congressmen that the key word is service Gibbs Departure Begins Retooling Of Obama Staff Pundits, comedians hardest hit Ballmer Does CES: Keynote Speech On Microsoft Kinect, Widows Phone 7, Windows 7 OS cited as high points in the Microsoft […]

Where Do They Get All Those Great Movie Ideas? Of Course: They Steal Them!

A pretty interesting list: There have been 11 feature films released by Pixar, starting with 1995’s “Toy Story” and running all the way through 2010’s “Toy Story 3”. And, believe it or not, all 11 of them have been accused of ripping off the plot of another movie. You can’t copyright a narrative arc, or […]

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