The Other McCain

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

On September 10th

Front page, The Washington Times, Sept. 12, 2001 Ten years ago, I covered a press conference in D.C. and wrote an article that appeared in The Washington Times: Coalition watches war on drugs for rights violations Letter calls for grilling Bush nominee By Robert Stacy McCain THE WASHINGTON TIMES A broad coalition of conservative and civil […]

Advice to Selena: Never Trust a Canadian

Oh, yeah, we know he acts all sweet and innocent and romantic, but it’s time to wake up and smell the juvenile womanizer: Canadian heartthrob Justin Bieber has announced he’d like to make one lucky gal his wife in the near future. “By 25 or 26 [years old], I want to see myself, like, married […]

Is BHO Crazy Like A Fox?

by Smitty Looking at the “Lincoln founded the GOP” kerfuffle, one is tempted to wonder if the verbal gaffes aren’t intended as a distraction. Gunwalker and Solyndra really should be even bigger deals than they are; nothing short of a thorough investigation is enough for these scandals. And, sure, the Lincoln gaffe is another brick in the […]

Wow! Amazon Sells a 250-Gigabyte Compact Desktop Computer for $309.99?

It’s amazing the stuff I discover while checking the Amazon Associates sales report. Somebody bought the Acer AspireRevo AR3700 compact desktop computer for $309.99 — providing a 4% commission of $12.40 for me — and it’s a pretty cool setup at a bargain price. Of course, that price doesn’t include a monitor, but maybe the […]

Madison Rising: ‘Soldiers of America’

We picked up a new advertiser yesterday, a rock band called Madison Rising that was recently written up at Big Hollywood and in the New York Post. Their first single is “Soldiers of America”: They come from the bright light cities. They come from a one-horse town. But if they’re coming for you, boy, You […]

‘Move Over, Bloggers!’

One of the glorious triumphs of the blogosphere occurred on the night of Jan. 19, 2010, at the victory celebration in Boston for the Scott Brown campaign. History was being made — a Republican had won Ted Kennedy’s former Senate seat — and bloggers quite literally had front-row seats. Thanks to our friend Ali Akbar, who […]

Union Activist Teaches Civility Seminar

By now you know about the violence perpetrated this week by the Longshoremen’s Union. So when a local TV news crew showed up at the union office to get an interview, they were greeted with extraordinary courtesy vulgarity and aggressive hostility by a Longshoreman who gave his name as “F*** You C***Sucker.”

Senate Rival Gary Glenn Calls on GOP’s Hoekstra to Disavow Hoffa Comments

Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) is up for re-election in 2012 and former Rep. Pete Hoekstra is the most prominent Republican to throw his hat in the ring to challenge Stabenow. But last month, veteran conservative activist Gary Glenn entered the GOP primary, and has not been afraid to hit Hoekstra’s record: Noting Hoekstra’s votes for […]

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