The Other McCain

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SANTORUM VOWS: ‘NO SURRENDER!’

Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum has published a full-page ad in Iowa newspapers in which the former Pennsylvania senator vows to “protect America’s moral foundation.” The new ad, clearly aimed at social conservatives who are a key GOP constituency in the Hawkeye State, is timed to coincide with Santorum’s three-day “Faith, Family and Freedom” tour […]

Henry Grady Weeps

Henry Grady monument, Marietta Street, Atlanta, Georgia Among the many wonders of modern technology is its ability to transcend space, enabling communication between people who share some connection, but who might never cross paths in the real world. My column today at The American Spectator somehow drew the attention of an academic at an institution […]

Software Enhanced Politics: Perl Flip-Flop

by Smitty Coding is actually fun, not that I have time to do much anymore, because you can work on small problems and actually solve them. In politics, you talk about solving problems as though a closed-form solution was somehow obtainable. In the blog world, you can compare this site to a retail shopping trip […]

Tepid Star Wars Fan At Best, But This Made Up For The Hype With Cool

by Smitty via Miss Cellania

A Shot To The Dome Of Security Theater?

by Smitty Roger Kimball Right now, we spend billions of dollars on a new government institution (the TSA) which invades people’s privacy, clogs our airports, and doesn’t really do anything to make flying safer. Why not dismantle the whole thing and hire a couple thousand sharp shooters? We place one or two on every flight […]

They Don’t Pay Extra for Tears

My 12-year-old son Jefferson with Herman Cain, July 17, 2011. Journalism is a cynical racket and if you can’t dismiss tragedy and suffering with a sarcastic joke, you don’t belong in a newsroom. Famine and wars, airplane crashes, disease, murder — horrible stuff happens to people every day, and your job is to turn it […]

LIVE AT FIVE – 12.05.11

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS Senate Dems Prepare New Plan To Extend Payroll Tax Cut Kent Conrad (D-SD) says plan is a compromise between failed GOP, Democrat plans Putin, United Russia Suffer Election Blow United Russia polls less than 50% Romney Girds Loins for Gingrich Insert temple garment joke here POLITICS DC Occupiers Busted […]

Sony 3D Blu-Ray Disc Player $108!

Yesterday, one of our readers got that incredible bargain by shopping our Amazon Associates holiday specials, and I’m grateful to see that so many of y’all have taken advantage of the great deals this season. Another reader bought a pair of Levi’s 501 jeans yesterday and last week, a reader scored a deluxe electric blanket. […]

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