The Other McCain

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

Professor Jacobson, Maybe We Should Both Start Blogging About Sports …

. . . or movies or food or something besides politics, because right now we are diametrically opposite and neutralizing each other: Should the race come down to Santorum or Romney, I’d have to think about it, as shocking as that may sound given my criticisms of Romney. That’s not so much a vote of confidence […]

Insta-RINO?

Has Glenn Reynolds joined the “Roll Over for Romney” movement? Back in 2008, the social-cons were all-in for Romney, to the point where Hugh Hewitt’s take became a running tagline (“You know who this is good for? Mitt Romney!”) that’s still used by by bloggers from time to time. Now, not so much. So what […]

Are We Really Just Too Stupid To Merit Free Elections Anymore?

by Smitty A Montana case on corporate spending on campaigns is exhuming the hoary specter of the Citizens United ruling: Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, joined by Justice Stephen G. Breyer, also supported the delay, but said that the case “will give the Court an opportunity to consider whether, in light of the huge sums currently […]

Don’t Let The Garb Distract You. The Bigotry Is Really About His Name.

by Smitty Won’t someone end the H8 against people named Chris! Upon reflection, The Chaser here encapsulates Sasha Baron Cohen’s humor in two minutes, without demeaning his unwitting costars or the audience. via House of Eratosthenes

Rule 5 Sunday: Secret World

— compiled by Wombat-socho Laughing Conservative leads off with some Rule 5 that’s as gorgeous as she is unpronounceable. Ladies and gentlemen, Domenika Szijartoova. Elsewhere, Postaldog gives us a reason to watch the LPGA with Natalie Gulbis, the Eye of Polyphemus is on Anne Hathaway, and Reaganite Resistance wonders if Alma Riquelme is proof that […]

Notes on an Unfinished Letter of Apology (Or, Does Ed Morrissey Torture Cats?)

“Television, naturally enough, is biased toward compelling visual imagery, and in almost all cases the charms of a human face take precedence over the capabilities of a human voice. It is not essential that a TV newsreader grasp the meaning of what is being reported . . . What is essential is that the viewers […]

Is Troglopundit A Stealth Kennedy?

by Smitty In a rare moment of unseriousness, I noted the resemblance between swamp-man Burri and Joe Kennedy III. Yet this Week in Automotivators features Lancelot du Bog seeming to hint at some deeper coincidence than the superficial. There might be time later to ponder the hidden message here, but right now the black helicopters […]

‘Gentleman’ Jim Moran Weeps For The Poor Wee Bureaucrat

by Smitty ‘Gentleman’ Jim can be hard to understand at times. This blog will offer a running translation into non-bureaucrat, peon English as a public service. Moran Smitty “I appreciate the work of the conferees, but I oppose this conference agreement, not out of concern for the tens of thousands of federal employees that I […]

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