The Other McCain

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

In Case You Haven’t Noticed Yet, Everybody Recently Went Crazy

Everybody but me and you, that is, and one of us is probably on the verge of cracking up under the enormous stress that seems to be driving people off the deep end lately. Either we’re in the midst of an epidemic of mass hysteria, or else all these people jabbering like magpies on the […]

This Would Only Matter If It Was, Say, A Ron Paul Campaign Office

by Smitty I, for one, rejoice at the vast strides Barack Obama has made in reducing the number of bogus attacks on campaign offices for insufficient diversity: Original photo. If a GOP contender published that, the media would be on it like libelous edits on NBC. It’s just one more way BHO is winning the […]

The Science Is Settled!

According to the latest scientific study, homophobes are secretly gay! Therefore, Fred Phelps is Andrew Sullivan’s dream date, or something. For many years, I’ve been working on a scientific study to confirm my hypothesis that some lesbians — the really hot ones — are in fact secretly bisexual and eager to have me join them for a threesome.

So, How Was Your Vacation?

Advice to Tourists: When seeking a tropical resort destination, try to avoid locations where the beach is right next to the airport runway: By the way, this never happens to tourists in sunny Vanuatu.

Nate Silver, the Experts and … Me

From Matt Welch’s article about dinosaur media: In 2008, a 30-year-old baseball stat nerd looked at the reams of public research product churned out by the nation’s 1,500-plus daily newspapers, and concluded that, though “there is nearly as much data as there is for first basemen,” the “understanding has lagged behind.” So Nate Silver launched […]

What Would Derbyshire Say?

Jim Geraghty at National Review cites a story by Politico: “Despite the broad changes in President Obama’s overall job approval rating since he became president, certain subgroups of the population have consistently rated him better than others, and these patterns continued in March. Blacks, Hispanics, women, 18- to 29-year-olds, Easterners, postgraduates, Americans earning less than $24,000 […]

Occupation: Blogger

We approach Tax Day, and you know that place on the 1040 form where you’re supposed to write your occupation? Dan Riehl will write “blogger.” Dan’s been full-time since 2007. Anyone who can do it full-time for five years probably deserves some kind of medal. Or hit Dan’s tip jar.

LIVE AT FIVE – 04.09.12

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS Mike Wallace Dies, 93 The self-described “black hat” of 60 Minutes died Saturday in a Connecticut nursing home Nork Rocket On The Pad Fueling begins as Norks prepare to launch “observation satellite”; US suspends food aid Two Arrested In Tulsa Shootings Revenge motive possible POLITICS Gingrich Staying In Race, […]

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