The Other McCain

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

Moe Tkacik Nukes the Bridge

In 2008, Moe Tkacik was hailed as a ‘literary it girl.’ “I know of one wretched hack who lists ‘Thought Leader’ as his occupation on his Twitter profile; he recently scored a fellowship with the American Enterprise Institute.” — Moe Tkacik, The Baffler No. 19 Sometimes there is nothing so wonderfully educational as seeing someone […]

BHO Bummed You Didn’t Get The Janice Joplin/Starland Vocal Band References

by Smitty #OccupyResoluteDesk is a man of obscure references, that’s for sure. So many people, for example, have misconstrued his famous 2008 remarks: “If somebody wants to build a coal-fired power plant, they can. It’s just that it will bankrupt them,” Obama said, responding to a question about his cap-and-trade plan. He later added, “Under […]

Higher Ed: A Bubble About To Burst

special guest post by Meika Jensen [I was approached via email by the author with a request to post on the higher education bubble. Give her constructive feedback, you scalawags. —Smitty] In economic terms, a pricing bubble occurs whenever a commodity is traded in high volumes for prices that are far greater than the products […]

When the Blogosphere Gets Weird …

. . . the weird get blogging, and the past few days have kept me tied up in all kinds of “deep” stuff that prevented me from keeping up with the flow of events on the blogosphere. First there was that weirdness about the Planned Parenthood bombing in Wisconsin and the MSNBC “Republican War on Women” […]

BELLA SANTORUM HOSPITALIZED

Rick Santorum’s campaign spokesman Hogan Gidley just issued this terse statement: “Rick and his wife Karen have taken their daughter Bella to the hospital. The family requests prayers and privacy as Bella works her way to recovery.” I’ll try to update if more deails become available.

Memo From the National Affairs Desk: Eyewitness to History in Florida

Newt Gingrich in Fort Myers, Florida, Monday, Jan. 30, 2012 “Well, it’s past 2:30 now, so I’d better get over to the airport. Let’s hope the Gingrich people don’t sic the cops on me.” — Robert Stacy McCain, Jan. 30, 2012 How many readers remember the day I covered a Newt Gingrich rally in Fort […]

LIVE AT FIVE – WEAKENED EDITION

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS Santorum And His Backers Huddle On Path Forward Is Pennsylvania his do or die battle? Poll On Trayvon Martin Shooting Shows Racial Divide Wildly different perceptions of what happened and what should happen Japanese Ghost Ship Sunk By Coast Guard Derelict fishing boat adrift in North Pacific since last […]

MA-4 Blogger Call With Sean Bielat

by Smitty How do you not support a candidate with a battleship on his masthead, I ask you? I took notes, and kibitzed way too much for somebody not even in Massachusetts. The following is an unofficial, qualitative account of the call. I took the liberty of re-arranging the Q&A sequence for better flow. Sean […]

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