The Other McCain

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

The New Media Proletariat

It is rather a painful thing to acknowledge that Joy McCann is onto something when she remarks about the advent of a two-tiered blogging hierarchy. And it is even more painful to see my friend Jerry Wilson’s expressions of resentment toward Ed Morrissey about this. In all honesty, despite what anyone may suspect from certain […]

Is Ian Masters Looking For A Job In, I Don’t Know, Say, Tennessee?

by Smitty Valley of the Shadow points out Ian Masters, an LA radio personality of some note, who really seems to dig him some anti-Semitism. Read all of Joe Fein’s debunking of a sad situation in LA.  It brings to mind Charlotte Bergmann, whom I saw cruise through the blogger lounge at CPAC, but had […]

‘A Poor Impression Of The Insular, Cliquish Culture Of Their Discipline’

by Smitty An interesting article at Slate reprints an article from a decade ago about a non-professional philosopher who wrote a serious philosophical tract and then, retaining anonymity, paid philosophers to engage on it in scholarly journals. James Ryerson then goes on a hunt to unmask this anonymous thinker, with anti-climactic results, emphasis mine: After […]

GOP Debate, Arguably, Still Going Strong

by Smitty I met young Ben Shapiro at the blogger awards event Friday morning at CPAC. Crowder was making a running joke on the topic of condoms and a social conservative Presidential candidate. After two or three tries that fell flat, I looked at Shapiro and said “He’s going to keep inflating that joke until […]

LIVE AT FIVE – 02.17.12

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS One Killed, One Wounded As ICE Agents Open Fire On Each Other ICE agent wounds supervisor, killed by another agent; FBI investigating President Obama’s Big-Money Day In San Francisco Four-fundraiser day light on policy, big on boodle U.S. Attempting To Craft Sanctions That Will Only Hurt Iran Mission impossible? […]

Let’s Talk About Sex, Professor

Professor Glenn Reynolds talks a lot about sex, but he’s actually thinking about politics: I’m not much of a Santorum fan — to me, he seems like Mike Huckabee without the charm or political talent — but it’s hard not to notice the narrative jiu-jitsu here. The “narrative jiu-jitsu” involves something I explained yesterday: It is actually […]

Separated At Birth? Stacy McCain/Dave Mustaine Edition

by Smitty The news today that Dave Mustaine, who may or may not be a loyal reader of this blog, endorsed Rick Santorum today came to me via a print copy of the DC Examiner while attending to a private, non-work-related matter at my job site. Isn’t the resemblance striking? But I think the resemblance […]

Usually, ‘Demonizing’ Your Opponent Is Metaphorical.
Rep. Maxine Waters, Though, Talks Shedu

by Smitty This is actually an important point. Sure, Maxine Waters ranks in the Toolbox right up there with ‘Gentleman’ Jim Moran. Look at her go: A crucial point here is that Waters is playing straight for the fear/hate. Hers, and, well, none of the arguments excreted by the Left anymore, have much rational basis. […]

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