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

Never Doubt That Kurt Eichenwald Cares Deeply About Gay Kids With Bad Haircuts

Thursday I posted a “coming out” video by a mopey kid with a bad haircut. This evidently enraged a Vanity Fair writer: Thu, February 21, 2013 7:38 PM From: KURT EICHENWALD <[email protected]> To: Chris Smith <[email protected]>; “[email protected]” <[email protected]> Subject: you are both despicable I will address you both as adults, even though you clearly are […]

LIVE AT FIVE: 02.22.13

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS Obama, Congressional GOP Look To Soften Impact of Budget Cuts President finally picks up phone to seek help Vegas Strip Shootings Put City’s Image In The Crosshairs Five violent incidents since January; LVPD warns of increased crime on the Strip Officials Analyze Water In Tank Where Missing Canadian Tourist’s […]

Improv Actress With BFA Degree in Theatre — or Sex Education Expert?

Apparently, it’s not an either/or choice. The qualifications to become a “sex education expert” seem to be pretty flexible, so that studying acting in college (along with such experiences as writing novels and hiking in Spain) will suffice as credentials. What inspired this discovery was an article by Katie McHugh of The College Fix about “I Heart the Female Orgasm,” […]

Grief Tends Not To Transmit Far

by Smitty Jerry makes a good point here: It’s interesting to note where priorities lie for people. I clearly recall after my brother passed away unexpectedly last year feeling not a little anger toward those too self-preoccupied to express condolences even after having been directly notified about what was happening. I also heard from more […]

Consulting the Legal Department

My previous observation that no one could be sued for libel for merely describing the self-evident fact of Bill Schmalfeldt’s derangment drew a mildly critical e-mail from a lawyer friend: Not to be a pedant, but the reason it’s not defamatory is that it’s a statement of opinion based on disclosed facts, and therefore not […]

Jonah Goldberg: ‘Cheer Up, The Worst Is Yet To Come’

by Smitty This first seven minutes is stand-up (but good if you’re a fan), so you can skip that if pressed for time: One great quote, I guess due to Charles Murray: “One of the problems with the elite is that it refuses to preach what it practices.” Another crucial point, he calls it a […]

Ed Markey’s ‘Legitimate Rape’ Moment?

Washington Free Beacon: Rep. Ed Markey (D., Mass.), who is running to replace recently appointed Secretary of State John Kerry in the Senate, compared the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision to the 1858 decision to uphold slavery, according to BuzzFeed. Markey made reference to the Koch brothers and Karl Rove spending undisclosed amounts of money […]

Weird Headline of the Day

Your 14-Year-Old Daughter Is Probably A Child Pornographer Yeah, that got your attention in a hurry, didn’t it? It’s “Advice Goddess” Amy Alkon’s reaction to a report from Massachusetts about a prosecutor who is fed up with teenagers using cellphones to send each other naughty pictures of themselves: “When they start sharing photos like this, we are […]

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