The Other McCain

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

Ah, The “Character” Issue

by Smitty Bruce Campbell’s political doppelgänger opened the pie hole in the WaPo. One is instantly reminded why we didn’t really want this gasbag in 2012, and why his loss to #OccupiedResoluteDesk surprised no one outside of Utah: The world needs American leadership, and it is in America’s interest to provide it. A world led […]

In The Mailbox: 01.01.19

— compiled by Wombat-socho OVER THE TRANSOM EBL: May You All Have A happy & Auspicious New Year Twitchy: SNL Alum’s New Year’s Resolution Is To “Make Sure The Republican Party Dies” Louder With Crowder: Alexandria Occasional-Cortex Goes Bananas When Called Out For Lying About The Bronx Rod Dreher: Learning From The Spanish Civil War […]

Re-Learning Crap

This morning Smitty called to wish me a Happy New Year, and our conversation continued until I went off on one of my veins-bulging on my neck rants about Jonah Goldberg. See, my friend Professor Paul Gottfried cited me today: Recently American Spectator-columnist Robert Stacy McCain issued a blistering response to Jonah Goldberg’s latest efforts at refurbishing […]

Rule 5 Monday: Michelle Dockery

— compiled by Wombat-socho I have a lot of friends who all think Terry Pratchett was God’s gift to the fantasy genre, but with a couple of exceptions I just haven’t gotten around to reading his books or watching the various movies & TV shows made from them. Until last night, when I spent a […]

Decline and Fall

Marcus Aurelius. “I devoured Gibbon. I rode triumphantly through it from end to end and enjoyed it all. I scribbled all my opinions on the margins of the pages, and very soon found myself a vehement partisan of the author against the disparagements of his pompous-pious editor.” — Winston Churchill, My Early Life A six-volume […]

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