The Other McCain

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

CPAC 2023: Why Not This Guy?

NATIONAL HARBOR, Maryland Vivek Ramaswamy is the longest of long shots among 2024 Republican presidential candidates, but anyone who knows me, knows I love an underdog. The official results of the 2010 midterms hadn’t been counted before I jumped aboard the “Cain Train,” backing Herman Cain’s 2012 campaign, which nobody gave a chance until, a […]

In The Mailbox: 03.03.23

— compiled by Wombat-socho Usual weekend deadlines for the usual weekend posts. I promise they’ll be on time this week! Obligatory pimping of new website for Friends of Fission-chan, which is throwing an SF convention at the end of September in Las Vegas. Ceterum autem censeo Silicon Valley esse delendam. OVER THE TRANSOM 357 Magnum: […]

CPAC 2023: Celebrity Sightings

NATIONAL HARBOR, Maryland Wandering through the exhibition space here at CPAC, we turned a corner and saw people standing in line. “What is this about?” my friend asked. “Book signing,” I guessed, without any idea what author might be up at the head of this queue. But then I looked and saw it was … […]

In The Mailbox: 03.02.23

— compiled by Wombat-socho Silicon Valley delenda est. OVER THE TRANSOM 357 Magnum: How Do You Legislate Against Blocks Of Steel? also, Officer Andres Vasquez-Lasso EBL: Everyday is the Ides of March for Paul Ryan Twitchy: Occasional Cortex’s Met Gala Ethics Problem Just Got Worse, also, David Hogg Slams NRA “Keyboard Warriors” For Ignoring His […]

CPAC: Founding Fathers

NATIONAL HARBOR, Maryland My old friend George Washington — James Manship, who has been portraying the Father of Our Country for more than 20 years — was among the familiar faces I encountered on the first full day of CPAC, but of course not the only old buddy who crossed my meandering path. Just moments […]

In The Mailbox: 03.01.23

— compiled by Wombat-socho Thanks to everyone who bought stuff through my Amazon links in February! Silicon Valley delenda est. OVER THE TRANSOM EBL: Loser Lori Lightfoot, also, Hey Japan – Free Lt. Ridge Alkonis Twitchy: Airline Spotlights Flight With All-LGBTWTFBBQ Crew – Passengers Have Other Priorities, Ted Cruz Chews Out Merrick Garland For BS […]

Back to CPAC With the Big Yellow Button

  For something like 15 years, I never missed the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), covering it first for The Washington Times, then for The American Spectator. And by “covering it,” of course I mean hanging out with all my friends and filing late-night screeds of semi-incoherent gibberish. The liberal media always feasts on […]

Good-Bye, Mayor Frogface! Lightfoot Places Third in Chicago Reelection Bid

The pioneering Amphibian-American got less than 20% of the vote in her effort to win another four years in office to wreck Chicago: Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot lost her bid for re-election Tuesday, ending her historic run as the city’s first Black woman and first openly gay person to serve in the position. Lightfoot, a […]

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