The Other McCain

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

BREAKING NEWS: Washington Post Columnist Understands Economics!

The Pulitzer Prize committee hasn’t solicited any suggestions from me, but maybe they should consider Catherine Rampell of the Washington Post for a special award, because I can’t remember the last time anyone at the Post exhibited any real comprehension of how markets work. In case you missed it — because, really, who cares? — […]

In The Mailbox: 08.16.24

— compiled by Wombat-socho Usual weekend deadlines for the usual weekend posts. Go buy & read Devon Eriksen’s Theft of Fire, and then vote for it in the Dragon Awards. DO IT. Ceterum autem censeo Silicon Valley et Hamas delendam sunt. OVER THE TRANSOM 357 Magnum: When Seconds Count, The Police Are (20) Minutes Away […]

In The Mailbox: 08.15.24 (Morning Edition)

— compiled by Wombat-socho Too tired last night after the long drive down from Tonopah to blog. Silicon Valley et Hamas delenda sunt. OVER THE TRANSOM 357 Magnum: Don’t Bring A Knife To A Gunfight EBL: Hitler phones Kamala Harris Twitchy: Chicago Is Going To Be Fun Fun Fun! Trump Offers Harris A Campaign Tip […]

Trump Derangement Syndrome and the Media’s ‘Misinformation’ Obsession

Have you forgotten? In case you don’t remember how traumatized liberals were by Donald Trump winning the 2016 election, you can click here for an ABC News video of Hillary Clinton’s supporters, gathered for a planned victory celebration at the Javits Center in New York, crying on the evening of November 8, 2016. It was […]

Watching CNN (So You Don’t Have To)

The most popular show on CNN, Anderson Cooper 360 at 8 p.m. ET, gets about 700,000 viewers. The total viewership of the two-hour interview Donald Trump did on X with Elon Musk is unknown, but it was certainly in the many millions — far bigger than the audience for Cooper or Wolf Blitzer, Jake Tapper, […]

In The Mailbox: 08.13.24

— compiled by Wombat-socho Silicon Valley et Hamas delenda sunt. OVER THE TRANSOM 357 Magnum: How’s That Criminal Justice Reform Working Out? EBL: Kamala Harris and Tony West, Cornelia Sharpe, and Borderlands Is A Boring, Unfunny, Unwatchable Disaster (go watch something else) Twitchy: EU Distances Itself From Thierry Breton’s Threatening Letter To X, David French […]

In The Mailbox: 08.12.24

— compiled by Wombat-socho Lot of people seem to think if Trump does these X Spaces from now until November, the election will be a lock. Lot of people don’t seem to realize not everybody’s on X. Silicon Valley et Hamas delenda sunt. OVER THE TRANSOM 357 Magnum: London Police Commissioner Intends To Overturn The […]

Why Do Republicans Hate ‘Joy’?

One of the most familiar (and most annoying) games played by what Andrew Breitbart dubbed the Democrat-Media Complex is to engage in some kind of deliberate provocation, then to react with feigned shock and outrage when Republicans react to the aforesaid provocation. Republicans “pounce” or “seize” or “attack,” the headlines tell us, intending to shift […]

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