The Other McCain

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

#MDCAN: Greetings From Annapolis

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland When I pulled into the driveway of the fabulous Doubletree Inn, I saw them: About 15 protesters, standing in the rain, holding up signs: “Stop the Hate.” I rolled down the window, smiled and gave them a cheerful thumbs-up, muttering under my breath: “Shouldn’t you people be sodomizing 14-year-olds under a tarp in […]

#OWS: Public Radio Producer Fired After Taking Advice From Conor Friedersdorf

Caitlin Curran had a job as a WNYC radio producer. Then she listened to Conor Friedersdorf. Now she is the 99%: It all started with an article on The Atlantic‘s web site. Conor Friedersdorf’s piece “Occupy Wall Street’s Greatest Strength Is Neutering It,” echoed what many people are wondering about the movement: what are they […]

Muslim Calls Republicans ‘Extremists’; Muslim Extremist Attacks U.S. Embassy

Those doggone extremists! October 28th, Tampa Bay Online posts a column by Hassan Shibly, J.D., a Muslim activist and the executive director of CAIR-Tampa, calling Adam Hasner and Allen West extremists. A few hours after this column is posted a Muslim gunman, in Sarajevo, Bosnia opens fire on the American embassy. . . . According to […]

Saqib Ali and Khuram Zaman Want You to Know That I’ll Be in Annapolis Saturday

There is no such thing as bad publicity: In light of the recent report by the Center for American Progress, “Fear Incorporated: The Roots of the Islamophobia Network in America,” which exposed the $42.6 million industry that fuels the Islamophobia infrastructure in America, American Muslims have begun to challenge this grassroots movement by waging their […]

Cain HQ: ‘Crazy, Hectic, But Fine’

“Cain’s success represents a journey into uncharted political waters, like an ancient explorer sailing off toward the part of the map where the legend reads, ‘Here Be Dragons.’ “ — Robert Stacy McCain, The American Spectator, “Herman Cain Sails Into Uncharted Seas” Admit it: If Herman Cain decided to call it quits tomorrow, what he […]

Smelly Hippies Get Ripped Off

They march for free. I mock them for profit. Somebody cleaned out the PayPal account of “Occupy Portland” and it looks like an inside job: Organizers of Occupy Portland say they fear as much as $20,000 donated to the group through a PayPal account has disappeared. They also say the group’s finance committee has hijacked […]

Herman Cain = AuH2O?

My old friend Jeff Kuhner dares to make the comparison: Like with Barry Goldwater in 1964, grass-roots Republicans are revolting against the Eastern establishment. Mr. Cain has many of Goldwater’s traits – the fire, the intensity, the passion and the willingness to challenge the GOP status quo. Goldwater was unlucky in that he ran in a […]

Ned Ryun Calls for Bachmann to Quit; Bachmann Calls Ned Ryun a Perrybot

Ned Ryun, son of former Kansas Rep. Jim Ryun, created the non-profit grassroots training group American Majority three years ago. Today Ryun issued a remarkable statement: It’s time for Michele Bachmann to go. For the last two years, I’ve been cautioning about the dangers of individuals or organizations trying to present themselves as leaders of […]

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