The Other McCain

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

The Politics of Fear

“In the hands of a skillful indoctrinator, the average student not only thinks what the indoctrinator wants him to think . . . but is altogether positive that he has arrived at his position by independent intellectual exertion. This man is outraged by the suggestion that he is the flesh-and-blood tribute to the success of […]

Hard Times Spreading Just Like the Flu …

. . . Watch out, homeboy, don’t let it catch you: In the occasionally prickly world of media reporting, it’s hard to find anyone who does not love, respect and, yes, slightly fear Jack Shafer. So widespread is the love that American Journalism Review published a valentine to him earlier today, devoting 2,500 words to figuring […]

This Item Is Not (Yet) Available at Amazon

But it’s probably only a matter of time: The Duet is a new, sleek, multispeed, waterproof vibrator – and it doubles as a USB drive with up to 16GB of storage. Its designers, Ti Chang and Michael Topolovac, realized that the biggest complaint from women about vibrators had to do with the hassle of cords, […]

More Predictable Than the Weather

Hurricane hysteria gives way to global-warming hype: Was Hurricane Irene caused by global warming? — Politico How Global Warming Is Making Hurricane Irene Worse — Thnk Progress Global Warming’s Heavy Cost — The Daily Beast And if you don’t buy into the hype, you’re anti-science. Just wondering: Would I be the first to say that […]

Tiny Indiana College Likely to Get a Whole Lot Tinier in the Near Future

The kind of stuff you can’t make up: Tiny Goshen College in Indiana has banned the “The Star Spangled Banner: at all sporting events because the Mennonite school’s president considers the National Anthem’s words to be too violent. The 1,000-student school had already banned the words last year, but the band could still play the […]

Question: What’s the Difference Between HPV and Whooping Cough?

From a public-health perspective, someone ill with whooping cough could spread this potentially deadly disease to anyone who encounters them, however casually — in the hallways of a public school, for example. So requiring young children to be vaccinated for whooping cough just makes common sense. Human papilloma virus? Not so much. Maybe Cody at […]

Unlike Ukrainian Feminists, This Hot Romanian Chick Is Not Topless

So if Reaganite Republican was hoping to get Instalanched for Elena Gheorghe, he’s probably . . . how do you say “S.O.L” in Romanian? “Tinder-box of Europe,” IYKWIMAITYD.

‘Ground Zero Mosque’ Money Man Accused in Insurance Fraud Scheme

Hisham Elzanaty A story you will never see covered on the nightly network news: Allstate has become the latest insurance company to accuse Hisham Elzanaty, one of the money men behind the so-called Ground Zero mosque development, of orchestrating a “highly developed and sophisticated kickback scheme” that allegedly reaped more than $5 million for Elzanaty […]

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