The Other McCain

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

Another Song for @AmandaMarcotte

OK, it’s not quite up there with “Under My Thumb” as a sexist anthem, but the Beatles’ “You Can’t Do That” is still great rock-and-roll, so you know Amanda Marcotte hates it. I’ve got somethin’ to say that might cause you pain. If I catch you talkin’ to that boy again I’m gonna let you […]

This Song Is for @AmandaMarcotte

Because I am now currently on a plane flying to Iowa, I had to schedule some posts ahead of time. Yesterday I heard this classic Rolling Stones hit on the radio. For some reason, it made me think of Amanda Marcotte. It’s down to me, The way she talks when she’s spoken to. Down to […]

En Route to Des Moines

REAGAN NATIONAL AIRPORT, Washington, D.C. We had passed through the security checkpoint and were waiting for our belongings to come through the X-ray scanner. And waiting. And waiting. Our carry-ons and other personal items weren’t coming through. There was a flurry of activity involving the TSA agent in charge of security at Terminal A, who […]

Your Tax Dollars at Work

The Department of Education has enlisted Sponge Bob Squarepants and Dora the Explorer to brainwash kids about global warming. Soylent Green is experiencing Government-Induced Tourette’s Syndrome.

I … See … Crazy People

One of the amazing things about the whole debt-ceiling episode is how it has caused liberals to say stuff even crazier than the crazy stuff they usually say. Michael Lind at Salon: The debt ceiling crisis is the latest case in which the radical right in the South has held America hostage until its demands […]

Higher Education Bubble, IYKWIMAITYD

If Glenn Reynolds hasn’t linked this yet, it’s only a matter of time: As the cost of college skyrockets, and students and recent graduates get buried under “piles of student debt and a job-scarce, lackluster economy,” more and more of them are turning to “sugar daddies,” says Amanda Fairbanks at The Huffington Post. Sites like […]

Dow Drops 266 Points, Both Sides Race to Claim Defeat in Debt-Deal Compromise

Who didn’t see this coming? For months we were warned that financial catastrophe would ensue unless Congress raised the debt ceiling. So Congress raised the debt ceiling and . . . financial catastrophe: Stocks plunge as economic concerns grow Associated Press NEW YORK — A sell-off is erasing all of the year’s gains in the […]

Jonah Goldberg, in Fine Form

Worked up into a long-overdue rant: Tom Friedman — who knows a bit about Hezbollah — calls the tea partiers the “Hezbollah faction” of the GOP bent on taking the country on a “suicide mission.” All over the place, conservative Republicans are “hostage takers” and “terrorists,” “terrorists” and “traitors.” They want to “end life as […]

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