The Other McCain

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

A Fresh Hot Cup of Poverty!

Forget all those scientific studies about the health effects of coffee. What about the economic impact? As a registered investment advisor, Steve Orr is used to juggling millions, but he knows those millions started out as pennies. “It’s the little things,” said Orr, president and owner of the Orr Financial Group. “It’s the dollar here, […]

Obama Declares Moral Bankruptcy: ‘No Social Security Checks Next Month!’

A political limbo dance: How low can he go? President Obama on Tuesday said he cannot guarantee that retirees will receive their Social Security checks August 3 if Democrats and Republicans in Washington do not reach an agreement on reducing the deficit in the coming weeks. (Via Memeorandum.) Doug Powers: “Hopefully Social Security recipients are […]

‘An Emerging Awareness’

The New York Times on the slippery-slope beat: Kody Brown is a proud polygamist, and a relatively famous one. Now Mr. Brown, his four wives and 16 children and stepchildren are going to court to keep from being punished for it. . . . On Wednesday, the Browns are expected to file a lawsuit to […]

‘They Aren’t Sitting on Their Sofas Trying to Fill a Quota on a Content Farm’

And “thank God” for that, says laid-off journalist-turned-blogger Susannah Breslin: This is what the state of journalism is today: a mess. Tell it, sister! The expression “content farm” would describe, inter alia, Demand Media, which reportedly pays as little as $15 per article for freelance contributions. At that rate, you could write 30 articles a […]

Vadum: Obama Administration Gave ACORN More Than $500,000 This Year

Investigative reporter Matthew Vadum is author of the new book, Subversion, Inc.: How Obama’s ACORN Red Shirts are Still Terrorizing and Ripping Off American Taxpayers, and he just broke another huge scoop. Having previously reported that ACORN got $80,000 in federal funding despite a congressional ban, it now turns out the actual number was much, much bigger: […]

Stupid Is Seven Feet Tall

Yes, I’m talking about Troglopundit: In 1988, I voted for Sen. Paul Simon (D-Illinois) in the Democrats’ presidential primary. There are still a lot of dumb people in Wisconsin. But it was much worse before Sean Hackbarth moved to Washington, D.C.

Democrat Janice Hahn’s Mother Dies on Eve of CA-36 Special Election
UPDATE: Poll Shows ‘Obama Fatigue’?

Los Angeles Times: Ramona Hahn, the wife of the late county Supervisor Kenneth Hahn and the mother of both former Los Angeles Mayor James K. Hahn and City Councilwoman Janice Hahn, died Monday at the age of 86. Ramona Hahn’s death came toward the end of Janice Hahn’s race for Congress in Tuesday’s extremely contentious […]

Dying on Deadline: Fear, Loathing and a Frank Confession of Professional Failure

Barbara Espinosa of American Freedom called Sunday evening, wanting to take out an ad for her “Hair on Fire” radio show on KFNX 1100-AM in Phoenix. She sent me the graphic, and when I saw it my thought was: Great. A two-column square. Because I don’t have a two-column space anywhere on the sidebars, nor do […]

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