The Other McCain

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

Libya: Serious or Not?

One of the reasons I’m having trouble taking the war in Libya seriously is that President Obama keeps treating it like another opportunity for political posturing. He gives his big nationally televised primetime speech on Monday and is off to wine and dine $30,000-a-plate donors on Tuesday while Vice President Joe Biden vacations in Aspen. Wait, […]

NY-25 Flashback: Dan Maffei Still Trying to Comprehend His Own Defeat

Perhaps you can imagine the big grin with which I’m writing this, as I think back on that day last October when Da Tech Guy and I arrived in New York’s 25th District and the front-page headline was: “Dan Maffei leads Anne Marie Buerkle by 12 points in new poll.” That would be former Democratic […]

Caught on Tape: Fox News Executive Privately Doubts Obama Is a Socialist?

It’s another one of those “gotcha” moments with Media Matters as Wile E. Coyote and Fox as the Road Runner. Fox executive Bill Sammon (with whom I used to work at The Washington Times) was on a 2009 cruise sponsored by Hillsdale College and gave a speech where he said this: “Last year, candidate Barack Obama […]

Fighting the War from Lenox Avenue

Command and control: Obama will first attend a fundraising dinner, for $30,800 per plate, at the new restaurant Red Rooster. . . . The restaurant . . . is located at 310 Lenox Avenue. Tonight’s event is said to raise $1.5 million for Obama’s campaign. Bryan Preston at PJ Tatler points out that while the […]

New York Times Tries Again

The first time the New York Times tried to report on the case of an 11-year-old girl gang-raped in Texas, they provoked a feminist firestorm because elements of their story appeared to blame the victim. Now they have tried again and (as even Echidne of the Snakes admits) managed to avoid the most egregious problems […]

Jerry Wilson and the Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Dream Job

Getting paid to write about NASCAR? Dude, some things are so unfair they ought to be against the law. Jerry Wilson: America’s Luckiest Blogger. Remind me to call around to some magazine editors this afternoon and see if anyone needs a full-time columnist to provide them with in-depth coverage of NCAA cheerleaders and barbecue ribs. […]

Ron Klein: ‘No Mas! No Mas!’

Hey, remember a couple of months ago when liberals were claiming that “radical Tea Party extremist” Allen West was going to be really vulnerable when he seeks re-election in 2012? You didn’t actually believe that, did you? Former Rep. Ron Klein (D-Fla.) said Wednesday he is not going to run next year for the seat […]

Try to Act Surprised

You know how, when somebody gives you a gift and for some reason you already knew what they were going to give you, as a courtesy you make a point of acting surprised anyway? “A sweater! Wow! Aunt Mary, how thoughtful of you!” Byron York just gave you a sweater: Evidence is emerging that United […]

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