The Other McCain

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

Malkin and Coulter Underrated?

Conservative Home, a new Web site run by people you never heard of, has published the results of a survey of “1,152 Republican activists” identifying their favorite pundits. The top five are Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, Charles Krauthammer, Bill O’Reilly and Sean Hannity — i.e., the top talk-radio star, three Fox News hosts and and […]

Narcissism, Isolation and Trolls

“The 19th-century cult of success . . . measured achievement not against the achievements of others but against  an abstract ideal of discipline and self-denial. At the turn of the century, however, preachments on success began to stress the will to win. The bureaucratization of the corporate career changed the conditions of self-advancement; ambitious young […]

Happy Hannukah From Sarah Palin

Her Facebook page: As Jewish families all over the country and the world come together to celebrate the festival of lights – the miracle of one day’s worth of oil lasting for eight – we are reminded that this holiday is also about the miracle of taking a stand against impossible odds, surviving existential threats, […]

Scratch Newt for 2012

He lost me at “not”: “We are not going to deport 11 million people,” Gingrich said Thursday as he kicked off his first forum on Latino issues. “There has to be some zone between deportation and amnesty.” We are also not going to be able to kill or capture every terrorist in the world, but we […]

For the Ladies: Peter Doherty, British Rock Star Who Dated Kate Moss

Maybe you don’t remember that irresistibly sexy pop singer with the famous international supermodel girlfriend, so here’s a story from 2005 to refresh your memory: Kate Moss and Pete Doherty had a fight in the Eurostar train in front of the shocked passengers. . . . An eyewitness told The Sun “He was accusing Kate […]

Internet Consultant to the Stars

Given my vast experience with online media and famous celebrities, I’m sometimes asked, “Stacy, what’s the best way for international superstars to conduct themselves on the Internet?” While obviously I can’t share all my secrets here on the blog, here’s a little lesson in how not to use Twitter: Explanation: The sentiment was prompted by […]

9 p.m. ET: Live on Blog Talk Radio

Click here to listen to Barbara Espinosa’s “Hair on Fire” program tonight at 9 p.m. ET. Barbara is a tremendous Tea Party activist and has been a great friend since I first met her in August 2009. (See “Grandma Is an Angry Mob.”) I’m not sure what we’ll talk about tonight, but I expect to discuss the incredible ass-whupping the […]

WikiLeaks and the Totalitarian Impulse

“The dissolution of the distinction between the private and public spheres was one of the great aims of totalitarianism.” — Theodore Dalrymple, “What’s Really Wrong with WikiLeaks” Coincidentally, last night I was thinking along very similar lines not only in regard to Julian Assange’s info-terrorism, but also in regard to what Betsy Rothstein does at […]

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