The Other McCain

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

Polls Are Not Predictions

Paul Mirengoff of Powerline — a nice guy, whom I’ve met a few times — defends himself against Mark Levin’s criticism over the Delaware GOP Senate primary. Rather than to get into the middle of that, let me pull out a few phrases from Mirengoff’s post as illustrative of a more general dispute: I then argued that, […]

Another Atlas Shrugged Moment

While I was covering the rally in Washington yesterday, I spotted this poster in the crowd: Recognizing the source of the phrase, I interviewed the lady with the sign, and that provided the lede for my latest column at The American Spectator: Brianna Aubin stood in the front row of the rally on the West Lawn […]

They Told Us There Was Going to Be a Huge Rally at the Mall in Washington . . .

. . . so I said, “Quick, Smitty! Let’s go to the Mall!” We didn’t find a huge rally, although Smitty enjoyed his Starbucks coffee and was impressed by the 70% discounts at the Aeropostale fall fashion sale. However, as dedicated citizen-journalists, we were determined to keep hunting until we found the real story . . . […]

BlogCon: Paparazzi!

Caleb Howe tries to help Jason Mattera think of a better BlogCon pickup line than this one: John Hawkins was trying this one on everyone, including a couple of cocktail waitresses at the Rocket Bar in Chinatown. Cheryl Prater at the FreedomWorks reception, where she had to explain to John Hawkins that she is not […]

Blackstone on Liberty

“Sir William Blackstone, England’s famous 18th century juror, said that every wanton and causeless restraint of the will of the subject is a degree of tyranny, and ‘even laws themselves, whether made with or without our consent, if they regulate and constrain our conduct in matters of mere indifference, without any good end in view, […]

9/11: Never Forget

Thanks to Big Fur Hat  for reminding us of this 70-minute documentary: UPDATE: Joe at Valley of the Shadows reminds us how on 9/11/01, “At 8:46 AM, the world shifted on its axis.” UPDATE II: Statement from Georgia 12th District congressional candidate Ray McKinney: Nine years ago today, I turned on my television while getting […]

Delaware Senate Primary Update: NRA, DeMint Endorse Christine O’Donnell

Once Sarah Palin endorsed, the avalanche was on: The National Rifle Association endorsed conservative commentator Christine O’Donnell Friday in Delaware’s Republican Senate primary.  The Tea Party-backed O’Donnell is looking to upset Rep. Mike Castle (R-Del.) on Tuesday. Via Memeorandum and also CNN: South Carolina Sen. Jim DeMint announced Friday night his endorsement of the Tea Party-endorsed […]

A Post That Is Not About Net Neutrality

At BlogCon Friday, we went to the Newseum in D.C. for a panel discussion that was supposed to be about politics. During the Q&A period, however, it got hijacked into a discussion of The World’s Most Boring Policy Issue. After ten minutes of this narcolepsy-inducing blather, I gestured frantically at Tabitha Hale and got the […]

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