The Other McCain

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

Shorter New York Times

PROFITS BAD! Making matters worse, businesses are already plowing fewer profits back into their own enterprises. Over the past decade and a half, corporations have been saving more and investing less in their own businesses. . . . The reason for all this saving in the United States is that public companies have become obsessed […]

Obama’s War on Food

Orit Sklar at Human Events explains how the Obama administration plans to decide what you eat: In the current regulatory environment, one may be certain that “recommendations” aren’t mere suggestions. The latest example that calls for a healthy read between the lines is this week’s big unveiling of the Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) “Dietary Guidelines […]

VIDEO: Rick’s Awesome Fireworks

This year, for the first year in . . . well, forever, I didn’t get to shoot my usual super-awesome Fourth of July fireworks show. Darling Daughter scheduled her wedding for this week, so I was forced to scrap my annual Alabama expedition. One day, I’ll find it in my heart to forgive her, but Sunday […]

A. Her Hubby’s Got Big Feet (Hint, Hint)

Q. Why is Dr. Helen Smith always smiling? Dr. Helen is adding to the “hotness gap,” and Professor Reynolds is obviously not just another pretty face. Of course, we’ve never seen him in a Speedo, but . . .

Nice Try, Professor

Today, a friend of mine received an e-mail labeling me “a white supremacist.” The e-mail was forwarded to me and I smiled upon recognizing a familiar name — Jonathan Farley, an academic admirer of Che Guevara. The Washington Times, Tuesday, December 3, 2002: Vanderbilt professor outrages Confederate progeny Says Rebel soldiers deserved gallows By Robert Stacy McCain THE WASHINGTON […]

VIDEO: Tea Party Speaker Declares, ‘I Don’t Care If They Call Me an Extremist’

Notice that Lt. Col. Allen West wore a Gadsden Flag — “Don’t Tread on Me!” — T-shirt at this weekend’s Ft. Lauderdale Tea Party rally: It’s all great, but the money quote is at 2:27: “Let me tell you: I don’t care if Ron Klein’s office calls me a radical. I don’t care if they […]

Worst Side Effect of Recession? Endless Plague of Perpetual Grad Students

OK, this is a pet peeve of mine from way back. When I was in college in the late ’70s and early ’80s, there was a distinct group of hippie leftovers who hung around the campus pub a lot while, supposedly, working on their master’s degrees. They didn’t seem particularly smart or studious. Rather, they struck me as having fallen in love with the […]

D Is for ‘Dumb’ and ‘Detroit’

“Otis Mathis was a D-student in high school, went to Wayne State University in a program for the academically unqualified, sued for his degree because he couldn’t pass a basic English test, became a community organizer, and eventually was unanimously elected President of the School Board . . .”

« go back — keep looking »

    About

    This is an area on your website where you can add text. This will serve as an informative location on your website, where you can talk about your site.

    Subscribe to our feed

    Search

    Admin