The Other McCain

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

UFC Fighter Marries World-Famous Porn Star. What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

I mean, besides everything: After being arrested following an alleged domestic dispute against girlfriend Jenna Jameson on Monday morning, a teary-eyed Tito Ortiz held a press conference with his attorney in Los Angeles late Monday evening to speak for the first time with regards to the incident in which he alleged Jameson is suffering an […]

Arizona über alles!

The “Fourth Reich” meme has caught on, as predicted, with a Colorado Democrat invoking the Nazi specter: “It is absolutely reminiscent of second class status of Jews in Germany prior to World War II when they had to have their papers with them at all times and were subject to routine inspections at the suspicion of […]

Allen West Must Win

Citing a new poll about Allen West’s campaign in FL22, Dave Weigel says: [T]his should be one of the 40 seats Republicans win if they take control of the House in November. Exactly. A lot of pundits are sitting around predicting a 40+ pickup for the GOP, but those kind of big numbers overlook the […]

Troubling News From Fitchburg, Mass.: If Scott Brown’s Lost Josh Romano . . .

In his new gig writing for the Examiner, Pete Da Tech Guy finds trouble at the corner market for the “41st vote”: We now know Brown’s price; $354,000. That’s a local voter’s reaction to this Boston Herald article: U.S. Sen. Scott Brown – the upstart GOP maverick who has threatened to filibuster the Democrats’ move to rein in Wall Street – […]

The Most Important Sentence in Gabriel Sherman’s Sarah Palin Hit Piece

“While careful not to say anything that might make her rear her head, some in the GOP Establishment whisper that they hope Palin stays in Wasilla. She may be useful in raising funds and drawing crowds, but Palin’s unseriousness and carnival antics damage the brand. ‘There’s a big piece of the Republican Party that doesn’t […]

For Dessert? ‘Epistemic Closure’!

The entrée is crow: Here’s a free hint, kid: don’t talk crap about someone being a shill for ideologically-driven publications and think tanks when that sums up your entire resume. Your bosses might find you ungrateful . . . or they may giggle over the fact you’re a malleable idiot utterly lacking in self-awareness. What […]

‘An Intellectual Grievance Culture’

Jonah Goldberg hits the nail on the head in describing the phenomenon we might as well call Friedersdorfism: When I first came to Washington, I hung around in very similar circles of young eager-beavers. I may not have been as smart as many of them, but I was just as determined to get my articles […]

National Security Advisor Archie Bunker

No need to get all outrageously outraged here, but Gen. James Jones ought to have thought twice before telling Jew jokes at a foreign-policy seminar: Professor William Jacobson observes: I have no problem with the joke. I think we have to be able to laugh at ourselves, including laughing at stereotypes; in humor we often […]

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