The Other McCain

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

Ann Marie Buerkle Sworn In
UPDATE: Alas, Poor Marco Rubio!
UPDATE: Catching Up With Griffith
UPDATE: Interview With Renee Ellmers

Wednesday’s trip to Capitol Hill was amazing. I spent most of the afternoon with Rep. Ann Marie Buerkle, her staff, supporters and family, including a trip to the basement of the Capitol for her ceremonial swearing-in photo with Speaker John Boehner. The lady in the middle holding the Bible is Congresswoman Buerkle’s 89-year-old mother. I’ll […]

The Virtue of Virtue

“Cripes, Dominic, I’ve never seen anything like it. Let me tell you something — if you want a good Catholic girl, that Mary is the one. She wouldn’t let me get anywhere with her.” So said Da Tech Guy’s Uncle Sam, a real ladies’ man, in 1943 after he made a play for young Mary […]

The Unknown Tea Partiers

Da Tech Guy goes door-to-door and discovers Tea Party sentiments pervasive among small businessmen: . . .  mechanics, car dealerships, accountants, dry cleaners, manufacturers big and small, tire stores, restaurants, diners, barber shops, liquor stores, dentists and doctors, car washes, computer repair guys, investment specialists and even tutors. . . . Read the whole thing.

The ‘Ick Factor’

“In the hands of a skillful indoctrinator, the average student not only thinks what the indoctrinator wants him to think . . . but is altogether positive that he has arrived at his position by independent intellectual exertion. This man is outraged by the suggestion that he is the flesh-and-blood tribute to the success of […]

Hallie Miller: What’s Not to Like?

You can blame Da Tech Guy for this one: Some commenter left a link on his site saying that she was in a modeling contest and asking people to vote for her. Was this spam? Nine out of 10 bloggers would have instantly deleted such a comment, but Da Tech Guy investigated and discovered that […]

If You Ever Feel Discouraged . . .

. . . think about Ann Marie Buerkle’s victory in NY-25. She is now six weeks away from being a member of Congress, but what about six weeks ago? It was Sunday, Oct. 17, and Pete Da Tech Guy and I were driving on our way to cover the Buerkle campaign, when I got a call from […]

Da Tech Guy on Da Radio 5 p.m. ET

During this year’s campaign in Massachusetts, the Blogfather of the Axis of Fedora began making occasional appearances on WCRN-AM 830, a 50,000-watt news/talk powerhouse in Worcester. After talking to the station management, Pete realized that a weekend show was a feasible proposition, hustled up advertisers to support it and will debut his own show today […]

Saturday: Da Tech Guy on the Radio

Please check this out: The Founding Father of the Axis of Fedora will have his own show starting Saturday at 5 p.m. on WCRN 830 AM in Worcester, Massachusetts. I’ll be a guest on the show and possible topics include Bristol Palin, Andrew Sullivan, Keith Olbermann, Kate Middleton’s breasts, the chances for Alyssa Milano winning an Oscar and […]

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