The Other McCain

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

Hef at 85: A Myth Grown Old

The octogenarian hedonist celebrated his birthday in Vegas, at one point posing with 31 previous Playboy centerfolds, the oldest of them being Miss May 1998, Deanna Brooks, now age 36. Hefner is now engaged to 24-year-old Crystal Harris (Miss December 2009) and, of course, the bride-to-be will be required to sign a pre-nuptial agreement prior to the […]

Not Trying to Play ‘True Conservative’ Here, But the Budget Deal Is a Problem

Where to begin? I suppose a good logical starting point is this video with Mark Levin calling in to Neal Cavuto’s show: Those Republicans who are in high-five victory-lap end-zone-dance mode over the late-night budget deal — and yeah, I’m looking at you, Carl Cameron — will be tempted to dismiss Levin’s criticism as just […]

New Orleans, Again?

The croupiers at Harrah’s are probably rubbing their hands in gleeful anticipation at the prospect that I’ll resume my roulette losing streak during the Republican Leadership Conference and Reagan Centennial Celebration in New Orleans June 16-18. But really: This trip would be a legitimate business expense, right? I’m a political journalist and my man Herman […]

Let’s Laugh Now: Palin Edges Huckabee Among Mississippi Segregationists?

While checking Memeorandum to keep track of the latest government shutdown developments Friday, I saw this headline at the liberal Talking Points Memo blog: Nearly Half Of Mississippi Republicans Think Interracial Marriage Should Be Illegal Hmmmmm. So I went over to check the results at Public Policy Polling and found that, in a poll of […]

Vince Shlomi’s ShamWow ‘Love Slave’

Pictured above is 23-year-old Jennifer Kosinski, a model who worked as a personal assistant for Vince Shlomi — the famous TV informercial pitch-man for ShamWow and Slap Chop — and who has now filed a federal lawsuit against her 46-year-old former boss: Kosinski moved to Miami Beach, where she became Shlomi’s personal assistant (and lived rent-free […]

REPORT: Beck to End Daily Fox Show

Apparently, Glenn Beck has issued a press release announcing he “intends to transition off of his daily program” on Fox News Channel. Exactly what that means, we don’t know yet. UPDATE: The press release describes discussions about “a variety of television projects” in a vague enough way that media tea-leaf readers at both the Washington Post and […]

Conor Friedersdorf: Now Turning the Atlantic into Media Matters Lite?

When Andrew Sullivan jumped ship to The Daily Beast, Conor Friedersdorf stayed behind at the Atlantic, where today he devotes some 1,800 words to Why Rush Limbaugh Is Wrong About Libya. A few sample Conorisms: His commentary has misled his audience, his prejudices have helped to distract the conservative movement from the stance it ought […]

Charlie Sheen Fails To Retain Stacy McCain As A Creative Consultant, With Predictable Results

by Smitty Lots of other blogs are reporting the disaster, but the title hit me when I saw Another Black Conservative. Emphasis mine: One of the big underpinnings behind Sheen being entertaining is the fact that the man was having a meltdown. For whatever reason, we all love to watch those who reached the top […]

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