The Other McCain

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

The Surprise Return of Blago-Gate!

Incomplete redaction of a Chicago subpoena for the Rod Blagojevich corruption trial reveals some unseemly — and perhaps criminal — actions by Team Obama: Obama may have lied about conversations with convicted fraudster Tony Rezko . . . Obama may have overtly recommended Valerie Jarret for his Senate seat . . . A supporter of […]

Your Tax Dollars at Work Wank

SEC staffers watched porn as economy crashed Senior staffers at the Securities and Exchange Commission spent hours surfing pornographic websites on government-issued computers while they were being paid to police the financial system, an agency watchdog says. The SEC’s inspector general conducted 33 probes of employees looking at explicit images in the past five years, […]

Filibuster Financial Reform? What Kind of Senator Would Dare to Do Such a Thing?

Five years ago, it was a certain freshman Senator from Illinois and his fellow Democrats: [I]n July 2005 . . . the Senate Banking Committee, then controlled by the Republicans, adopted tough regulatory legislation for the GSEs [government-sponsored entities, i.e., Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac] on a party-line vote — all Republicans in favor, all […]

Remember That ‘Culture of Corruption’?

It’s back! Politically connected staffers in Hillary Rodham Clinton’s State Department twisted arms to steer a $5.4 million contract for crystal stemware to a tiny interior-design firm without putting it out for bid . . . Two senior State Department contracting officials, Randolph Bennett and Tandra Jones, successfully pushed for the contract to go to […]

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