The Other McCain

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

Your Irregular Rick Moran Update

You may have asked yourself, “What’s Rick Moran been up to lately?” Or perhaps you’re now asking yourself, “Who the heck is Rick Moran?” Circa 2009, Smitty would occasionally kick Rick around a bit just for fun, but that was then and this is now, and Smitty’s found more lively amusement in Afghanistan lately. So […]

Obama’s ‘Food Stamp Recovery’

The president’s government-oriented approach to economics is an obvious disaster as policy, but it’s also bound to be a political disaster for Obama: This has been the worst economic recovery in generations, at least as it is felt by the average American.  . . . Read the whole thing, which has a lot of empirical […]

Obama at Ground Zero

Big, big story here. Have you hit the tip jar for the “Get Well Fund” yet? UPDATE: A nice nap. Thanks to Betty in New Jersey, Mary Rose in Ohio, James in South Plainfield, Mitzi in Dallas, and Rebecca in Indiana for hitting the tip jar. Woke up to some very interesting news: Economic Anxiety […]

Bin Laden Dead; Liberal Media Sick

The contradictory impulses stirred by the death of Osama bin Laden have sent the Left and their media friends stumbling into absurdity. Do you remember how we were told that the election of President Obama would restore U.S. international prestige and make the world love us? Tell that to the Pakistanis: A senior Pakistani intelligence […]

Obama Administration Won’t Release Photos of Osama Bin Laden Dead UPDATE: Sarah Palin Urges Release of Photos ‘As a Warning to Others’

CBS News reports: In an interview with Steve Kroft for this Sunday’s 60 Minutes, President Obama says he won’t release post-mortem images of Osama bin Laden taken to prove his death. . . . Republican House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers said Wednesday that the Obama administration should not release the gruesome post-mortem images, saying […]

St. Lawrence the Sanctimonious

Since taking over the 8 p.m. spot vacated by Keith Olbermann on MSNBC, Lawrence O’Donnell has mounted an extraordinary effort to achieve what many would consider an impossible goal: Being more absurdly self-righteous than Olbermann. Tuesday night, O’Donnell may have reached that mark by asserting that John Kerry was the gold standard in national security […]

White House Can’t Get Its Story Straight on How Osama Bin Laden Was Killed

This is the kind of stuff that gives rise to conspiracy theories: The White House backed away Monday evening from key details in its narrative about the raid that killed Osama bin Laden, including claims by senior U.S. officials that the Al Qaeda leader had a weapon and may have fired it during a gun […]

Congressional Investigation Exposes White House ‘Transparency’ Myth

Officials in the Obama administration “go to great lengths to avoid disclosing their meetings with lobbyists,” a Republican congressman said Tuesday, as he opened a House subcommittee hearing to investigate whether the White House is keeping its promises of “transparency.” “The American people were promised a new era of openness and accountability and they haven’t […]

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