The Other McCain

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

Is Jack Ciattarelli Winning in New Jersey?

Far be it from me to predict that Republicans are on the verge of winning this year’s gubernatorial election in New Jersey, but (a) Jack Ciattarelli came pretty close to knocking off incumbent Phil Murphy four years ago, and (b) with Murphy term-limited, Democrats nominated Rep. Mikie Sherrill, who hasn’t exactly been running away with […]

The Thing That Never Happens Has Somehow Happened Once Again

All the experts have assured us that election fraud is impossible. No election is ever “rigged” or “stolen” in America, and anyone who says otherwise is emphatically denounced as a crypto-fascist threat to Democracy. Meanwhile, in south Georgia . . . The mayor of a small southwest Georgia city and two former election officials are […]

UPDATE: Liberal Wins in Wisconsin After GOP Wins Two Florida Special Elections

UPDATE 9:55 p.m. ET: It’s over in Wisconsin. Decision Desk HQ projects Susan Crawford wins election to the Wisconsin Supreme Court.#DecisionMade: 9:41 PM EDT Results: https://t.co/xANhmetrz1 pic.twitter.com/jATzSTGp0m — Decision Desk HQ (@DecisionDeskHQ) April 2, 2025 So basically we burned tens of millions of dollars for nothing. *** PREVIOUSLY *** Something like $100 million has been […]

The Worst Pundits EVER!

How could I have missed this? An opportunity for an easy dunk on the Lincoln Project? But in the aftermath of the 2024 election, there was just so much schadenfreude fodder that somehow this escaped my notice until today, when the YouTube algorithm directed me to a Canadian YouTuber’s LOL finger-pointing festival, and I knew […]

Making Sense of Democrat Disarray and the Future of the MAGA Revolution

We have had a pleasant couple of days laughing at the misery of the Democratic Party. After Chuck Schumer abandoned his threat of a government shutdown, grassroots Democrats erupted in fury at what they saw as Schumer’s “betrayal” of the anti-Trump cause: Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez argued Schumer’s “almost unthinkable” move caused a “deep sense of […]

CPAC: Too Early to Think About 2026?

NATIONAL HARBOR, Maryland So I get on the hotel elevator with a couple, and the guy’s wearing a red shirt emblazoned, “RON ELLER FOR CONGRESS.” Curiosity being a journalistic habit, I ask the guy, “Who’s Ron Eller?” “I’m Ron Eller,” he says, and then proceeds to tell me that he ran for Congress last year […]

2024: The Year the Media Lost

The Gloat Zone is a great place to be. Whether it’s in football or politics, the aftermath of a big victory is an occasion for soaking in the feel-good endorphin bath, and laughing at the follies of your defeated opponent. Victory is always sweetest when it’s an upset, staging a fourth-quarter comeback after your opponent […]

The Dumbest Take on the 2024 Election

A few weeks ago, I bought a copy of Thomas Sowell’s 1987 book A Conflict of Visions as a gift for a young man who was struggling with his political views. My intention is, once he’s finished reading that, to give him the second book of that Sowell trilogy, The Vision of the Anointed: Self-Congratulation […]

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