The Other McCain

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

‘Something Unseemly’

Matthew Yglesias: There’s something unseemly about seeing fellow Jews turn into rightwingers. The mind boggles at this kind of statement. How do you even begin to address the universe of idiocy crammed into those 10 words, with infinite density like the pre-Big Bang singularity? After being spanked by National Review‘s Kevin Williamson, Yglesias . . . uh, clarifies: […]

The Bigger Picture

by Smitty Via Moonbattery, we have a sobering summary of 14 months of Constitutional demolition:. If it looks like our separation of powers is collapsing towards an autocratic Executive, you may be perceptive. Virginia Democrat Tom Perriello admits the truth: Why is the Federal government behaving so indiscriminately? Because it has the Federal Reserve, that’s […]

Monumental Greatness

Smitty has not yet been honored with his own equestrian statue in D.C., but it’s probably just a matter of time. If the federal government wants to “save or create” some more jobs, maybe we can get an earmark for the Smitty Monument to stimulate the equestrian statue industry, which has been devastated by the […]

Marty Peretz Declares Victory in Iraq

It’s a rather idiosyncratic argument that will be of interest mainly to foreign policy junkies, which I’m not. Still, you’ve got to love the money quote: Frankly, I couldn’t quite imagine any venture requiring trust with Arabs turning out especially well. This is, you will say, my prejudice. But some prejudices are built on real […]

Patton: A Real American Hero

CubaChi on Twitter: Alright! @MarkLevinShow is playing the Patton music now! You know this is going to be good! Great taste in music, ma’am! This is super-cool — Francis Ford Coppola describes how he got fired for writing the Oscar-winning screenplay: The original theatrical trailer: Here’s another version of the trailer: My cousin Mark and […]

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