The Other McCain

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

Tip-Jar Hitters Don’t Do Davos

Maybe next year your contributions to the Galactic Conquest Fund will be enough to send me to Switzerland to hobnob with the bigwigs, but for now, we’ll have to rely on the MSM to tell us what’s going on there with the Masters of the Universe. Associated Press: The state of the world’s economy, and keeping […]

‘Sam Dealey Has What It Takes to
Make That Paper Great Again’

So says Christian Josi, referring to the hiring of a new editor at The Washington Times. Paul Bedard, who was on the White House beat when I joined the Times in 1997, gives the lowdown on the new guy: Dealey, a U.S. News contributor, is based in Washington, writing on national and foreign affairs. Besides […]

Worse than Maddow and Olbermann

“David Shuster is the real sin at MSNBC. . . . He’s not a reporter. He’s a small-market shock jock they send to cover hurricanes and car-chases.” — Ace of Spades, talking about Shuster’s fight with Andrew Breitbart

SCANDAL! Teen Girl Sexually Exploited by U.S. Troops Halliburton Starbucks Supervisor

OK, I headlined this but it deserves its own post: ABC News assigned investigative reporter Brian Ross to get the story of 16-year-old Starbucks barista Katie Moore and the 24-year-old manager who “essentially made her his sex toy”: “I felt like I didn’t have a choice,” Moore, now 20, told ABC News.”I was ashamed and embarrassed. […]

Chris Cassone’s Tea Party Anthem Ripped Off by the New Yorker

Can you say “copyright infringement,” boys and girls? A gray-haired man in a blue velvet jacket and sneakers started inching toward the center of the room with an acoustic guitar. He had a “Reagan for President” button on his shoulder strap and a “Hoffman for Congress” sticker on his case. [T]hey invited the guitarist to […]

The Battle of P.S. 234

Julia Vitullo-Martin in the New York Post: Tribeca is embroiled in a bitter neighborhood-school war that some residents say is jeopardizing its sense of community, as well as its future. It’s a story repeated from time to time all across New York. The key question will be decided tonight: Which families will be forced out […]

Maureen Dowd Is So Original!

Scott Brown: Taking Sexy Back — The Other McCain, Jan. 13 Bringing Sexy Back — Maureen Dowd, Jan. 26 OK, so we’re both cribbing from the same pool of pop-culture phrases. She does get in one good line: The only question left is: Why isn’t Scott Brown delivering the State of the Union? Maureen Dowd […]

Good News: ‘Ellie Light’ Is a Man

Bad news: He’s afraid of “right-wing crazies” in California: Ellie Light, the ubiquitous letter writer whose name appeared in newspapers nationwide praising President Barack Obama, appears to really be a male health care worker from California. A man who identified himself as Winston Steward, 51, of Frazier Park, Calif., says he made up the name […]

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