The Other McCain

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

‘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 […]

All Politics News Breakfast Is Local

FITCHBURG, Mass. — Two eggs over medium, corned beef hash, wheat toast, orange juice and coffee yesterday morning at the Fifth Street diner: The Fitchburg Sentinel & Enterprise has this: Vincent FratAntonio, 49, of Leominster, went to vote Tuesday despite recently having major surgery, and cast his vote for “(Scott) Brown, of course.” . . […]

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