The Other McCain

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

Starting With Bogus Principles Leads To Contradictory Beliefs

by Smitty Crooked Timber is one Lefty blog I have subscribed. “Contradictory beliefs,” by Chris Bertram, lays out four ideas which seem in tension, especially if you don’t believe in the market. Belief 1: As a keen reader of Paul Krugman, Brad DeLong (yes, really), our own John Quiggin and other left-leaning econobloggers, I believe […]

A Mom Named Stacy

Names are curious things. Sometimes I have to explain what should be obvious, that the name of this blog is “The Other McCain” because I did not support my distant cousin John’s candidacy in the 2008 GOP primary campaign. (Don’t Blame Me, I Voted for Bob Barr!) And when people ask, “Should I call you Bob? Rob? […]

The Avoidance of Responsibility: Liberals Exculpate Themselves for Obama’s Failure

Nothing is more important to liberals than avoiding responsiblity for the failures of liberalism, and the debacle that is the Obama administration thus requires extraordinary efforts at blameshifting and scapegoating. Fortunately for liberals, there is Ron Suskind’s Confidence Men, a new book that tells them what they want to hear. You can read Dave Weigel’s […]

‘This Crazy Blogger, Stacy McCain’

Crazy blogger at Baltimore-Washington International Airport, Sept. 13, 2011 Dave Weigel quotes Creepy Joe: Joe McGinniss is no longer surprised at the hate engendered by his new biography, The Rogue: Searching for the Real Sarah Palin. “Did you see this crazy blogger, Stacy McCain, saying he’s starting a legal fund for Todd Palin?” he asks. […]

Sex, Drugs and … Fifth-Graders?

The Associated Press reports: District of Columbia public schools are planning to test students on their knowledge of human sexuality, contraception and drug use this spring. According to the Office of the State Superintendent of Education, the exam will be the first standardized test on health and sex education in the country. The 50-question exam […]

Lynn Woolsey: The Full Loaf!

Watching Democrats lose a district they’ve held for 88 year? Classic! Watching Democrats make complete idiots of themselves? Priceless! Rep. Lynn Woolsey (D-Calif.) stressed that it was important for Democrats to not cave in on pieces of either Obama’s jobs plan or the [Congressional Progressive Caucus’s] job-creation agenda. “Half a loaf is not enough in the […]

Young, Famous, Beautiful and Stupid

“I love Barack Obama. I voted for him and I will forever be proud of my vote, so I can’t say anything bad against him . . . Why is nobody reading? I feel like, in our generation, people don’t read. . . . They don’t read books, they don’t read the paper, they don’t […]

Yet Another Failure by Rick Perry (And Notes on the Carter-ization of Obama)

“The simplest way to define conservatism is this: The belief that liberalism is wrong.” — Robert Stacy McCain, June 15, 2009 The Texas governor has failed to eradicate the few remaining “pockets” of Democrat Party “enthusiasm” in the Lone Star State, according to liberal Matthew Yglesias of Think Progress: I’m prepared to say that I […]

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