The Other McCain

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

No ‘Horse’ Jokes, Please: Beware of Geeks Bearing Gifts Cheap Condoms

Because some stereotypes aren’t just stereotypes: D.C. to begin using more-expensive Trojan condoms in HIV prevention program High school students and college-age adults have been complaining to District officials that the free condoms the city has been offering are not of good enough quality and are too small . . . So D.C. officials have […]

On the Falsehood of ‘The Vital Center’

Having previously referenced Arthur M. Schlessinger Jr.’s 1949 book The Vital Center as the source of a pernicious falsehood in American political thought, it seems necessary to explain more fully what I mean by this. And this explanation is made easier by the discovery that extensive excepts of The Vital Center are available in online form. (This here “Internet” […]

Two Kinds of Jews

Philip Klein explains:  [T]he difference between a Jewish liberal and a Jewish conservative is that when a Jewish liberal walks out of the Holocaust Museum, he feels, “This shows why we need to have more tolerance and multiculturalism.” The Jewish conservative feels, “We should have killed a lot more Nazis, and sooner.” Exactly so, and […]

Silly Governor: ‘Brazil Got Off Oil In The Last 30 Years.’

by Smitty This country really dodged a bullet when the McCain/Palin ticket lost in 2008. We could have had an ignorant VP who thinks that Brazil completely eliminated hydrocarbon usage over the last three decades, and instead runs on ethanol. Oh, wait: that’s not Governor Palin, that’s Bill Maher. Now, one is tempted to tee […]

Hypothetical Hitlers, the Arizona Gestapo and Other Irrational Liberal Fears

The rhetorical escalation over the new Arizona immigration law has taken a predictable path toward insanity — or inanity, in the case of Meghan McCain: I believe it gives the state police a license to discriminate, and also, in many ways, violates the civil rights of Arizona residents. Simply put, I think it is a bad law […]

The Progressive Legacy of Bill Ayers: Sloppy Seconds for Social Justice

Van Helsing calls attention to a little-noted clause in the ’60s peace-and-love agenda: “Do it with my roommate, or you’re a racist!” It was at the Undergraduate Library at the University of Michigan on a Friday night in November 1965. I was a sophomore and was living in a sorority house — Alpha Epsilon Phi. . . […]

Pink Elephant Pundit Requests The Attention Of Keith Olbermann

by Smitty Here is the evidence: In light of GeicoGate and the recent accusations from the media regarding the violent rhetoric of the conservative movement, I’ve taken the liberty of editing together the voicemails and emails we’ve received as a result of DC Douglas’ call to contact FreedomWorks. Here’s the result. I listened to about […]

For Dessert? ‘Epistemic Closure’!

The entrée is crow: Here’s a free hint, kid: don’t talk crap about someone being a shill for ideologically-driven publications and think tanks when that sums up your entire resume. Your bosses might find you ungrateful . . . or they may giggle over the fact you’re a malleable idiot utterly lacking in self-awareness. What […]

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