The Other McCain

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

Soccer May Be Gay, But
At Least It’s Not Canadian

I don’t think Allahpundit is Canadian, but he does have a suspiciously extensive knowledge of Broadway show tunes hockey. IYKWIMAITYD. The other day, I put up a mocking headline: World Cup Overkill: Associated Press Writes 1,068 Words About 1-1 Tie And proceeded to mock soccer, generally, which prompted commenter “gg” (whose IP address is in […]

News, Weak

The bidding for Newsweek hasn’t been exactly eager: [S]ome Newsweek staffers . . . describe the mood as ranging from stunned to funereal to angry — the latter emotion fueled by a sense that Editor Jon Meacham erred badly by transforming the newsweekly into an upscale, left-leaning opinion magazine. Meacham has said that in the […]

Tipper Gore — Available!

First, Al Gore invented the Internet. Then, he announced his separation via e-mail: Al and Tipper Gore, whose playful romance enlivened Washington and the campaign trail for a quarter century, have decided to separate after 40 years of marriage, the couple told friends Tuesday. In an “Email from Al and Tipper Gore,” the couple said: […]

The Right Needs To Extend The Olive Branch To The Left

by Smitty Inspired by this photo and post over at iOwnTheWorld, allow me to share a thought. No, I’m not about to scuttle principles, espouse Brooksian centrism or go totally Charles Johnson on you. Rather, consider that there are a number of people who sort of know that they’ve been duped by the Left, but […]

In The Mail: My ‘Retire Jim Moran’ Bumper Sticker

by Smitty Even the Instapundit had to have a ‘first swag’ item. Mine came Tuesday, a righteous little piece of bumper goodness: And retire Jim Moran we must. While I’m 99% proud of my country, one legitimate cause for guilt is the way that Progressive tools like Moran have quite literally pillaged the rest of […]

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 […]

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