The Other McCain

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

French Will Send Military Advisers to Teach Libyan Rebels How to Surrender

And once they’ve learned proper French surrender techniques, then it’s time for Lesson Two: Collaborating with the enemy!

John McCain’s Idiotic Advice on Libya

Obama never saw a problem that couldn’t be solved by tax increases. By the same token, John McCain never saw a problem that couldn’t be solved by more bombing: Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) said Monday he feared a “stalemate” has developed in Libya that would lead to a more radical government in that country. McCain, […]

Fort Sumter 1861: ‘Strike a Blow!’

Today, a most momentous anniversary is the subject of my column at The American Spectator: Visitors to Princeton, New Jersey, may find there the grave of a former New York state judge who died in 1919 at the advanced age of 90. Judge Roger Pryor was not from New Jersey, however, nor was he a […]

Allen West: A Firm ‘No’ on Budget Deal

by Smitty The Hill has it briefly, Liberty Pundits picked it up, and Cubachi elaborates with a Fox clip elaborating on his opposition: West is such a mensch he scared Debbie Wasserman-Schultz out of the Florida delegation. Given sufficient Allen West clones, I think the country’s problems are solveable. The question would move to where […]

Facts Are Stubborn Things

Following up on this morning’s radio debate with Little Miss Attila, I found myself interrogated in the comments by Attila’s ally, Darleen Click of Protein Wisdom, who now wants to debate women in the military. This endless appetite for argument — the women’s point being that any man who criticizes feminism qua feminism must be wrong […]

Sir Andrew of Rubesville

No sooner does Kevin Drum claim ownership of his gullibility — one tenable option for Obama’s anti-war leftist supporters — than Andrew Sullivan mounts his high horse in protest: Many of us supported this president because he promised to bring back the constitutional balance after the theories of Yoo, Delahunty, et al put the president […]

Try to Act Surprised

You know how, when somebody gives you a gift and for some reason you already knew what they were going to give you, as a courtesy you make a point of acting surprised anyway? “A sweater! Wow! Aunt Mary, how thoughtful of you!” Byron York just gave you a sweater: Evidence is emerging that United […]

Military Gay Training

This is going to work out real smooth: Four branches of the military have begun sending training material to 2.2 million active and reserve troops as a prelude to opening the ranks to gays, with instructions on, for example, what to do if an officer sees two male Marines kissing in a shopping mall. Key […]

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