The Other McCain

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

What’s Dave Weigel Up To?

His first article at Slate has a bizarre and complex subject: Democrats are telling him (evidently in all seriousness) that they are afraid Republicans will use the scandals of Maxine Waters and Charles Rangel as a latter-day “Willie Horton” gambit. Really? I mean, really? If we are to take Weigel’s Democratic sources at face value, […]

Death by Political Correctness?

“Everyone must come to grips with and make sense of their own failures. Excuse-making, blame-shifting, scapegoating — ‘It wasn’t my fault!’ — prevents us from learning the lessons of our failures. . . . Persistently attempting to externalize blame for our own failures is a recipe for moral disaster.” — Robert Stacy McCain, “Lindsay Lohan […]

You Might Be a Raaaaacist If . . .

. . . you think Democrats are corrupt: The politically charged decisions by veteran Democratic Reps. Charles Rangel of New York and Maxine Waters of California to force public trials by the House ethics committee are raising questions about race and whether black lawmakers face more scrutiny over allegations of ethical or criminal wrongdoing than […]

White Hipster Beaten by Black Teen: ‘Shouldn’t Be Listening to Rap Music’

Cultural criticism in Broward County, Florida: Declaring that white people “shouldn’t be listening to rap music,” a 14-year-old Florida boy allegedly assaulted a man Monday night in what police say was a racially-motivated attack. The teenager was arrested after he allegedly struck the 22-year-old victim, who is white, in the face. According to a Palm […]

VIDEO: Shirley Sherrod’s Husband Says, ‘We Must Stop the White Man and His Uncle Toms From Stealing Our Elections’

Dan Riehl has the big scoop today at Riehl World View: And just so you know where the Sherrods are coming from: When their daughter was born in 1967, while America was at war with communist North Vietnam, Charles and Shirley named their baby girl Russia — “with love,” no doubt. Read the rest at […]

Leadership 102: Stand By Your People

by Smitty (h/t Gateway Pundit) It’s probably not an initial lesson in leadership, but, after a while, some fertilizer hits the air circulator, and a real leader has to stand by the troops. Hopefully, there is a foundation of communication, confidence, trust, and a clearly articulated direction of movement. If a subordinate makes an unforced […]

Important New Theory In Alleged March Racial Epithet Incident

by Smitty Power Line notes the NYT partially walks back the claim of the infamous word falling between ‘bigger’ and ‘rigger’ being used at the Kill the Bill protest in March. there is no evidence that epithets reportedly directed in March at Representative John Lewis, Democrat of Georgia, outside the Capitol, came from Tea Party […]

NBC Interviews Breitbart

First, I would object to this headline: Blogger: It’s about NAACP, not fired worker Andrew Breitbart is not just a “blogger.” Not to be derogatory of the blogosphere, but Breitbart is New Media mogul who may yet prove to have the kind of revolutionary influence in the online world that Rush Limbaugh had in talk […]

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