The Other McCain

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

Hope and Change (and Hateful Stereotypes) Liberals Can Believe In

Obama Oddly Unpopular in Former Slave States — Josh Marshall, Talking Points Memo Yeah, thanks Josh. I live in Maryland, a “former slave state” where Obama got 62% of the vote. But never mind that. What does affluent Ivy League a–hole Josh Marshall have to say about Alvin Greene winning the Democrat primary in the “former slave state” of […]

Liberal Decides It’s OK to Hint Politicians May Be Hiding Their ‘True’ Religion

No, not Barack Obama. Nikki Haley: By no means am I questioning their right to convert or their sincerity. . . . I think, instead, that if Haley felt compelled to revise her campaign materials this way, it says a lot about what’s still acceptable to the voters she’s courting. Neela Bannerjee at Slate scrupulously […]

Good Old-Fashioned American Hate!

America used to be a great country. Alas, we don’t make TV commercials like this anymore: Hey, don’t blame me. It’s got nearly 2 million YouTube views. (Hat-tip: Dan Collins via Twitter.) UPDATE: When America was a great country, little girls just wanted to play dress-up and be pretty like Barbie — and nobody thought […]

A. Because He’s Black, That’s Why

Q. Why did Alvin Greene win the Democratic primary for Senate in South Carolina with the same percentage of the vote as Barack Obama? Do I think that putting an accused sexual predator on the Democratic primary ballot was a GOP dirty trick? Yes, I do. But a much better question is this: Do I think […]

Interracial Marriage Rate Increase Meets Resistance

by Smitty The news that interracial marriage rates are increasing seems like a good thing. Family history and ethnic heritage, while excellent and worthy of all preservation, needs to be balanced with the fact that we’re all Americans and bleed one color when defending our Constitution. The news that the lines are blurring was met […]

Popular Children’s Book Condemned in Belgium for — Wait for It — Raaaaacism!

A new lesson in the bizarre nature of Europe’s “human rights” laws: Belgium’s courts are investigating whether Tintin’s 1931 Congolese adventures, when the country was a Belgian colony, portrays black Africans in a racist way . . . Bienvenu Mbutu Mondondo, a Brussels-based Congolese man, has spent the last three years pursuing Tintin’s copyright holders […]

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 […]

The Rand Paul Round Robin

Rather than continue extending my previous “Intellectual Terrorism” discussion of the Rand Paul civil-rights controversy, I’ll link some relevant stuff here. James Joyner at Outside the Beltway: Doug Mataconis, Oliver Willis, and I were engaged in a brief Twitter back-and-forth on this one last night.  It’s a tougher question than it sounds, especially to a 20-something […]

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