The Other McCain

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

A Disservice To 9/11 Victims And Andrew Roman

by Smitty Andrew Roman, as he reports at Proof Positive, tried to do something noble to memorialize the heinous butchery of 9/11: . . .while I was fortunate enough not to experience any personal loss on that terrible Tuesday morning, as an American, I was deeply and profoundly affected by the attack on my country […]

Great Post, Sanity Inspector, But What About Slavery?

by Smitty The Sanity Inspector captures an excellent thought regarding sectarian relations in the United States, emphasis mine: Something is coalescing, taking root, something which may have repercussions centuries on down the road. Americans are a kind, forbearing, humble, welcoming people, lefties’ incessant accusations otherwise notwithstanding. I have never had a negative personal experience with […]

How to Get Linked, Lesson One

Write a headline as good as this: Paris teens charged in bare-breasted robberies If you don’t get linked with a headline like that, you are obviously sending tips to the wrong blogger. Beyond the headline, it helps if there’s actually an interesting story: French police believe they’ve gotten to the bottom of a series of robberies in […]

LEAKED: New NASA Space Station Plan Incorporates Relativity

by Smitty NASA’s swell new global bureaucratic quaalude mission was greeted by howls of derisive laughter and sporadic vomiting. This blog’s attempt at a “don’t shoot the messenger” call on Administrator Bolden, too, got sucked into a steep gravity well. iOwnTheWorld mustered a caustic contest to name a new Mosque Shuttle, with the sort of […]

You Go, Nancy!

by Smitty It takes a special kind of chutzpah to encourage people to do things that are not in their best interests. The Lonely Conservative points to the LiarSpeaker of the House, encouraging her doomed troops to go backing into their campaigns at high speed in a Ford Pinto with a full tank, singing the […]

Congratulations to the BlogProf
on Joining the Megahit Club

by Smitty We aren’t as reliable as we could be for offering congratulations for anniversaries and milestones. But the BlogProf, that famous roundup machine, has crossed his first million hits! Keep up the good work, and do not stop until the ivory tower is reformed, sir!

Blogging Powerhouse Fishersville Mike To Take On Senator Jim Webb

by Smitty Announcement here. “I will smite that knave with my Massaponax,” said Mike, after one too many Kenneth Branagh movies. In this exclusive clip, we glimpse Mike and his campaign team working on his planned 25 October kickoff:Because, when you’re that eloquent, you don’t need a teleprompter.

Goreture II: There’s Moore

by Smitty (If you don’t start with Paco, this post will make little sense) Agent Kowalski grimaced at Faisal, securely bound in the chair. The table was empty save the screen sitting on some cheap playback gear. The Gore tape had failed. Or had it succeeded too well? Could the robotic utterances of Al Gore […]

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