The Other McCain

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

They Deserve Each Other: Olbermann and Daily Kos Break Up to Make Up?

There have been more than a few outbreaks of raw crazy on the blogosphere lately, and it’s reassuring to see that the same virus has infested the brackish waters at Daily Kos, where Keith Olbermann asks, “Et tu, Kossacks?” I used to read a lot about how people here would ‘always have my back’ and trust me this […]

IG-Gate Update: Federal Judge Stalling Gerald Walpin’s AmeriCorps Case

Dan Collins at Piece of Work in Progress notes that, more than a year after Gerald Walpin was fired from his job as inspector general overseeing the AmeriCorps program, Walpin’s lawsuit against the Corporation for National and Community Service  is still unresolved. The Washington Times has more: The most public dispute between the administration and Mr. Walpin involved the […]

Tomorrow’s Headlines Today

Some things are predictable. Remember this headline? Report: Bottom Falls Out of Housing After First-Time Buyer Tax Credit Expires That was two weeks ago. Today? Housing starts drop to five-month low in May . . . Groundbreaking for single-family homes tumbled 17.2 percent to an annual rate of 468,000 units in May after a 5.6 […]

A Baseball Theory

by Smitty Baseball Crank has a post entitled “BASEBALL: Year of the Slightly Better Pitcher” While out in Idaho, we grilled some steaks. A rancher friend was over, and I alluded to the stolen third perfect game of the year. Out of nowhere, the fellow outs himself as a tremendous baseball fan, praising it as […]

America, the Abstraction

“Contrast the Republican concept of a special place called America (with The Constitution as its defining document) against the idea of America as an abstraction; a transient anomaly in a world destined for some type of elite centralization.” — Howard Towt

Whittle Has Some Must-See Viewing

by Smitty Bill Whittle’s Sam Cohen interview on Afterburner is important viewing. Look for the Going Nuclear I & II links under Afterburner. Cohen is the inventor of the neutron bomb. The first segment is interesting, the second shocking for his stone-cold chilling analysis of where things are headed. One defers to the wisdom of […]

Will Folks Story Doesn’t Hold Water; Nikki Haley Undamaged by S.C. Rumor

Republican blogger/consultant Will Folks’ unsubstantiated claim of an affair with GOP gubernatorial candidate Nikki Haley was raised in last night’s televised debate. Haley once more denied the accusation — as she has all along — and “None of her opponents attacked her over the claims.” Haley features her husband Michael in her latest ad: Meanwhile, […]

VIDEO: ‘They Unleashed a Tiger,’ Haley Tells South Carolina Press Conference

The Republican gubernatorial candidate seemed cheerful and confident in this Friday interview with reporters: About her phone calls with Will Folks: “You can ask any member of my staff. When they work for me, I expect work from them, whether it’s through e-mail or text or anything else. I work my staff hard and I […]

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