The Other McCain

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

Chris Cassone: “Who Among Us”

by Smitty Old blog buddy Chris Cassone came to mind while breaking fast with Stacy McCain this morning at CPAC. It’s been almost a decade since we first had him play at an event at the Army & Navy Club that we hosted. Chris is coming out with some new stuff Real Soon Now, and […]

In Praise Of Obama’s Portrait

by Smitty The newly unveiled Presidential portrait of BHO affords this blog a rare opportunity to praise the “fundamental transformation” that His ‘Pretty Sharpness’ wrought:

JP Isn’t JC & The Critics Aren’t Pharisees

by Smitty As was the case a couple thousand years back, the Establishment isn’t keen on being disrupted. Many of Peterson’s haters on the right have been toiling in the fields these long years, equally worried about, writing about, the treatment of men, especially young men; about the erosion of freedoms, etc. Where, they are […]

A Cheaper Date Than Peterson: 12 Rules

by Smitty Riffing on JP and McArdle, here are my dozen: Relax. Don’t take yourself too seriously. Makes you a big, fat, easy target. Integrity is talking about Fight Club when the World would silence you. Take the truth seriously, and guard it jealously against all foolishness. Grow up: stay sober; eschew debt; pursue knowledge […]

Replying To ESR’s Response

by Smitty First, thank you for a thoughtful and challenging reply to my objections. In re-reading your post, my reaction and “Three kinds of teleology“, it seems that I may have misinterpreted your “Sorry, Ansari” post somewhat. Specifically, on the point of whether you were a) attempting to characterize the societal state, “as-is” or b) […]

Hogwash, ESR

by Smitty Eric S. Raymond’s feedback on the Aziz Ansari comedy of manners-in-the-buff has one of my favorite hobby horses requiring a ride. ESR is far smarter than I, and an avowed libertarian. Hence my amusement at this: “Grace” behaved as she did because she doesn’t have a realistic option to hold out for romance […]

The Corrosive Evil Of Political Correctness

by Smitty We all profess hatred of this evil, and then proceed to support it, passively or actively. We’re silent in the face of PC, because going active against it is also unattractive behavior. But *why* is it so evil? People are fallible, and in need of correction. Nothing new there. Let me put forth […]

Sheppard’s Long Night’s Journey

by Smitty The Information Age has lowered barriers to entry across the board. One is truly grateful for the breadth of people met in the last decade. By hanging out with Stacy McCain, I got to go to CPAC, and be in the right place to meet Andrew Breitbart. That led to being in the […]

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