The Other McCain

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

David Brooks, Ignorant Tool At Large

by Smitty Two things are constant, and there are three things rivaling the sunrise for invariance: death, taxes, and the codpiece-like dumbness of David Brooks: Over the past month, the Republican Party has changed far more than I expected. First, the people at the ideological extremes of the party have begun to self-ghettoize. The Tea […]

As With #Benghazi Four, So Will Obama Do For The Country At The Fiscal Cliff

by Smitty There really isn’t any need to let Benghazi fall off the radar. Sure, a huge component of the Fiscal Cliff fracas is to control the narrative, and turn John Bohner into Emmanuel Goldstein, spray tan edition. Obama is at least in character. All politics, all the time. Hence the murky lead-in to Benghazi, […]

I Can’t Tell If @AlGore’s Latest Idiotic Utterance Is A Sign Of Improvement

by Smitty Al Gore still owns what, I feel, is the dumbest utterance by a public figure, emphasis mine: From the standpoint of governance, what is at stake is our ability to use the rule of law as an instrument of human redemption. After all has been said and so little done, the truth about […]

Prof. Lessig: What Are You Saying, Man?

by Smitty We Americans are not easily inspired. Forty years of reform have left us more cynical, not less — and not just about Congress but also about the very idea of “reform.” Eighty percent of Americans surveyed by Clarus believe that the reforms Congress has passed “have been designed more to help current members […]

Due To Budget Cuts, The Band Has Been Reduced To A Lone Guitar

by Smitty The proceeds were given as tribute to the Imperial Executive:

Unexpectedly, Crowder Finds That Random Dems Espouse Conservative Ideas

by Smitty We’ll have plenty of time to rap with these people in the bread line.

A Shot Of Marco Rubio

by Smitty Via Byron York, Marco Rubio’s Jack Kemp Dinner speech.

‘Like Hell’

John Hoge has shared his thoughts on today’s decision in the Virginia case of Walker v. Kimberlin, et al. When I met Mr. Hoge today for the first time, I told him that his services in documenting the legal proceedings in the case had earned him a special invitation to attend Blog Bash at CPAC. […]

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