The Other McCain

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

Benghazi Tragedy Lives On As Farce

by Smitty Vadum offers an excellent summary of the news to date: A Washington Post editorial supports the left-wing Congressional Black Caucus’s wild contention that Republicans are out to get Rice “because she is an African American woman.” Perhaps the editorial writers forgot that President George W. Bush’s secretary of state, Condoleezza Rice, an immensely […]

U.S. Senator Erick Erickson?

by Smitty I do like the cut of his jib. Seriously, patriots: if you thought unwinding a century of Progressive drift was going to be easy, re-calibrate. We’ve barely gotten into the Sinai, and the deadweight wants to get back to the government handouts in exchange for pyramid work. Stand by for two generations to […]

Not Sure About @rsmccain Whereabouts

by Smitty I had a good day at work, nerding about on this and that. The last week has been all about a fiction project of mine, as I’ve been re-writing a 30k word draft. 1/3 through my draft chapters, I’m up to 22k words, and liking my characters/plot even more. So there’s that. Meanwhile, […]

I Want To Agree With James Joyner, But I Fear He Shot Us Both Down

by Smitty Emphasis mine on James Joyner in The Atlantic: The Republican Party needs a new message on foreign policy that is true to the conservative principles of the base and yet has a broad appeal to the American public. It so happens that one already exists, has a proven track record of electoral success, […]

The Left’s Race Baiting Is Bewildering If You Argue Rationally

by Smitty A taste of Jonah Goldberg in the New York Post Racial slander is like duct tape: There’s no limit to what you can do with it. But can you imagine how much worse it will get if Republicans actually do reach out to black community (as they should)? One of the points of […]

Carefully Worded Thanks

by Smitty It is Robert Jensen’s good fortune to be blatantly, thoroughly, categorically wrong, lest somebody go all self-fulfilling prophecy on him, and drag the stinking carcass of his bogus ideas in the direction of reality: Forget all that turkey, stuffing and pumpkin pie, today should be a day of fasting and atonement for American […]

Whittle Channels Kipling

by Smitty Ah, the cultural recovery effort: Can the natural rhythm of excellent poetry overcome the lack of a rap beat? Update: thanks, Instapundit!

Turkey Breasts Are A Safe Alternative

by Smitty In this blog’s relentless quest for safety consciousness, we’d like to remind you on this Thanksgiving holiday that too much of a good thing can be fatal: Man Escapes Death After Wife Tried To Suffocate Him By Motorboating His Face With Her 38DD Breasts I note that the original story is German, where […]

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