The Other McCain

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

Clueless Constitutional Commenter Klein: Is That A Nose In Front Of Your Face?

by Smitty I crashed at the end of the first paragraph from Ezra Goober: Over the next 18 months, the Environmental Protection Agency will finalize a flurry of new rules to curb pollution from coal-fired power plants. Mercury, smog, ozone, greenhouse gases, water intake, coal ash—it’s all getting regulated. And, not surprisingly, some lawmakers are […]

Does Rand Simberg Contradict Himself?

by Smitty (via Ed Driscoll) I just don’t understand this, in the context of questioning whether WWII ended the Depression: . . .there was rationing of food and goods on the home front. The real reason that we recovered was that once the war was on, FDR was too distracted by it to continue to […]

1 In 5 U.S. Web Sites Are Powered By WordPress

by Smitty This blog, on the strength of a decision by Lead Über Design Decision/Integration Technical Engineer (LUDDITE) Robert Stacy McCain, migrated from Blogger to WordPress a couple of years back. We’re in good company, apparently. 22% of U.S. web sites are using it. Once that call was made, a query among the other cool […]

WaPoo Goober Who Was Unsure Of Constitution’s Age, Real Sure NYT-noid Story Slamming Tea Party Is, Like, Kosher

by Smitty What beliefs predict A Tea Partier? This is Ezra Klein’s title for regurgitating a slur from the gray, room temperature lady. So what do Tea Partiers have in common? They are overwhelmingly white, but even compared to other white Republicans, they had a low regard for immigrants and blacks long before Barack Obama […]

‘Cold-Blooded Kindness’ By Barbara Oakley: A Provocative Read

by Smitty Barbara Oakley’s book, “Cold-Blooded Kindness” is an excellent read for those with the courage to have their ideas challenged. The subject matter is disturbing. Carole Alden murdered Marty Sessions. After that, the case sinks into a modern swamp of ambiguity. The killer, victim, and setting are straight out of Jerry Springer. In reviewing […]

The Seasteading Concept Is All Fun And Games Until Reality Intrudes

by Smitty (via Althouse) The idea is for these countries to start from scratch–free from the laws, regulations, and moral codes of any existing place. Ocean Engineering ain’t beanbag, but it can be done. The only way this has much of a chance is if it goes Swiss, and does a lot of very discreet […]

Real Suicides of Beverly Hills

Russell Armstrong, whose wife Taylor was a star of the Bravo network reality show Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, apparently committed suicide Monday, reportedly hanging himself in the bedroom of his lavish home on Mulholland Drive. He was 47 years old. Armstrong’s wife filed for divorce last month, accusing him of abuse. The Associated Press did […]

The Wrongness of Krugman

Kevin Williamson disassembles the Nobel Prize-winning Keynesian: Paul Krugman continues his campaign to discredit the economic success of Texas, and, as usual, he is none too particular about the facts . . . A booming population leads to growth in jobs. But there is another half to that equation: A booming economy, and the jobs […]

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