The Other McCain

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

And Now, Zappa

by Smitty Insty links NBC Washington: Cocaine use in the District was also high. The survey says that while D.C. residents age 17 and under reported some of the lowest cocaine use in the country, District adults were among the top coke users in the United States, with 3.78 percent of residents saying they had […]

Even Peggy Has Him Pegged. Finally.

by Smitty Joining the Formidable Ann Althouse in the self-identifying rube chorus is Peggy Noonan. Sort of. The [Republican] establishment was being conservative in the Burkean sense: acknowledge reality, respect it, and make the most progress possible within it. This has not always been true of them. They spent the first decade of this century […]

Already Getting Pushed Around

by Smitty Mrs. Other Smitty and I haven’t slept more than two hours in a row since the World’s Youngest Blogger arrived. This is not a complaint. We’re strangely exhilarated. He starts off at the top of the newborn range, and already thinks swaddling is some form of Socialism. God bless all the readers and […]

I Have, In Fact, Fathered One Ridiculously Handsome Fellow

by Smitty Not to get too cocky about matters, lest the Almighty put me in check, but the World’s Youngest Blogger really sports a surfeit of cute. I told him that his name is Niklas Dietrich Smith. Then I told him that, as a result of government irresponsibility, he was starting out in the hole […]

Thug Crushed By “U Shouldn’t Mug Committee” Retiree And Concern Over Debt Ceiling, But Mostly USMC Retiree

by Smitty (via Digg) Police say a man who robbed a business in north Houston is dead after apparently being run over by the person he robbed. Kenneth Kobobel Sr., a 72-year-old Marine veteran chased down his attacker in his car pinning him against a fence. The assailant attempted to shoot Mr. Kobobel, but his […]

Wishful Thinking On The Left

by Smitty William over at Alan Colmes’ joint has a magic chart culled from Think Progress that shows Tea Party activity is down in 2011. From Think Progress: This study only looked at events organized by Americans for Prosperity or Tea Party Patriots and their affiliates — other Tea Party groups’ event numbers were not […]

Strained Althouse Logic: Bipartisan Appeal Equals Presidential Disqualifier?

by Smitty Kind of a head-scratcher here (emphasis original). . . .Sarah Palin’s rise to power in Alaska and her excellent achievements and immense popularity as governor. The problem is that all of this happened in the context of boldly and bravely challenging the corrupt Republican establishment. This made her very popular with Democrats in […]

The Economic Kabuki Is A Bigger Problem Than The Political

by Smitty Via the ever-upbeat Monty at Ace of Spades, this Hernando de Soto article is worth your time. He outlines six specific developments that have destroyed the clarity and reliability of information in the global economy, and then concludes: If we can agree that the recession wasn’t about bubbles but about the organization of […]

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