The Other McCain

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

Anyone Else Shocked That One Election Didn’t Magically Fix Everything?

by Smitty Insty links the Examiner about the Dems being Muhammed Ali, letting the GOP wear themselves out before delivering a knockout. I don’t think the analogy has much going for it. The Progressive position itself looks more like this old Harry Reid pose behind Rep. Sonny Bono (R-IP) The 2010 election has been called […]

Is Stacy McCain’s Fashion Sense Roughly Equivalent To His Skill At Arguing With Women?

by Smitty So Stacy has engaged in a lengthy dialogue with Little Miss Attila the last couple of days. In the asymmetric warfare between the sexes, whoever emits the most material is not necessarily the winner. In any case, he’s not managed to be on Twitter to chew the fat with me. However, our mutual […]

Do Not Succumb To Eric S. Raymond’s Despair

by Smitty ESR seems correct in asserting the apocalypse is nigh. But even if they immanentize the escargot, we can’t fold, as he advocates. If half the battle is showing up, then going radio silent ensures you have not input after the come-to-Beavis moment. For all the US has gone way off course the next […]

Noonan On Rumsfeld: Really, Woman, Really?

by Smitty Newspapers like the WSJ on the Kindle are a surprise feature. Reading Peggy Noonan’s review/screed against Donald Rumsfeld should have come as no surprise. I did just finish reading “Known and Unknown”, so it’s a twofer both to mention what a valuable read it was and tell Peggy what to do with her […]

Discussions Of Taxation Recall Abortion

by Smitty The notion of some national sales tax or another is tempting in its simplicity. Cowen at Marginal Revolution discusses the VAT at length. However, this is like discussing what to do about abortion. The discussion frequently accepts irresponsible behavior as a given, for all plenty of societies exist where young men manage not […]

What If We Threw Steroids At The Broken Window Fallacy?

by Smitty Volokh notes the WSJ: “Some economists have argued that a quake could actually lift the economy in the long run, by requiring a surge in rebuilding spending.” Does that mean that we could help the economy by regularly trashing all entitlement programs, say, by forcing them to expire with the departure of the […]

Stacy McCain Must Not See This Post

by Smitty (via Volokh) The world’s coffee supply could be threatened. Strongly recommend clearing a five mile radius around Stacy McCain when he finds out. The head ‘splosion shan’t be pretty.

I Guess The Real Question Is: ‘Can An Amphibian Like Troglopundit Be Elected’?

by Smitty Hopes of a domestically boring time period while I’m over by the Hindu Kush have proven futile. One would not have picked Wisconsin as the epicenter of the meltdown, but there it is. The teachers jumped the shark, and the Democrats jumped the border. Chicago Boyz point out that, in addition to quirky […]

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