The Other McCain

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

CHRISTIE SAYS ‘NO’ (AGAIN)
UPDATE: ‘Now Is Not My Time’

UPDATE 1:07 p.m. ET: “Now is not my time,” the New Jersey governor says in his press conference statement. “This is not the time to leave unfinished business. . . . Like it or not, New Jersey, you’re stuck with me.” In response to reporters’ questions, he says, “It did not feel right” to quit a […]

Miracles Happen: Government Employee Unions Get Screwed Over in New Jersey

Stranger than fiction: New Jersey lawmakers on Thursday approved a broad rollback of benefits for 750,000 government workers and retirees, the deepest cut in state and local costs in memory, in a major victory for Gov. Chris Christie. I like Jazz Shaw’s headline: Christie goes all Scott Walker on Jersey Thirteen Democrats voted for the […]

A Year in Detention

Because New Jersey is serious about punishing crime: TRENTON, N.J. — All sex-related charges against a 15-year-old girl accused of selling her 7-year-old stepsister to a group of men and boys for sex at a party have been dropped, prosecutors said Thursday. The 15-year-old watched as the 7-year-old was raped by as many as seven […]

What If Arnold Schwarzenegger Had Been as Conservative as Chris Christie?

The Wall Street Journal shares an anecdote about New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie standing up to his state’s teachers union, earning praise from Moe Lane. Meanwhile, we’re watching California circle the drain — the state’s unemployment rate hit 12.6% in March — and I’m thinking of what a horrible disappointment Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has been. What Christie […]

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