The Other McCain

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

Health Care and the ‘N-Word’

Last week, when I did a post about efforts to promote state nullification of ObamaCare, my friend Ali Akbar joked on Twitter that I was using the “n-word,” but now apparently nullification is the latest rage: BOISE, Idaho — Republican lawmakers in nearly a dozen states are reaching into the dusty annals of American history […]

Police Say Texas Man Strangled His Children’s 15-Year-Old Babysitter

Nancy Grace featured this story tonight: A body found near Lubbock, Texas, has been identified as that of a baby sitter seen in a motel surveillance video with a man charged in the case, authorities said Wednesday. The medical examiner identified the remains found Monday about seven miles outside of the city as belonging to […]

Snowed In!

STAUNTON, Virginia My plan to make it back home tonight got changed by the snowstorm. After I got north of Lexington, driving conditions on I-81 deteriorated rapidly. I called my wife, who suggested I get off the road and check into a motel. The place by the interstate was full up, but the clerk offered […]

Complete Guide to Tucson Shootings

The Conservative Hideout compiles “Resource Links: Tucson Shooting Propaganda vs. the Truth.” You should go check it out.

Sickest News You’ll Read All Day

“Krystal Violet Norby, a 25-year-old Minnesota woman was jailed after she allegedly photographed herself having sex with two children and a dog. . . .”

Nebraska Nullification?

Our friends at the Red State Eclectic blog get quoted in a story in The Hill about an educational effort: Last fall, the Nebraska Campaign for Liberty distributed copies of Tom Woods’s book Nullification to 44 of the 49 members of the Legislature. They followed up with discussion with some other senators about the kind of things […]

Media Shocked — Shocked! — To Discover That Ann Marie Buerkle Is Pro-Life

Da Tech Guy and The Lonely Conservative call attention to the latest “news” from those pillars of journalistic objectivity at the Syracuse Post-Standard: After steering clear of abortion politics during her campaign last year, U.S. Rep. Ann Marie Buerkle is now seizing chances in her first month in office to change federal laws as “an […]

Court to Rahm Emanuel: ‘F*** You!’

It’s the Chicago Way! Rahm Emanuel was thrown off the ballot for mayor of Chicago today by an appellate court panel, a stunning blow to the fund-raising leader in the race. An appellate panel ruled 2-1 that Emanuel did not meet the residency standard to run for mayor. Appellate justices Thomas Hoffman and Shelvin Louise […]

« go back — keep looking »