You can’t make this stuff up
Even Sabrina Rubin Erdely and Stephen Glass combined couldn’t make this stuff up.
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The president of Smith College slips up…
…and mistakenly declares that “all lives matter.” Then she apologizes for her grievous error: “I regret that I was unaware the phrase/hashtag ‘all lives matter’ has been used by some to draw attention away from the focus on institutional violence … Continue reading →
Truth in liberal journalism…
…all-too-frequently seems an oxymoron, as Mollie Hemingway documents in this Federalist article. Most readers of blogs on the right know this, and have known it for many years. Not only that, but bloggers and other pundits on the right have … Continue reading →
ISIS: a bunch of…
…entrepreneurial ghouls: Middlemen with ties to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) have turned to a grim new method of trying to secure funds in recent days. With the group having failed to strike deals to ransom the … Continue reading →
No wonder Jackie wanted Rolling Stone to take her out of the story before it was published
After reading this article in the WaPo, we can safely say that it now appears likely that UVA’s Jackie didn’t just lie about whether she was raped at a fraternity. She appears to have lied about almost everything connected with … Continue reading →
Why did Feinstein release the report now?
In my earlier post about the release of the Senate’s Intelligence Committee’s report on harsh interrogation practices under the Bush administration, I characterized the report as a partisan attempt to return to the good old days of Bush-bashing, when Democrats … Continue reading →
The Nazis were socialists…
…but they continue to be labeled right-wing by leftists with an agenda who would like to disavow them and tell the right “bounces off me and sticks to you.” Daniel Hannan attempts to correct the record: On 16 June 1941, … Continue reading →
The Senate report on the CIA’s harsh treatment of terrorist prisoners under Bush
There is little question that the Senate Intelligence Committee’s release of a report on harsh interrogation techniques during the Bush era is politically motivated. One way to tell is that Bob Kerrey, Vietnam vet and ex-Senator and governor of Nebraska … Continue reading →
Teaching English in North Korea
This article by Suki Kim is an excerpt from her book Without You, There Is No Us: My Time with the Sons of North Korea’s Elite, based on her experience teaching English in North Korea. From a review of the … Continue reading →
Obamacare cost-saving, and Gruber: it’s lies all the way down
Let’s not forget good old Obamacare. The administration hasn’t, and the lies keep coming: On Dec. 3, federal actuaries released data showing that health spending inched up only 3.6 percent in 2013. Marilyn Tavenner, the head of Medicare and Medicaid, … Continue reading →
Bearing witness in rape
I have a new article up at PJ entitled “Bearing False Witness in Rape.” In it, I discuss the repercussions of false rape accusations, as well as how common or uncommon they might be, based on research that purports to … Continue reading →
Another great article by a political changer
This changer article by Danusha V. Goska is very hard-hitting and well worth reading. And here’s a companion piece of sorts: As the political project that exists to vindicate the axiom that all sorts of government program X’s can solve … Continue reading →