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by | Sep 29, 2011

Maxim has brought recent Medal of Honor recipient Dakota Meyer aboard as the magazine’s Military Advisor and will be donating the proceeds from its upcoming Maxim Salutes the Military special issue to Meyer’s efforts to raise a million dollars to…

by | Sep 22, 2011

“The boy who cries muffin while signing onto every new major entitlement and military adventure is not in any position to deliver lectures about tax-dollar stewardship” — Matt Welch, “Why the $16 Muffin is No Joke.”

by | Sep 19, 2011

This Megan McArdle piece on how sweeping historical narratives/Ur-myths have poisoned our ability to think rationally about present day circumstances is one of the smartest, most incisve I’ve yet read on the flailing Obama presidency. 

by | Sep 19, 2011

Over at the great and mighty Awl today there is a surprisingly earnest bit on the effort to “occupy” Wall Street which has some (perhaps unintentional) hilarity sprinkled throughout it: Halfway through the General Assembly, a rowdy group of protesters, led by…

by | Sep 15, 2011

…we’ve stumbled upon the true nefarious conspiracy which prevents the full glory of Your stimulus from being made manifest in the world. Watch this video, then call Biden and speak to him the three words that reveal the true enemy…

by | Sep 14, 2011

In the Daily Caller this week, one of conservadom’s brightest lights, Matt Labash, says something I believe very much needs to be said about the right’s reaction to the Jimmy Hoffa comments — specifically, “toughen up, crybabies and civility scolds”:…

by | Sep 13, 2011

So at the end of yet another ho-hum overwrought denunciation of his ideological foes as nutty theocratic extremists, Andrew Sullivan looks into his crystal ball and sees a civil war coming in the aftermath of an Obama loss. Well, what…

by | Aug 31, 2011

Even setting aside how — ahem — rich it is to hear Nancy Pelosi issue decrees on how much wealth is enough wealth — her own net worth jumped 62 percent to over $35 million last year — does she…

by | Aug 30, 2011

…and while MSNBC’s Matt Miller is smooth with his platitudes, he’s out of his league in this debate.

by | Aug 29, 2011

Everyman fireman/cagefighter Chris Lytle shocked many a few weeks back when he retired from one of the most promising careers in the UFC with a heart-on-his-sleeve speech about the need to rededicate himself to his family. Apparently, he’s also going…

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