Author Archives: Max West

Graham Can’t Dance

The Queen of S.C., Sen. Lindsey Graham, can’t pander enough, constantly reinforcing the MSM/Dem/GOPE meme that Hispanics are a monolithic blob that all vote in unison… around one issue: South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham on Wednesday sympathized with Hispanics who … Continue reading

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Polaroid

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Celebrate Diversity: UK Edition – Pt. 3,192

From the UK’s Express, a random sample of 1,081 British Muslims aged 18 and over shows: 2/3 of British Muslims would not inform the police if they thought that somebody close to them had become involved with terrorist sympathisers, according … Continue reading

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Chris Cox, Andrew Breitbart, and You

Politico has a piece on the biker organizations appearing as ‘security details’ at Trump rallies (“Meet the Vigilantes Who Patrol Trump’s Rallies”): Of Chris Cox, founder of Bikers for Trump: It was Friday night and Chris Cox was sitting at … Continue reading

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Paglia on PC’s Origins

In her own inimitable and highly erudite style, Camille Paglia opines on the P.C. menace across campuses, focusing on the decades-long complacency of the professoriate as a contributing factor (“Free Speech & The Modern Campus”). What is political correctness? As … Continue reading

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NYT, Ben Rhodes, The Organizer, etc.

The much ballyhooed NYT piece on Ben Rhodes and The Organizer’s deliberate disinformation campaign with respect to the Iran Deal is quite shocking. If W had done this, CNN would be covering it 24/7. The sheer contempt with which Rhodes … Continue reading

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RIP: John “Stabb” Schroeder

The leader and founder of D.C. punk outfit Government Issue has passed at the age of 54. From WaPo: When it was scheduled, Sunday night’s benefit for local punk-rock lifer John “Stabb” Schroeder was intended to raise money for his … Continue reading

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New Yorker: Is the Alt-Right for Real?

Over at The New Yorker, Benjamin Wallace-Wells asks “Is the Alt-Right for Real?”: Richard Spencer, the white nationalist who came up with the term “alt-right,” described the movement in December as “an ideology around identity, European identity.” But the alt-right … Continue reading

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The Pirates – You Don’t Own Me (1977)

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NYT: On the GOP’s Unravelling

The NYT has a piece titled “Republican Party Unravels Over Donald Trump’s Takeover”: Many Americans still cannot believe that the bombastic Mr. Trump, best known as a reality television star, will be on the ballot in November. Plenty are also … Continue reading

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