Author Archives: Max West

Rational Allocation of Finite Resources vs. Political Correctness

Earlier this week, Rep. Peter King made the following racist, xenophobic, Islam-hating, intolerant rant, which emphasized the need for greater law enforcement focus on Muslim communities:  “When you’re going after the Mafia you go to Italian communities… If you’re looking … Continue reading

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Boston: Let The Liberal Mush Begin

In “Why Does Evil Make Liberals Stupid?“, John @ Powerline has a wonderful deconstruction of Megan Garber’s pomo-laden, near-incomprehensible essay in The Atlantic. Garber’s piece is: … a good exemplar of the mushy liberal commentary that has proliferated in recent … Continue reading

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Father & Son

The Chicago Sun Times has an expose on Calypso Louie Farrakhan’s son Mustapha. The latter ‘works’ as a part time cop for the police dept of Harvey, IL which is about 12 miles outside of Chicago. Mustapha hasn’t worked a … Continue reading

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Terrorists Hiding in the Shadows

Yesterday on CNN, I almost spit soda out of my mouth, as I listened to a most profound moment of cognitive dissonance emerge from Sen. Lindsey Grahamnesty’s pie hole: “Now is the time to bring all of the 11 million … Continue reading

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Welfare In Denmark

Every once in a while, usually only once something has become so obvious as to be premises in others’ arguments, the NYT lets one in the door. In “Danes Rethink a Welfare State Ample to a Fault“, reporter Suzanne Daley … Continue reading

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DeMint: On ‘Gang of 8’ Immigration Bill

Jim DeMint & Derrick Morgan characterize the Gang of 8 bill as being: …written and debated behind closed doors. Those in the room, including big business, big labor, and representatives of unauthorized immigrants, will all benefit in various ways from … Continue reading

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Celebrating Black Beauty and Advocating Diversity

The NYT has a piece “Celebrating Black Beauty and Advocating Diversity“, which isn’t about the horse but is rather about a documentary promoting black female empowerment. The moral of the documentary appears to be that the global aesthetic preference for … Continue reading

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The Other of the The Other’s Other-ness

Watching this vibrantly-diverse (3/4th black, with the white guy entirely silent) MSNBC panel (led by ‘Melitha Harrith Perry’) try, through the most bizarre rhetorical contortions, to sweep the Borat Bros’ Islam connection under the rug is like an SNL parody. … Continue reading

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Graham Nash: Life on the Road

I’m a big fan of Nash-era Hollies, with their beat instrumentation and strong vocal harmonies (marked by Nash’s distinctive vocal timbre.) They made regular appearances at Liverpool’s Cavern Club in the early ’60s, a most magical time. (Sigh… to have … Continue reading

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Tamerlan’s Wishlist

Tamerlan Tsarnaev’s Amazon wishlist has been located. Among the titles (which he added to his wishlist in ’06 and ’07): How to Make Driver’s Licenses and Other ID on Your Home Computer The I.D. Forger: Homemade Birth Certificates & ​Other … Continue reading

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