At The Left-Wing Review of Books, left-wing journalist Michael Tomasky reviews three new books on presumed GOP presidential nominee John McCain, including one by admitted liar (and piss boy to George Soros) David Brock.  However, Tomasky’s favorite is by Matt Welch, an editorial-page editor at the Los Angeles Times and a former editor at Reason magazine: His book is the best of the three. The other two, though useful, would have

Given our esteeemed host’s past plugs for Matt Welch’s Reason piece on John McCain, I note that Welch discusses the issues surrounding McCain’s “Maverick” image and underlying philosophy, the Reform Institute, and more with Will Wilkinson on bloggingheads.tv.  It apparently was posted on February 4th, so they do not discuss his sex life. Although critical of McCain’s general political impulses (as one would expect from Welch and Wilkinson), Welch notes how

Inasmuch as our esteemed host is a big fan of Matt Welch’s Reason piece on John McCain, I pass along that Welch promotes his book on McCain in an interview with Amy Goodman for her lefty “Democracy Now!” program, with a transcript and audio/video at the link. **** update by Jeff G: For those of you who may be interested — and who hadn’t read as much in the comments to this post

Reason magazine editor Matt Welch (who has Sen. John McCain pegged) thinks there is a “bizzare disconnect” between McCain and his voters, who are angry at Pres. Bush and disapprove of the conflict in Iraq.  At Captain’s Quarters, Cap’n Ed seems equally baffled. They should know better.  The support for McCain, like this election in general, is not about issues.  It’s about personal qualities and changeyness. If smart guys like Welch

I have on a couple of occasions linked to Matt Welch’s Reason piece on John McCain, which I consider well worth reading, particularly for those Republicans still (and beyond all rational explanation) enamored with the Arizona senator’s “Maverick” image — something I believe is but cynical media spin for what is essentially a progressive mindset that lurches toward conservatism whenever the mood strikes. I bring this up again for two

Frank Rich on the tea party.  I know: it’s kind of like reading Michelle Obama on the subject of the founding fathers, but go with it. For the laughs. Because — and here’s the irony, as RI Red noted when he sent along the link — Rich is essentially correct in his conclusions, though he gets to them in the ways of self-delusion so crucial to any leftwing ideologue’s ability

When the Republican Primaries were still not a foregone affair, we here at PW were rather harsh towards John McCain. During the time since his rivals dropped out, we’ve been focused on the Democrat candidates. And this has led to some accusation that we’ve cast aside our principles to support McCain, in effect. I can understand that criticism. For instance, I have stated that I’m going to vote for whomever

Given the impromptu discussion over torture that broke out in the comments of my last WP post, I thought now might be a good time to devote a dedicated post to the subject.  To begin, here’s Thomas Sowell, from “Tortured Reasoning”: Some people seem to see nothing between zero and infinity. Things are either categorically all right or they are categorically off-limits. This kind of reasoning—if it can be called