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23 May 2016
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Hitler Learns of the Unrest on Campuses"Der Untergang" (2004), Black Humor, Colleges and Universities, Political Correctness, Power-Line![]() From Steven Hayward 04 Aug 2011
“You’re Gonna Pay”Federal Budget, Federal Deficit, Federal Spending, Power-Line, Videos![]() Another of the videos from Power-line’s contest. This one has rapidly attracted over 35,000 views. 03 Aug 2011
“The Spending Is Nutsâ€Federal Budget, Federal Deficit, Federal Spending, Power-Line, Videos![]() Winner of a Power-Line contest. 01 Feb 2011
PC Shuts Down Major Conservative BloggerPaul Mirengoff, Political Correctness, Power-Line![]()
William Jacobson yesterday delivered the sad news that political correctness has taken down one the top half dozen conservative bloggers. Paul Mirengoff, one of the three highly talented and intelligent principals of Power-Line, posted some comments on the memorial services conducted in Tucson for the shooting victims, titled “An evening in Tucson — the good, the bad, and the ugly.”
Bloggers generally have the journalistic habit of trying to incorporate referential word play into cultural and political commentary and, in this case, I suppose the Southwestern location of the events brought the well-known Sergio Leone movie to mind as the basis for a rhetorical triad. The application of “ugly” (in quotation marks) was clearly just a triadic reference to what the religiously-minded might regard as the aesthetically unfortunate choice of a decidely un-Christian invocation couched in fashionable PC Mexican Amerindian cultural identity terms. Paul Mirengoff thought that since the deceased were actually Christian Americans and not Mexican Yaqui Indians or fashionistas, a more conventional, and less PC, form of memorial prayer would have been more apropos. But, it turns out, that Paul Mirengoff’s very large law firm, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld (800 lawyers, 14 offices), has a significant practice in Amerindian law, representing tribes like the Pima of Arizona and the Seneca of New York in casino and gaming licensing, real estate acquisitions, bond issues, and lobbying. Paul Mirengoff’s posting became an issue at his firm, when James Meggisto (another partner specializing in Amerindian practice) went on the PC warpath, describing himself as “shocked, appalled and embarrassed” by the “insensitive” posting. Stacy McCain noted the importance of Amerindian billings at Akin Gump.
Paul Mirengoff was obliged to remove the posting (preserved here), to post an apology, and to quit blogging at Power-Line. Liberal jerks like Steve M. and sanctimonious people like Charlie Martin (at PJM, no less) are self-righteous and unsympathetic. Jeff Goldstein, more appropriately, in my view, reflected on the power and efficacy of PC intimidation.
Jeff is right to be concerned. One of the most influential and articulate conservative bloggers was successfully silenced by the ability of the left to employ advantageously exaggerated interpretations of speech to panic the command of one of the small battalions of the conventional capitalist world into throttling one of that system’s best defenders. The Gramscian long march of leftist assumptions and expectations obviously has passed right down the halls of America’s leading law firms. The sad lesson here is that, if you want to make a living in the world, conservative speech is not free. Even the most intelligent and articulate conservative commentator may on some random day express himself imprecisely or choose an inapt figure of speech, subject to inflammatory interpretation and advantageous misuse by the enemy, and then find himself hailed before the politically correct inquisition. The Power-Line principals probably made the better choice originally, back when they started out blogging anonymously. Come to think of it, most of the group bloggers at Maggie’s Farm still blog under names like Bird Dog, the Barrister, and the News Junkie. I don’t know Paul Mirengoff personally, but I have had enough contact with him in blogging to know perfectly well that Paul is a kind and generous person, and a gentleman. It is obvious to me that Paul has no particular animosity against Yaqui Indians, Amerindian religion, or even the teachings of Don Juan. He merely thought that an exotic cultural theme was an inappropriate choice for the center-stage position in a memorial service for ordinary Americans. I will miss Paul Mirengoff’s commentary extremely, and regard the closing down of his personal blogging as a major loss to Conservatism and to the national public debate. And I devoutly hope that Paul does come back someday soon under a nom-de-guerre. In the meantime, he has my sympathy and best wishes. Nil illegitimi carborundum. 29 May 2007
Power Line 5th AnniversaryPower-Line, The Blogosphere![]() Hugh Hewitt posts a well-deserved tribute (in which he consistently refers to Power Line as “Powerline”).
30 Apr 2007
Roger Simon Interviews John HinderakerJohn Hinderaker, Power-Line, The Blogosphere![]() Roger Simon celebrates 4 1/2 years of Power Line with an interview with John Hinderaker at Dartmouth. Fortunately, Power Line isn’t going anywhere. ![]() Feeds
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