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March 2013

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 23, 2013 14 Comments

Spotted in Seekonk, Massachusetts, on a car with Massachusetts plates. I've heard Mass residents refer to themselves this way, so I'm not sure if it's a pejorative or not. There must be some deeper meaning.  On the other hand, ...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 22, 2013 33 Comments

The Blogs to Note list, which serves as our blogroll, is a moving object.  Literally and figuratively. Literally, because the blogs which appear on the homepage are pulled randomly from the full list with each page view, refreshed at some interval.  So the list you see...

Posted by Anne Segal on March 22, 2013 16 Comments

Yesterday the Chicago Public Schools announced 61 school building closures, including 52 elementary schools, due to a $1 billion budget deficit. This is the largest closing in the district's history, and the reaction from the teachers union has been swift. A few weeks ago, noted radical organizer...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 22, 2013 16 Comments

What he said, Liberman calls Turkey apology a ‘serious mistake’: Former foreign minister Avigdor Liberman slammed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday for his decision to apologize to his Turkish counterpart for the “operational errors” made by Israel during the 2010 raid on the Turkish Gaza-bound...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 22, 2013 13 Comments

In August 2010, when Judge Vaughn Walker ruled in favor of those seeking to overturn Prop. 8 (thereby effectively legalizing gay marriage in California), I noted that Judge Walker seemed almost to be taking a role as advocate (emphasis added): Throughout the opinion, the Judge goes into...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 22, 2013 17 Comments

His wisdom and qualifications are at the top of the list. The fact that his nomination will reveal the vile underbelly of the Democratic Party race-card machine is an added bonus. From Nolan Finley in The Detroit News, Detroit native Carson could break barriers in Senate race (emphasis added): Dr. Ben Carson...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 22, 2013 26 Comments

I've been a pretty harsh critic of David Frum, but when he gets something right, I'm willing to acknowledge it. And he's right about the pro-amnesty wave taking over the Republican Party, which mistakenly thinks rewarding lawlessness is a good thing. Frum writes, Immigration Amnesty: The Path to...

Posted by David Gerstman on March 22, 2013 5 Comments

1) The President talks to the Israeli people Barry Rubin summarizes President Obama's message to the young people of Israel whom he addressed at the International Convention Center in Jerusalem yesterday. First: Obama’s big theme is that — and I’m not being satirical here — peace is...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 22, 2013 10 Comments

Maybe it's because a group of Tea Party / conservative bloggers helped launch Marco Rubio's primary fight against Charlie Crist, in a story rarely told anywhere except here, Give Some Credit To “Not One Red Cent”.  That group of scrappy misfits (I'm going to catch...

Posted by A.F. Branco on March 22, 2013 6 Comments

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 21, 2013 38 Comments

The thumbs up/down feature is not working as to comments (it still works as to posts. As mentioned before, it's some sort of technical glitch arising out of the "restore" that took place last week. Apparently people have noticed because there have been many comments about it as...

Posted by Joel Engel on March 21, 2013 13 Comments

President Obama is in the Mideast, geographically not all that far from where Bashar Assad may be using chemical weapons against his own people. Verification of that would be a “red line” for the administration to get involved militarily—something the president wants to avoid after the...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 21, 2013 24 Comments

Fantasy, via an author in the final issue of The Boston Phoenix: Elizabeth Warren was the only senator on the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, aside from the chair and ranking minority, to show up at last Thursday's hearing on indexing the minimum wage to inflation....

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 21, 2013 20 Comments

There was a First Tweet. And it was good. just setting up my twttr— Jack Dorsey (@jack) March 21, 2006 He was interviewed for 60 Minutes recently, which you can view here. This video is more concise: If you are not on Twitter, you need to be. ...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 21, 2013 9 Comments

This story ran on March 1, but it's worth highlighting. Duke Energy just forgave $10 in debt owed it by the Democratic National Committee related to the 2012 national convention in Charlotte. Via The Charlotte Observer, Duke Energy won't be repaid $10 million from DNC Duke Energy won’t...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 21, 2013 28 Comments

Rhode Island has the highest unemployment rate in the country, it's crushed by unsustainable public sector salaries and pensions which are protected by union control of the legislature and politicians at every level, it is one of only two states losing population and may lose one...

Posted by David Gerstman on March 21, 2013 6 Comments

1) Barack and Bibi The Algemeiner has transcripts of President Obama's and PM Netanayahu's remarks at their joint press conference yesterday. Writing in Tablet, Lee Smith covers the three issues that President Obama and PM Netanyau would be discussing: the Palestinians, Syria and Iran. (via memeorandum) However,...

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