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Posted by Joel Engel on February 18, 2013 41 Comments
The apparently principled opposition of Republicans in the Senate to Chuck Hagel’s nomination as secretary of defense appears to be over. Via Slate: Sen. John McCain says that while he doesn’t believe former Sen. Chuck Hagel is the right man to lead the Pentagon, Republican...

Posted by Louis R. Lombardi on March 11, 2012 20 Comments
Joe the Plumber is back and this time he is fighting for keeps, a place in Congress. What can he expect this time from the main stream media? If the past is any guide, a pretty rough go and then some. Think of the Christine...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 17, 2011 17 Comments
The first snowfall in Ithaca so far this year. Gingrich poses an asymmetrical threat to Obama.  Isn’t that how you fight an opponent which is better funded and better organized? All those commentators at The Washington Examiner who hate Newt because he was a “lobbyist” in...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 16, 2009 36 Comments
The increasingly hysterical use of the the race card by liberal columnists, bloggers and politicians reflects the last gasps of people who, being unable to win an argument on the merits, seek to end the argument. While the false accusation of racism is not a...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 10, 2009 2 Comments
What is it about this August. It seems that every caricature of Democratic incompetence, intolerance, snobbery, tax-and-spendiness, and manipulation is coming true right before our very eyes: Matthew Yglesias: If Only We Had Some Means of Taking Rich People’s Money and Devoting it to Public...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 15, 2009 13 Comments
Barack Obama’s proclivity to talk endlessly, particularly on television, has earned the mockery of supporters such as Bill Maher. But on what may be the most important evolving events in a generation, Obama is silent. As hundreds of thousands of Iranians protest fraudulent elections, and...
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