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Posted by Leslie Eastman on January 06, 2014 36 Comments
It is so bad that even New York is now trying to poach businesses from the Golden State. ….California’s governor hasn’t been nearly as dismissive of a television commercial promoting New York’s business climate that aired here in the Golden State during December. “With over...

Posted by David Gerstman on May 12, 2013 24 Comments
This morning Prof Jacobson observed IRS reaped hatred of Tea Party sown by Democrats and the media. A Tweeter responded: @leginsurrection Douthat makes the same point, in a NYer’s version of the argument nytimes.com/2013/05/12/opi… — Tampa (@S1CT) May 12, 2013 Indeed. Douthat laid out the...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 22, 2013 34 Comments
No one cares about the skin color of the Boston Marathon Bombers except to push back against people like David Sirota of Salon.com who infamously hoped that a “white American” was responsible, and others in the media and left-blogosphere who were hoping that another Timothy McVeigh-looking person was the perp....

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 20, 2013 40 Comments
It started with Bill Sparkman, the part-time Census worker who went missing and then was found dead, setting off an avalanche of mainstream media and left-blogosphere accusations that he was the victim of anti-government “right-wing” hate.  It turned out that Sparkman killed himself, but there...

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 Anne Segal on January 10, 2013 9 Comments
As we all seek out ways to restore our country to the right path, I believe there is one area that has been neglected: culture. In 2013, my organization The Frontier Lab is excited to continue its study of the facets of the American character–how Americans...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 08, 2013 12 Comments
My home State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations is under the foot of the unions and the Democratic politicians they control. This tiny beautiful state is politically pathetic, with a voting death grip on big goverment. It’s a death spiral, as witnessed by the...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 18, 2012 24 Comments
As with many good intentions, my pledge to address the “demography is destiny” political nonsense has fallen by the wayside, consumed by intervening events.  Consider this just a touch on the issue. It’s not that broadening the appeal doesn’t matter, it’s just that demographic arguments...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 16, 2012 20 Comments
The much demonized kulaks (a/k/a the top 5%, 2%, 0r 1% depending upon the speech) were the first to rise up against Obama. Now the kulaks have been joined by the common peasantry, via NPR: As Mitt Romney and President Obama get ready for their second...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 05, 2012 40 Comments
I previously wrote about how Elizabeth Warren elopement story falls apart.  That “story” is Warren’s claim that she always believed she was Native American because her parents said they had to elope because her father’s white family would not accept her mother because her mother was part Cherokee and...
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