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Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 23, 2011 34 Comments
John Podhoretz notes that Obama is trying to talk the markets into a panic as part of Obama’s political strategy (emphasis mine): An enraged Barack Obama just took to the nation’s airwaves to announce his effort to strike a deal with Republican Speaker of the...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 22, 2011 21 Comments
Consider me a fan of Norway.  I traveled there extensively in my youth, and still have friends there.  It is a beautiful country, with a traditionally pro-American foreign policy.  It saddens me to see Norway have its version of the London bus bombings. Former congressional...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 01, 2011 8 Comments
Despite weeks of her campaign suggesting that “ballot bag security” issues tainted the election, JoAnne Kloppenburg decided not to pursue a court challenge.  As described here many times, the ballot bag security issue never raised any serious concerns about either election fraud or mishandling of ballots. ...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 10, 2011 4 Comments
I have posted here many times about my quirky home State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, particularly the union-controlled legislature, deficit-ridden municipalities, and Democratic hegemony: Rhode Island Dem Launches “Let’s Scare Grandma” Tour Rhode Island Becoming A Sanctuary State Unions Rescued In Rhode Island...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 11, 2010 9 Comments
I hope this is not true, but nothing would surprise me when it comes to Obama and the Middle East, Sources: Obama Administration to Support Anti-Israel Resolution at UN Next Week: THE WEEKLY STANDARD has learned that senior Obama administration officials have been telling foreign...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 14, 2010 17 Comments
It must be scary to be who they are. One day, we are totalitarian control freaks who want to post police at every ice cream shop to check for papers. The next day, we are pseudo-anarchists who want no government at all. Today, apparently, we...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 15, 2010 19 Comments
Accusing Israel of indirectly killing American soldiers is the newest and most pernicious argument of the anti-Israeli left, traditional Arabists in government, and now, the Executive Branch of the United States government. As detailed here before, the argument goes that because the people who kill...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 24, 2010 7 Comments
My new favorite source of screen shots has outdone itself, with this post and headline The first senator of the reality show era: The text of the Politico post has nothing to do with reality: Brown’s arrival reflects a fundamental change in American politics, the...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 25, 2009 1 Comment
Media Matters is watching everything that FoxNews, and conservative commentators such as Rush Limbaugh, say or do waiting to pounce on any sentence, or clause in a sentence, or word in a clause, which can be twisted out of context and blown up into a...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 28, 2009 1 Comment
From the London Times, on continuing problems in the British health care system: An immediate investigation to uncover the true extent of death rates across the NHS has been ordered by the Health Secretary after scandals at two hospital trusts. Amid claims that patients are...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 09, 2009 7 Comments
Barack Obama’s penchant for creating strawman arguments is trickling down, way down. The argument now is that since government delivers water to our faucets, maintains roads, and regulates the electric grid, anyone who opposes a government take over of our health system hates modern life:...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 18, 2009 12 Comments
I long have criticized the bias of the NY Times, and mocked its business death spiral. My posts Nude Swiss Hikers Rescue NY Times and NY Times New Business Strategy: DEATH mocked the sensationalist trend on The Times’ website. I was the first (as far...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 24, 2009 0 Comments
I wish this were a joke, but it’s not. The town of Dryden, NY, near Ithaca, has plans to build a bridge in an area so remote that the town does not want to spend its own money on it, so it is seeking federal...
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