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Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 06, 2011 12 Comments
In a just released report by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the unemployment rate increased from 8.8% to 9.0%. The “unemployment rate” can be somewhat misleading, as I have pointed out in the past, because as more people drop out of the labor market (i.e....

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 28, 2011 10 Comments
Maybe, just maybe slightly.  But it will not last.  Here’s why: In the week ending April 23, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 429,000, an increase of 25,000 from the previous week’s revised figure of 404,000. The 4-week moving average was 408,500,...

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on April 16, 2011 3 Comments
Kathleen Did Steve Jobs get killed by creating an iPad? Or did Jesse Jackson Jr. skip reading Bastiat? I report, you decide. ——————————————–Follow me on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTubeVisit the Legal Insurrection Shop on CafePress!

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on April 07, 2011 4 Comments
Kathleen At Cornell, there is a large part of campus which actively rails against free trade. No, they are not explicitly protectionist, rather they believe that people in the Third World have the option to have jobs outside of sweatshops that will provide them with...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 05, 2011 11 Comments
That’s the phrase that jumped out at me from Paul Ryan’s op-ed in The Wall Street Journal setting forth the Republican proposal to reform the system of entitlements which is driving us off a debt cliff (emphasis mine): No one person or party is responsible...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 05, 2011 5 Comments
Former Congressman John Adler and his wife Shelley were law school classmates of mine.  John passed away yesterday at the age of 51 from complications from a heart infection.  As reported by the Newark Star Ledger: Former U.S. Rep. John Adler had a knack for...

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on April 03, 2011 3 Comments
Kathleen One of my favorite bloggers, Jeffrey Tucker, has an awesome article over at Mises.org about what is at stake amidst the teen jobs crisis (only about 14 % of teens aged 17 have jobs): And so fewer and fewer people know anything about the...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 29, 2011 0 Comments
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker has posted on his website an Op-Ed The NY Times declined to run. (h/t JSOnline): “In nearly every state across America, Governors are facing major budget deficits. Many, Democrat and Republican alike, are cutting state aid to schools and other local...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 19, 2011 2 Comments
I have noted before the tendency of Obama to drop political bombshel’s on a Friday just as he was leaving for a trip abroad or vacation, including: November 13, 2009, when the administration announced that lshe trial of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed would take place in...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 17, 2011 1 Comment
From The Cornell Sun: Although Cornell’s female faculty report higher levels of satisfaction than they did in 2005, male faculty still say they are happier with their jobs than their female colleagues are, according to the results of the 2010 Faculty Work Life Survey. Looking...

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on March 15, 2011 1 Comment
I’ve read so far is from Bob Costa of National Review: Walker knows that his Badger State battles have only begun. Facing down on-the-lam Democrats — and winning — was a relief; closing a $3.6 billion budget gap will be a higher-order task. Earlier this...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 13, 2011 16 Comments
The 400 wealthiest people control more wealth than that controlled by bottom economic half the population. Michael Moore said it, and PolitiFact checked it, so it must be true. So what? There is no limit to wealth in a free-market, capitalist society, unlike a socialist society...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 11, 2011 17 Comments
The failure of Democrats in Wisconsin to stop passage of a budget repair bill, including a scaling back of public sector collective bargaining as to benefits, is being portrayed as a “gift” to Democrats and public sector unions.  The usual suspects are describing Gov. Scott...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 09, 2011 3 Comments
This is the third in a series of GUEST POSTS by Matthew Knee, a Ph.D. candidate at Yale University specializing in campaigns and elections, ethnic voting patterns, public opinion, and quantitative and experimental approaches to political science.___________________ Handling Bias Today I will discuss ways to...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 05, 2011 8 Comments
Democrat David Cicilline was Mayor of Providence, Rhode Island, for 8 years, replacing the colorful and convicted Mayor Buddy Cianci.  Cicilline was elected in November to Congress in Rhode Island’s 1st Congressional District (my home district), for the open seat vacated by Patrick Kennedy. Cicilline is an openly gay...
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