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Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 30, 2013 40 Comments

Remember the cheery pre-election economic news? That was then, this is now. From the Bureau of Economic Analysis, the third quarter boom-boom days have turned into the fourth quarter bust: Real gross domestic product -- the output of goods and services produced by labor and property located in the...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 30, 2013 32 Comments

We are pleased to announce the launch of Elizabeth Warren Wiki (ElizabethWarrenWiki.org), the most comprehensive source of information and documentation with regard to Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth A. Warren. The site originally was conceived, days before the 2012 election, as The Elizabeth Warren File, a place where...

Posted by Anne Segal on January 29, 2013 9 Comments

A series of Occupy twitter accounts as well as the Occupy Sandy facebook account were hacked Tuesday evening, with the hackers tweeting out messages like "OCCUPY IS OVER. IT WAS FUN. #SORRY" and "OCCUPY IS OVER." The affected twitter accounts included @OccupyWallSTNYC, @OccupyTogether, @OccupyChicago, @USUncut, @OccupyArrests, @OWSUnionSquare,...

Posted by A.F. Branco on January 29, 2013 8 Comments

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 29, 2013 21 Comments

The Gang of Eight yesterday: Individuals who are present without lawful status - not including people within the two categories identified below - will only receive a green card after every individual who is already waiting in line for a green card, at the time this...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 29, 2013 27 Comments

Via The Hill: Speculation on Ray LaHood's replacement as President Obama's Transportation secretary is focusing on a group of former transportation officials and 2012 presidential campaign surrogates — including Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D) and former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm (D)...

Posted by Leslie Eastman on January 29, 2013 9 Comments

More unintended consequences of laws which are too broadly worded. The Atlantic writer Derek Khanna recently named the Most Ridiculous New Law - 2013 a provision which previously had been waived but has come back making it illegal to "unlock" your cellphone.  And while there is plenty...

Posted by Anne Segal on January 29, 2013 14 Comments

Local Chicago NPR station WBEZ has unrolled an advertising campaign for its membership drive that calls on its listeners to "go make babies today." The facebook-based microsite, "Go Makes Babies," features a five-question assessment that with the question, "The quickest way to get me thinking about...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 29, 2013 12 Comments

The intrusions of real life again.  And the rollout of something tomorrow. Not what you think, or maybe it is. What's happening?...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 28, 2013 24 Comments

Rather than enforcing our current laws, and for purposes of political expediency, we are moving toward another vast expansion of federal government monitoring and information collection. Look at what we are going to have to do in order to not hold people who came here illegally accountable...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 28, 2013 39 Comments

Could be either, except that Israel didn't exist in the 1930s. Israel Matzav has the story. Image via CAMERA:   Related: “there is no future for Jews in England”; see also, Melanie Phillips, A LibDem MP gives voice to Britain's national sickness. Update 1-29-2013 -- Rupert Murdoch Apologizes for Netanyahu...

Posted by Leslie Eastman on January 28, 2013 55 Comments

I recently reported that California was targeted for a massive effort by gun control activists intent on creating new and wide-ranging restrictions. Now, the Chief of Police in my hometown of San Diego has unwittingly unveiled the real goal behind this movement: The complete disarming of...

Posted by Joel Engel on January 28, 2013 28 Comments

Thomas Jefferson thought that the best insurance against future tyrannies was an educated populace.  Historical ignorance is a petri dish that grows a lot of strange and destructive ideas. To wit: Silvio Berlusconi. Former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi triggered outrage from Italy's political left on Sunday with...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 28, 2013 20 Comments

Related to this, via Mediaite: In a soon-to-be-released interview with The New Republic, President Obama reportedly laments the negative influence Fox News and Rush Limbaugh can have on the congressional debate over various pieces of legislation. The president told TNR editor Frank Foer and owner Chris Hughes...

Posted by Leslie Eastman on January 28, 2013 21 Comments

Many politicians fail to understand an inherent point of economics I refer to as the "Star Wars Tax Rule":  The more you tighten the tax grip, the more revenues will slip through your fingers. Today, I would like to highlight three recent news items that underscore...

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