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Posted by Leslie Eastman on November 25, 2012 30 Comments

As a co-founder of one of the largest California Tea Party groups (SoCal Tax Revolt Coalition), I often am asked why I choose to remain a registered Democrat. In part, it is because the state Republican party doesn't inspire much confidence. Or, as I like to...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 25, 2012 5 Comments

From Thomas on October 11: I went to your website to get your take on last night’s Brown-Warren debate, and I started leafing through your archives. I found your post entitled, I want this person to cry herself to sleep on November 6, with the photo...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 24, 2012 35 Comments

I know I sound like a broken record. Everytime I think the Democratic race card players could not get more vile, more deranged, more patronizingly demeaning to blacks, someone manages to defy even my vivid imagination. This time, it is the Editorial Board of The Washington Post,...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 24, 2012 15 Comments

Roger Cohen was among the worst of the delusional dreamers about the nature of the Islamist uprising in Egypt. I frequently have quoted this prediction by Cohen on February 3, 2011: Already we hear the predictable warnings from Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu: This could be Iran...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 24, 2012 38 Comments

Just applying a little election year anti-Republican logic to the Black Friday union protests against Wal-Mart, which mostly were a fizzle. Via Lachlan Markay's Storify entry. It's hard keeping up with all the emerging social media tools; Storify is just another thing which, while probably useful, makes...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 24, 2012 8 Comments

And maybe not even seen. Do not attempt to speak truth to power: Macalester Foreign Student Shocked By One-Sided Liberal Politics on Campus Criticism of Affirmative Action Draws Ire at Harvard Crimson Anti-harassment campus policies are the new speech codes UNC Student — If Quoting Reagan Violates Speech Codes, We’re...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 24, 2012 13 Comments

Spotted in Rhode Island. In a town which has passed a ban on plastic bags in supermarkets: ...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 23, 2012 13 Comments

Because of the election, the trial of George Zimmerman for the killing of Trayvon Martin, has been out of our focus.  But not for long, as the trial is scheduled for June 10, and there will be pre-trial evidentiary hearings in April. Here are some recent and...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 23, 2012 40 Comments

A point made here before is that we may not fully understand the reasons why Mitt Romney lost. I've proffered a few gut feelings, but have cautioned against adopting Democratic talking points on immigration and other issues -- in other words, becoming Democrat-lite -- based on...

Posted by Anne Segal on November 23, 2012 22 Comments

A proposed Frank Gehry designed memorial for President Eisenhower is being vehemently protested by his only living son as well as granddaughters, who have objected both to the high cost to taxpayers and the design concept. A letter made public November 20 by granddaughter Susan Eisenhower details...

Posted by Bryan Jacoutot on November 23, 2012 13 Comments

Mohammed Morsi, Egypts recently elected President who was backed by the Muslim Brotherhood following the overthrow Hosni Mubarak, has fallen out of favor with some in his country after some questionable governmental actions. Egyptian President Mohamed Morsy has issued an order preventing any court from overturning...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 23, 2012 21 Comments

So let's condemn Israel for defending itself against missile attacks from Gaza. Via JPost: More than 40,000 people have been killed in 20 months of conflict between Syrian President Bashar Assad's forces and those fighting for his overthrow, a violence monitoring group said on Friday. Rami Abdelrahman, head...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 23, 2012 17 Comments

I had not heard of University of California economics Professor James Bradford Delong until he started attacking me unprovoked, including impugning my teaching about which he knows nothing. I learned quickly that DeLong has many enemies in academia because of his vituperative style of argument, which fast is becoming clownish. I...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 23, 2012 11 Comments

what to make of this either. From John: I'm not sure what to make of this one, other than the drivers (with a handicapped placard) love dogs. I particularly liked the mocking of the "proud parent of an honor student" stickers. ...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 22, 2012 22 Comments

The Muslim Brotherhood President of Egypt already had brought the military to heel. Now he is discarding the judiciary: With a constitutional assembly on the brink of collapse and protesters battling the police in the streets here over the slow pace of change, President Mohamed Morsi issued a sweeping...

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