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Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 03, 2013 214 Comments
I believe Marco Rubio, Bobby Jindal and Ted Cruz to be “natural born Citizens” and eligible to be President.  Here’s why. 1. Summary There are few eligibility requirements to be President.  You don’t have to be smart, wise, experienced, honest, educated, or a particular gender or race....

Posted by Leslie Eastman on July 28, 2013 24 Comments
As an amateur historian, I often like watching old news and documentary clips; via LA Observed, I came across a fascinating one featuring another metropolitan area: The background: This public domain film narrated by then-mayor Jerome P. Cavanaugh was made in 1965 to promote Detroit....

Posted by Mandy Nagy on May 28, 2013 8 Comments
Long saga of Jeremy Hammond, self-described anarchist, comes to an end. Jeremy Hammond, a notorious hacker and anarchist from the Chicago area, pleaded guilty this morning to hacking charges in a New York courtroom under the terms of a plea agreement. Hammond was initially charged in...

Posted by David Gerstman on April 12, 2013 2 Comments
1) How to fight asymmetric warfare Once again Charles Enderlein and Philipe Karsenty are back in court. Enderlein was the reporter who created the story of Mohammed al-Dura. Karsenty is the media critic who had the temerity to question the much honored “journalist.” Back in...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 10, 2013 6 Comments
Some interesting positions counter to the accepted public narratives. What demographic problem? When he was here, President Obama said that Israel had to reach a solution with the ‘Palestinians’ because otherwise we would be a minority in our own country. President Obama was wrong. In...

Posted by David Gerstman on March 22, 2013 5 Comments
1) The President talks to the Israeli people Barry Rubin summarizes President Obama’s message to the young people of Israel whom he addressed at the International Convention Center in Jerusalem yesterday. First: Obama’s big theme is that — and I’m not being satirical here —...

Posted by David Gerstman on February 28, 2013 9 Comments
1) Water, water everywhere At the Times of Israel, editor David Horovitz writes about how Israel’s dealt with its water crisis. (h/t Yaacov Lozowick) “How did we beat the water shortage? Because we said we would. We decided we would,” says Kushnir, a big man...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 30, 2012 12 Comments
There is no conventional wisdom pushed as hard by the anti-Republican media than the notion that Republicans were in a self-contained media and punditry bubble and refused to believe — or worse yet, deliberately distorted — contrary polling.   Beware this conventional wisdom. I have examined how that...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 30, 2012 10 Comments
Obama won Oregon in 2008 by 16 points. This year his lead is down to just 6 points, per The Oregonian: President Barack Obama holds a relatively narrow lead of six points over Republican challenger Mitt Romney in Oregon, according to a new poll conducted for...

Posted by Anne Segal on September 15, 2012 22 Comments
It appears the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU), which held a solidarity rally this Saturday afternoon, is facilitating a rejuvenation of the Wisconsin-style protest movement. The scene at Saturday’s rally, held in anticipation of Sunday’s yes-or-no vote on the latest negotiated agreement, seemed more like a...

Posted by Joel Engel on September 14, 2012 48 Comments
There has been a complete lack of reality this week in our government and media. Words are not deeds.  This is especially important to remember if you’re the President of the United States who has essentially talked himself into office. Behold a paragraph from President...

Posted by Anne Segal on September 07, 2012 33 Comments
Clint Eastwood gave his first post-convention interview today explaining how he came to address the “empty chair” and just what he thinks of the reaction. Speaking with The Carmel Pine Cone, a local California paper, Eastwood said that “President Obama is the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on...

Posted by Bryan Jacoutot on September 04, 2012 22 Comments
Even the Huffington Post has to admit, although they would never come out and say it, that Barack Obama’s reelection prospects are not moving in the right direction. I’ve been watching the electoral map the Huffington Post has for the last few months. If you’re...
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