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When They Say 'Globalize The Intifada' They Mean Like The New Orleans Terrorist Mass Murder

Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT): RFK, Jr. "Wants To Kill Our Kids"

Meet the Deflection: Schumer Denies Democrats Misled on Biden’s Decline

Wisconsin isn’t over

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 07, 2011 20 Comments

Other than the possible fisticuffs and chokeholds at the Wisconsin Supreme Court, Wisconsin politics has faded from the national headlines. But Wisconsin isn't over folks. Democrats challenging Republicans in recall elections are doing better at fundraising, and Nancy Pelosi is headlining a fundraiser as well. One of...

Too many moving parts

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 07, 2011 9 Comments

The (bad) news recently reminds me of a flock of birds. I can't seem to focus on any one of them....

Slow motion political crash

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 07, 2011 16 Comments

That's my impression of the "drama" unfolding in the budget talks. Obama now is the one purporting to demand bigger cuts, a more long term agreement, and so on and so on, provided there also are commensurate tax increases. It's an interesting ploy, and tied solely...

Won’t have any what?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 07, 2011 12 Comments

Freedom? Spotted by reader Scott in Asheville, NC, on July 4th: ...

Did he mention windmills at the Twitter Townhall?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 06, 2011 12 Comments

Because as we know, windmills are our future. While I did send a Tweet, I didn't get to follow the Twitter Townhall. Please tell me, did he mention windmills? or at least "wind energy"?...

Population Decline is Going to Hurt Higher Education

Historically Black University's Marching Band Scolded by Leftists for Agreeing to Perform at Trump Inauguration

Ron DeSantis Appoints Conservatives to University of West Florida Board

Frat Members at San Diego State U. Charged After Pledge is 'Set on Fire' at Party

Couple That Threw Firebombs at U. Pittsburgh Michael Knowles Event Sentenced to Prison and to Pay Restitution

U. Texas at Austin President Leaving School After Trying to Implement a More Conservative Vision

Joshua Green strikes out

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 06, 2011 13 Comments

while striking out at me at The Atlantic. Read to the end to find out how and why. I have been a critic of Green, who is the Senior Editor of The Atlantic and writes a weekly column at The Boston Globe. I criticized Green for...

#AskObama

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 06, 2011 7 Comments

If you are on Twitter, the Heritage Foundation has five questions it is asking Obama for his Twitter Townhall. The event, like all of Obama's townhalls, is merely for show, but if he wants questions sent via Twitter, here are the five: Your budget was rejected...

Yes, but where does he stand in the poll of journolists?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 06, 2011 8 Comments

I think the journolist community probably likes him quite a lot, which is why this Politico headline is so humorous, WMUR poll shows no bump for Jon Huntsman: It was possible to dismiss the recent Suffolk University poll showing Jon Huntsman in low single digits, but...

It’s getting hard to tell anti-Bush and anti-Obama bumper stickers apart

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 06, 2011 10 Comments

Yet another example of anti-Bush anti-war bumper stickers doing double-duty. Spotted in my neighborhood in Rhode Island on July 4: ...

I think I’m doing pretty well so far

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 05, 2011 9 Comments

In late December I posted my "not predictions" for 2011. (My "predictions" are here.) Here are the first 10 "not predictions." I think I'm doing pretty well, although some still are works in progress: There will be a government shutdown crisis over the House budget, which will...

Daily Beast Plays The David Duke Card

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 05, 2011 39 Comments

Democrats must be in trouble if The Daily Beast is running a headline White Supremacist Stampede, with this opening line: Add to the growing list of candidates considering a bid for the GOP presidential nomination in 2012 America’s most famous white-power advocate: David Duke. Ah yes, the...

Hey, what am I, chopped liver?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 05, 2011 55 Comments

Benjamin Korn of Jews for Sarah, writing at the JTA, OP-ED: Jews becoming commonplace in conservative ‘new media’: Many reviews already have appeared of "The Undefeated," the soon-to-be-released documentary about Sarah Palin’s tenure in Alaska.Yet none of them -- even in The Los Angeles Times, Huffington...

Your morning Strauss-Kahn news

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 05, 2011 16 Comments

The NY Post, which whatever else it is has good sources in NYC, is reporting that the charges will be dropped against Dominique Strauss-Kahn within the next couple of weeks: Prosecutors will agree to drop the charges against Dominique Strauss-Kahn -- either on his next court...

Nooooooooo!

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 05, 2011 19 Comments

Thanks to reader Phil for alerting me to this very troubling development: Stricter offensive bumper sticker law takes effect Starting Friday [July 1], Tennessee drivers caught with obscene or patently offensive bumper stickers, window signs or other markings on their vehicle visible to other drivers face an...