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Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 31, 2011 36 Comments

Because I'm traveling all day, I'm not going to be able to cover the Politico's not very specific yet sensational claims about two settlements in the 1990s involving women who worked at the National Restaurant Association when Herman Cain ran the organization.  It's not clear...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 31, 2011 2 Comments

Thanks to reader Thomas who writes: I spotted this in Portland, Oregon today. I'm not sure what the point of the message is. Perhaps it's some form of insurrection? ...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 30, 2011 11 Comments

Slow day here, traveled back from Palm Desert.  I never watched the show The OC, but I hope the scenery is better than what I saw on the drive back to the airport. Where has everyone gone this weekend? Ah, this explains it, Power outages from...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 30, 2011 8 Comments

Seeing not very far into the future: UNEXPECTED OCTOBER SNOWSTORM, WORST SINCE GREAT DEPRESSION, BLAMED FOR LAGGING ECONOMIC RECOVERY, SAYS OBAMA SPOKESMAN...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 30, 2011 20 Comments

Fascinating account of how new environmental regulations and restoration projects are emptying the northern California countryside, Rural rebellion brewing: Sacramento is Government Central, a land of overly pensioned bureaucrats and restaurant discounts for state workers. But way up in the North State, one finds a small...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 30, 2011 12 Comments

Sometimes the Editorial Board of The NY Times gets it right, even if for the wrong reasons, as in this editorial, The Court and the Next President: When Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. began the new Supreme Court term by congratulating Antonin Scalia on his 25th...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 30, 2011 7 Comments

From Walter Russell Mead referencing cancellation of his own speech, and taking it all in good humor: I was scheduled to give a talk at the Hannah Arendt conference here at Bard this evening on the problems of the green movement in dealing with the connections...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 30, 2011 5 Comments

just to sing? Thanks to reader Joe, who writes: Spotted this unfortunate billboard in Chicago (which is shocking, I know) on Western Ave near the I-90 entrance ramp. Felt like it was juxtaposed nicely with the billboard from those greedy, evil corporate fat cats at Big Red. Keep up all the...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 29, 2011 11 Comments

The pretext for the U.N. no fly zone in Libya was to protect Libyan civilians from Gaddafi's army.  The U.S., France and others then exceeded the U.N. mandate by attacking Gaddafi's forces more generally, leading eventually to Gaddafi's capture and field execution. Back in March I...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 29, 2011 11 Comments

Because these are the types of headlines from Tea Party rallies: Occupy Wall Street Protester Threatens Fox 5 News Reporter Report: Fights erupt among Occupy Wall Street protesters Occupy Madison loses permit (due to public masterbation) Woman charged with pimping teen recruited at Occupy NH rally In one sense, it's...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 29, 2011 28 Comments

Never has there been a love as true or as blind as media Obamalove, as evidenced by this adoring puff piece written by Jonathan Alter for Bloomberg News, Obama Miracle is White House Free of Scandal: President Barack Obama goes into the 2012 with a weak economy that...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 29, 2011 8 Comments

Thanks to reader Brian who saw this in the parking lot of this brew pub in Indianapolis, and writes: I live in a much more downscale area, much more blue collar, and I never see this kind of thing in my neighborhood.  Apparently ostentatious progressivism is...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 28, 2011 16 Comments

The title is facetious, of course, but nonetheless relevant in light of this "leak" of a portion of Will's upcoming column which skewers Mitt Romney: Romney, supposedly the Republican most electable next November, is a recidivist  reviser of his principles who is not only becoming less...

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on October 28, 2011 8 Comments

but he totally wrecks Cornel West in this recent TV interview that I have deemed a must watch.  Once Cornel West makes a fortune off of reading the market, I'll start listening to his explanations of crises. By the way, I'm fairly certain that everyone who pines for Glass-Steagall...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 28, 2011 12 Comments

Elizabeth Warren has stepped in it with her boast that she created the Occupy Wall Street movement: “I created much of the intellectual foundation for what they do,” she says. “I support what they do.” Warren's boast was an overstatement much akin to Al Gore's claim of...

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