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Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on February 04, 2011 1 Comment

If there were any Africans able to ignore the recent protests, they are gone now:Oil-rich Libya and gas-rich Algeria have indefinitely extended their suspension of all soccer matches with anti-government demonstrations planned for February 12 in Algiers and February 17 in Benghazi and Tripoli. The...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 04, 2011 6 Comments

I wish I had written such a post, but instead I happened upon it via an e-mail sent from a relative.  And it was at HuffPo, of all places.Rarely have I seen someone hit the hypocrisy of the anti-Israel movement the way David Suissa does in Israel's...

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on February 03, 2011 10 Comments

(K. McCaffrey) -- We all know how the liberal narrative goes: the Tea Party is supposed to be racist. Even after Andrew Breitbart's $100,000 challenge and the continual failure to pinpoint awful tragedies on the Tea Party, lefties everywhere persist on blaming the Tea Party...

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on February 03, 2011 2 Comments

During the Rand Paul Senatorial campaign, there was much speculation about his positions - particularly because of the obvious connection he has with his father, Ron. Libertarians and conservatives were united in their skepticism of the Tea Party favorite - each camp criticizing him for...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 03, 2011 7 Comments

I have posted about Juan Cole before, including this sadly humorous assertion that protesters chanting "death to America" really just wanted visas to visit Disneyland:Even the ones who are chanting "Death to America," if you get them to the side, they say well you know "could you...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 03, 2011 8 Comments

A column by James Taranto, 'Death Panels' Revisited (via Instapundit) points out:Obama ran for office on opposition to the individual mandate, then made it the centerpiece of his signature legislative initiative. Perhaps this should have been "lie of the year." At PolitiFact.com, it wasn't even a...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 03, 2011 12 Comments

Not long after starting this blog I received an e-mail from Mark Finkelstein, who writes for Newsbusters, and for a while, at his own blog, Finkelblog.Mark invited me on his long-running conservative talk show, The Right Angle, which had been on local Ithaca cable TV...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 02, 2011 13 Comments

As much as I would have liked to weigh in on a bunch of issues during the day, I've been fighting the snow and the snow hit (my) back.Now that I can sit up straight, here are some thoughts, as usual in no particular order:Egypt...

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on February 02, 2011 3 Comments

Finally, finally, after pulling out all the stops, the Kennedy family will have their comeuppance. The miniseries that was nixed by the History Channel after pressure was put on by angry liberals everywhere, will be shown on TV after all. Granted, the Reelzchannel has far...

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on February 02, 2011 6 Comments

K. McCaffrey -- Last week, Britain's chief central banker, Mervyn King, painted a grim picture of the years to come in the UK. - “In 2011, real wages are likely to be no higher than they were in 2005… One has to go back to...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 02, 2011 20 Comments

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Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on February 01, 2011 9 Comments

(K. McCaffrey) -- As a partner in a firm that deals mostly with web promotion on social media, the Egyptian affair has been fascinating to watch. As Mohamed Haykal, a Nasser confidante, said in a British interview, "The effect of mobiles, computers, satellites—there is a...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 01, 2011 16 Comments

Everyone is all excited because some South Dakota legislators have proposed a mandate requiring each citizen to own a gun (h/t reader Brian):Five South Dakota lawmakers have introduced legislation that would require any adult 21 or older to buy a firearm “sufficient to provide for their...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 01, 2011 3 Comments

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 01, 2011 4 Comments

Granted, it's not Tang or memory foam, but trillions of government debt did result in health advice no one else could have thought of:Government’s Dietary Advice: Eat Less This successful conclusion to FDA research actually was in doubt for decades:"While the recommendations may seem obvious, it is nonetheless considered major...

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