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Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 14, 2011 27 Comments

Or should I say, the first Media Matters post about me. regarding my post, The Great Tractorcade That Wasn't. And written by none other than the lead blogger there, Eric Boehlert: Right-wing Blogger Doesn't Know What "Brigade" Means. Doesn't Media Matters, with all its new...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 14, 2011 7 Comments

Ann Althouse posted a video about Ronald Reagan's criticism of the Berkeley protests in the 1960s, which includes this comment by Michael Rossman (at 1:22 of the clip):"He won by pandering to a citizenry that is outraged by what these terrible insolent ungrateful children were doing on the...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 14, 2011 4 Comments

Here is a recap of the Polling 101 series of Guest Posts by Matthew Knee, which ran last week:How People Answer PollsSamples & Margin of ErrorHandling BiasEvaluating The Public Employee Union PollsYou Can't Learn Much From Asking People Their IdeologyThe series was a real eye-opener...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 13, 2011 37 Comments

From some of the reports, one would think Wisconsin farmers had turned out en masse with their tractors to side with public sector employee unions against Gov. Scott Walker and the Republicans who control the legislature.The New York Times reported that "Farmers descended on the Capitol...

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on March 13, 2011 4 Comments

Dems are taking a gamble for the support of independents in 2012 by trying to take a hit at Romney:BOSTON -- President Barack Obama and other top Democrats have lavished praise on former Massachusetts Republican Gov. Mitt Romney for signing the health care law in...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 13, 2011 15 Comments

.... in order to achieve a racial and ethnic mix of players which looks more like America.Sorry, I meant, the City of Dayton, Ohio, to lower police test score thresholds, a move which even the local NAACP chapter opposes:The Dayton Police Department is lowering its testing...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 13, 2011 16 Comments

The 400 wealthiest people control more wealth than that controlled by bottom economic half the population. Michael Moore said it, and PolitiFact checked it, so it must be true.So what?There is no limit to wealth in a free-market, capitalist society, unlike a socialist society where government...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 12, 2011 17 Comments

Via The Cornell Insider:"[The Cornell University Program Board] is excited to present An Evening with Keith Olbermann ’79 on March 29th at 6:00 PM in Bailey Hall! Olbermann needs no introduction, but in case you’re unaware, he is a writer and political commentator who until...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 12, 2011 17 Comments

stabs a three-month old infant to death?Children have been killed in war before, unfortunately.But the thought of the person or people who stood over her, and what was going through their minds as they cut her, is just unimaginable.More of the photos released by the...

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on March 12, 2011 11 Comments

Some people never learn:HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - The natural disaster of a tsunami could actually provide a temporary boost to the global economy.Larry Summers, former director of President Obama's economic council and a former head of the World Bank, said rebuilding could temporarily boost the Japanese...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 12, 2011 7 Comments

I'll be in meetings most of the day, so I will not be able to follow the planned return of the Fleebagger14 to Madison, and the protests planned.I'm sure they will be "massive."Comments will be put through, so please feel free to keep each other...

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on March 12, 2011 2 Comments

K. McCaffrey --- The Onion had a really clever article posted yesterday: "Libyans Agree To Come Up With Something For Qaddafi To Do All Day In Exchange For Him Leaving.TRIPOLI—In an act of reciprocity they called "vital to the future of our nation," the leaders...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 12, 2011 12 Comments

On the anniversary of the Coastal Road Massacre, which I wrote about yesterday, a Palestinian terrorist broke into a Jewish home on the West Bank and stabbed five members of a family, including a one-month old baby, to death while they slept:Five family members were...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 12, 2011 6 Comments

I have written about PolitiFact before, includine the clear bias shown by The Providence Journal in its application of ratings during the campaign by former Democratic Mayor David Cicilline against Republican John Loughlin in my home RI-01 District. I also have noted an analysis of...

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on March 11, 2011 6 Comments

Today the tragedy in Japan is on the minds of people around the world. This was a terrible tragedy, but it lifts my spirits to see how being in a developed country can dramatically increase the welfare of a group of people in such a...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 11, 2011 17 Comments

The failure of Democrats in Wisconsin to stop passage of a budget repair bill, including a scaling back of public sector collective bargaining as to benefits, is being portrayed as a "gift" to Democrats and public sector unions.  The usual suspects are describing Gov. Scott...

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