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Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on January 29, 2011 10 Comments
(K. McCaffrey) — In Egypt, the internet has effectively been shut off. One of my favorite websites, www.accessnow.org/, which looks to preserve freedom by upholding internet access, is working hard on cracking this. (They also continually try to liberate freedom of information for Iranian citizens.)...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 29, 2011 14 Comments
As of this writing, it remains unclear whether Mubarek will hold onto power in Egypt.  As I pointed out before, the implications for peace in the region are enormous, as an undermining of the 1979 peace treaty with Israel could spark regional war. There is understandable...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 20, 2011 3 Comments
… An amazing address (emphasis mine): In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem. From time to time we’ve been tempted to believe that society has become too complex to be managed by self-rule, that government by an...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 12, 2011 25 Comments
Sarah Palin has released a statement on Facebook and video responding to the Tucson shooting and accusations that she caused Jared Loughner to shoot Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and to murder several people: Sarah Palin: “America’s Enduring Strength” from Sarah Palin on Vimeo. Here is the...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 11, 2011 25 Comments
Best headline of the day, via The Daily Mail in Britain: How America’s elite hijacked a massacre to take revenge on Sarah Palin The substance of the article makes points you have heard before regarding the murderous rampage by Jared Loughner: Rahm Emanuel, Mr Obama’s...

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on January 07, 2011 2 Comments
There was a recent article in the NY Daily News covering the plummeting approval ratings due to the (lack of) blizzard response earlier this week. Things aren’t looking good for Bloomie, “Bloomberg admitted City Hall was in the dark about the extent of the crisis....

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 04, 2011 7 Comments
The lame duck rush to ratify the New START Treaty is becoming an example of fools rushing in. One of the sticking points for Republicans opposed to the Treaty (13 Republicans voted in favor of the Treaty) was that the Preamble language seemed to link...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 03, 2011 8 Comments
The nation’s “debt ceiling” will need to be raised early in the next Congress to accomodate the new reality of trillion-dollar-plus annual deficits. The possibility that the Republican House will refuse to raise the debt ceiling is the favorite topic of discussion in the media...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 30, 2010 16 Comments
I gave you my “predictions” for 2011 yesterday. I would not classify the following as predictions unless they come true, in which case I am a genius.  Here are some things I’m looking at in the coming year (list to be updated throughout the day). There...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 21, 2010 4 Comments
Three law professors have established a website (h/t RightCoast via Instapundit) where people can calculate how much they are saving by the extension of the current marginal tax rates and then donate that amount to one of four selected charities. The website, GiveItBackForJobs.org, states that...

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on December 15, 2010 7 Comments
Tom Woods, one of my favorite historians, wrote a book detailing the 2008 financial crisis titled ‘Meltdown.’ The book outlines how government intervention and ignorance led to the mess we’re still cleaning up. While this is something we all, more or less, know as right-leaning...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 28, 2010 62 Comments
The U.S. Embassy takeover in Tehran on November 4, 1979, was the start of 444 days which came to define Jimmy Carter.  The U.S. government was revealed to be powerless and the President weak.  Those among us who were alive and conscious during those days have embedded...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 04, 2010 23 Comments
Need I say more to Barney Frank than Margery Egan says today in The Boston Herald: After 30 years, Barney Frank finally lost my vote. On election night, he lost my respect as well. Frank’s road rage acceptance speech was an out-of-body experience. There was...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 14, 2010 8 Comments
NPR is warning its staff not to attend Jon Stewart’s “Restore Sanity” rally.  NPR explains why it issued this warning but didn’t have to issue a warning for staff not to attend the Glenn Beck Restoring Honor rally (emphasis mine): We’ve received enormous attention from...
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