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Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on February 08, 2011 11 Comments

Amity Shlaes, my favorite living writer, is being recruited to run for the Senate in New York by Adam Brickley of The Dogcatcher Project. Brickley notes that "With Shlaes in the race, we can apply serious pressure on Gillibrand to explain her stunning about-face on...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 08, 2011 4 Comments

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 08, 2011 10 Comments

I have warned you about the Wordsmith-in-Chief.  You have to listen very carefully.In his interview with Bill O'Reilly just before the Superbowl, Obama said (via TaxProf)(emphasis mine):O'REILLY: Do you deny that you are a man who wants to redistribute wealth.OBAMA: Absolutely.O'REILLY: You deny that?OBAMA: Absolutely....

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on February 08, 2011 4 Comments

Robert Gibbs will be leaving the White House soon to carry on his buffoonery elsewhere(ish). But, before he leaves, take a moment to watch this video from Politico that lists everything he isn't. Take a moment to appreciate that he was Barack Obama's communications chief...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 08, 2011 11 Comments

The AP (via CBS News) has a headline sure to warm the hearts of the Obama communications team:  High Taxes? Actually, They're at a 60-Year Low:Actually, as a share of the nation's economy, Uncle Sam's take this year will be the lowest since 1950, when...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 08, 2011 2 Comments

Personal and national debt burdens are moving in opposite directions (charts via Bubble Meter, one of my favorite blogs).Household debt service payments as percentage of disposable personal income:Contrasted with federal budget deficit as percentage of GDP:--------------------------------------------Follow me on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTubeVisit the Legal Insurrection Shop...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 07, 2011 22 Comments

Shocking news from the frontlines of the anti-discrimination battles.  Liberals -- particularly in academia and the social sciences -- have a tribal mentality which results in discrimination against conservatives.What is shocking is not that such tribal mentality exists, but that anyone is expressing surprise.As reported by...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 07, 2011 7 Comments

I posted numerous times before about the alleged ambiguity in the New START Treaty language regarding missile defense, and how in the rush for a lame duck, pre-Christmas ratification, the Senate ignored differences in interpretation rather than seek clarification from the Russians.The Russians consistently had voiced...

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on February 07, 2011 25 Comments

K. McCaffrey - Whenever someone, particularly one with my political sympathies, asks me about my favorite states in the country, I usually say Florida, because of their lack of state income tax, and Texas, because it has a business friendly climate and some semblance of...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 07, 2011 18 Comments

First, let me congratulate Arianna Huffington on selling The Huffington Post to AOL for a reported $315 million.  Isn't America a great place?Arianna came up with a great business model.  Create a place where liberals could tell each other how smart they were, where they could write...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 06, 2011 31 Comments

Sure, you have called San Francisco granola city and have joked how a certain NY Times columnist might choke on his granola.  But did you ever imagine in your wildest imagination that someone would put a granola bumper sticker on her car?  Just "granola."  It needs no...

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

Now that Sarah Palin has invoked the 3 a.m. phone call (which she says went to an answering machine when Egypt was calling), it is worth looking at the original Hillary advertisement, which touched on the doubts so many have about Obama:Here is a version...

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

strap a suicide belt to a 14-year-old? This video is from several years ago, but it is a reminder of what the Israelis are up against, and how checkpoints and the security barrier were both necessary and effective.So the next time you hear the usual...

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

Thanks to @DDsModernLife for pointing out this comment by reader A. Dumas, in response to my post Houdini Economics:--------------------------------------------Related Posts:SOTU Speech In One SentenceExclusive - First Draft of Obama's SOTU Speech Jewish History In One Sentence Follow me on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube Visit the Legal Insurrection...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 05, 2011 2 Comments

I have kept away from writing about "news" generated from WikiLeaks disclosure of stolen U.S. diplomatic cables.  One of the main problems with using stolen diplomatic cables is that one is unlikely to get the full story in a single cable, leaving the ground clear...

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

Thanks to reader James for the link to this chart by Nate Silver, showing where Silver believes various potential Republian candidates fall on a sliding scale of insider/outsider and conservative/moderate:Sweet spot, or mushy middle?If it is any help, here's how Silver describes Pawlenty's position:Tim Pawlenty...

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