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Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 25, 2010 10 Comments

Some thoughts, and inviting reader comments, on a variety of topics today (a running list):Happy Thanksgiving to all my readers.  Which is an interesting point, because some of my readers are trolls and nutroot lurkers.  I even wish them a Happy Thanksgiving, because I'm that big...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 24, 2010 4 Comments

I'm posting this from my phone while traveling so I'll be quick. HarperCollins has settled with Gawker. While not all the terms are clear yet, it does appear that Sarah Palin will not get to give Gawker the full TSA screening and junk...

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on November 24, 2010 3 Comments

John Stossel wrote a great column about how, if the present political class had been in power four hundred years ago, we would not have Thanksgiving today. "Long before the failure of modern socialism, the earliest European settlers gave us a dramatic demonstration of the...

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on November 24, 2010 9 Comments

Today would have been Bill Buckley's 85th birthday. Though I was born after the ages of Reagan, Goldwater, and Buckley's years as editor of NR, I still owe a great debt to his thought:God and Man at Yale was my sobering introduction to - and...

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on November 24, 2010 6 Comments

Daniel Day-Lewis has confirmed that he will play the role of Abraham Lincoln in the upcoming biopic of the sixteenth President. The film will be directed by Steven Spielberg and is based on the book Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin. I'm not the...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 24, 2010 3 Comments

Welcome back, old friend.  What took you so long?Taken by reader Rachel yesterday in the parking lot of Town of Clarkstown City Hall, Rockland County, just north of NYC.The good news?  Someone is willing to wear such a bumper sticker.The bad news?  I don't know if we...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 23, 2010 10 Comments

I was too busy voting for her to watch the performance.  I really want Bristol to win, so that Sally Quinn has a full blown conniption:My favorite story is that of 67-year-old Steven Cowan who couldn't stand it another minute and blasted his TV with...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 23, 2010 37 Comments

One of my theories is that the best chance to defeat Obama in 2012 is to make the election about Obama, not about the Republican candidate.  The Obama record is so abysmal, and the Obama aura so shattered, that 2012 could be a repeat of...

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on November 23, 2010 6 Comments

The recent November elections had a heavy focus on conservative fiscal policy and an emphasis on cutting "big government spending." In light of this, "[Sen. Claire] McCaskill and fellow Democrat Sen. Mark Udall (Colo.) recently teamed up with Republican Sens. Tom Coburn (Okla.) and John...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 23, 2010 15 Comments

I cannot begin to tell you how much it sickens me that the Southern Poverty Law Center, a group I supported many years ago because of its work against the Klan, has become a key player in labeling legitimate conservative political and religious groups as "hate groups."I have...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 22, 2010 9 Comments

One of the mysteries of political life is why the Democrats insist on playing class warfare even though the tactic has not worked in multiple elections (Virginia, New Jersey, Massachusetts, the November mid-terms) since Obama's election.A study, Inequality and the Dynamics of Public Opinion: The Self-Reinforcing...

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on November 22, 2010 17 Comments

As a disclaimer, I promise this is my last post on the TSA.Senator Jay Rockefeller, a champion of the freedom of expression, has joined the ranks of bureaucratic geniuses who believe the TSA is the bee's knees.* TSA chief John Pistole received assurance from the...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 22, 2010 1 Comment

The Washington Post reports on the U.N. investigation into the killing of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Harriri, which appears headed towards a year-end indictment of several Hezbollah senior members.The article, based on documents obtained by the Canadian Broadcasting Company, notes how cell phone records...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 22, 2010 18 Comments

The person who blogs for TSA to help explain supposed public misconceptions about various screening incidents, goes by the name "Blogger Bob."Don't worry, Blogger Bob tells, us, all is well.  Nothing to see here, move along.  Here is Blogger Bob's explanation for the video of...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 22, 2010 19 Comments

There has been so much written about the outrages by TSA agents during screenings, that I won't belabor the details.  In a nation already revolting at the ballot box against overly intrusive government, the prospect of having your junk fondled out of bureaucratic inflexibility and political correctness is feeding...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 22, 2010 4 Comments

I've always been skeptical about the Coexist and Tolerance bumper stickers.  Oh, I'm sure some of the drivers mean it, but most probably are just for show, a perfunctory statement of political correctness by people who really don't value any of the religions shown.  Finally, I've...

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on November 21, 2010 3 Comments

Within the next week, Governor Rendell of Pennsylvania has been given the choice to sign Pennsylvania House Bill no. 1926 into law. The bill expands upon the existing "castle-doctrine" or the ability to use one's firearms in self-defense in their home. Here is the language...

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