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Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 25, 2008 1 Comment

I am getting a little uncomfortable with the increasing tendency of the punditry to believe that Obama the President will be a centrist, unlike Obama the Candidate. The speculation among otherwise rational conservative commentators over how the left wingnuts must be going crazy is overdone....

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 24, 2008 0 Comments

The Obama administration-in-waiting has devised a plan, still in its infancy in details but well developed in magnitude, to create millions of jobs through public infrastructure projects. Various Democratic leaders talk about a plan ranging from hundreds of billions of dollars to over a trillion.Creating...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 22, 2008 0 Comments

In a November 21, 2008 column, NY Times columnist David Brooks made the following statement:"Obama seems to have dispensed with the romantic and failed notion that you need inexperienced “fresh faces” to change things. After all, it was L.B.J. who passed the Civil Rights Act....

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 22, 2008 0 Comments

"A Sarah Palin Thanksgiving"I thought this story was a joke, when I saw it posted on the Internet, but it is true. The NY Times Editorial Board has posted a blog entry criticising Sarah Palin for conducting a videotaped television interview against the backdrop of...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 20, 2008 0 Comments

Pre-Election prediction by one of our nation's most insightful commentators foresaw the devastating effects of an Obama victory, but no one listened:"The stock market will not rebound unless and until it is clear that we have a president-elect who believes in the markets. Someone who...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 20, 2008 0 Comments

This headline from my hometown paper, The Providence Journal, says everything you need to know about why Rhode Island has the highest unemployment rate in the nation:"Assembly Considers Making R.I. Attractive To Business"An overwhelming government budget fed by high taxes, a Democratic state legislature beholden...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 19, 2008 0 Comments

See my article, A Place Where Only Liberal Speech is Protected, at American Thinker. Thanks to Openmarket for the feature, as well.Watch the video of the Ithaca Common Council debate over the "Community of Sanctuary" resolution, is here....

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 18, 2008 1 Comment

Great article about the sufferings of Single Young Males:Adding to the bitterness of many SYMs is the feeling that the entire culture is a you-go-girl cheering section. When our guy was a boy, the media prattled on about “girl power,” parents took their daughters to...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 17, 2008 0 Comments

Obama has named Gregory B. Craig, Bill Clinton's former lawyer from the impeachment hearings, as White House General Counsel. Craig also succeeded in taking Elion Gonzalez back to Cuba, and represented Kofi Annan in the UN Oil-for-Food scandal.The Obama administration is looking more and...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 17, 2008 0 Comments

An Op-Ed in today's Wall Street Journal argues that Chapter 11 bankruptcy is a better alternative to endless bailouts. UPDATE: Here is another view, arguing that Chapter 11 would be a "death knell" for the US auto industry. UPDATE No. 2: Another article arguing in...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 17, 2008 0 Comments

Interesting article at American Thinker makes the point that opponents of conservative talk radio do not need the Fairness Doctrine, which Obama has asserted he does not support. Instead, the likely vehicle for restricting conservative talk radio will be the "localism" doctrine, which Obama openly...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 16, 2008 0 Comments

History tells us, however, that economic redistribution plans fail because the producers of society would rather not produce, than have the fruits of their production taken away and given to others. Obama can raise the tax rates on income, but he cannot force people to...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 15, 2008 0 Comments

Michael Steele, the possible new Chairman of the Republican National Committee, has some common sense thoughts about the country, the election, and the future. The audio is here....

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 14, 2008 5 Comments

As reported in many blogs in August 2008, the Association of American Law Schools (AALS) came under intense pressure to move its annual convention, scheduled to start January 6, 2009, away from a hotel owned by a contributor to the pro-Proposition 8 campaign in California....

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 13, 2008 0 Comments

"In jest there is truth"[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3_95F5e-Ac]...

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