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Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 14, 2009 16 Comments

From a journalism student at the University of Oregon (via Instapundit):When I began examining the political affiliation of faculty at the University of Oregon, the lone conservative professor I spoke with cautioned that I would "make a lot of people unhappy." Though I mostly brushed...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 13, 2009 8 Comments

I have blogged about the horrendous treatment of Trig Palin by many left-wing bloggers. While making fun of Trig's Down syndrome makes such attacks particularly disgusting, the point is ...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 13, 2009 1 Comment

The title of today's NY Times article on Sarah Palin could have been titled "Palin Missed Briefing, Caused Swine Flu." But it wasn't. Instead The Times titled the article Palin’s Long March to a Short-Notice Resignation.Not much new in the article, except this:In mid-spring, as...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 13, 2009 1 Comment

The Obama administration and Democrats in Congress are on the verge of a multi-fronted investigation of the Bush administration's handling of the war on al-Qaeda, including a secret CIA plan to capture or kill senior al-Qaeda leaders which never became operational, before being terminated by...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 12, 2009 9 Comments

Yes the nation was, to use a phrase popular with Democrats, "lied into" electing Barack Obama President. Or as this author puts it, Obama on the flying trapeze:We've seen him in action for a bit more than six months. What we can say with confidence,...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 11, 2009 6 Comments

Frank Ricci was the lead plaintiff in Ricci v. DeStefano, the case in which the U.S. Supreme Court reversed Sonia Sotomayor on the issue of whether the City of New Haven discriminated against mostly white firefighters. The Supreme Court decision, as well as Sotomayor's handling...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 10, 2009 6 Comments

NY Times columnist Judith Warner writes today about "the fact that our country’s resentment, and even hatred, of well-educated, apparently affluent women is spiraling out of control." Her proof? A college professor is being charged with child endangerment for dropping three young children (ages 3,...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 10, 2009 23 Comments

Sarah Palin's announcement that she will resign as Governor of Alaska has kicked off a new round of attacks on Palin's intelligence and integrity from pundits on both sides of the political spectrum. For most of the commentators, the resignation signals an end to Palin's...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 10, 2009 2 Comments

Hope: Or a change:(photos via Drudge and HotAir)I know, he was just watching his step to make sure he didn't slip.--------------------------------------------Follow me on Twitter and Facebook...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 09, 2009 5 Comments

Leon Panetta, Director of the CIA, reportedly gave closed-door testimony to Congress indicating that the CIA withheld certain information from Congress, but there is no indication what that information concerned. This stands in stark contrast to Panetta's prior public statement that Congress was "truthfully" informed...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 08, 2009 11 Comments

As I posted previously, Reuters ran a staged photo of a bloodied Honduran protester (upper right). Contrary to the clear implication of the Reuters story, the protester was not bloodied from the protests, but as reported by Hunter Smith at Honduras Abandoned, the protester deliberately...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 08, 2009 4 Comments

Yes, the Democrats do own the federal government now. And everything that happens is theirs alone. The good, the bad, and the ugly. But since the mainstream media is in the tank for Obama, don't expect to hear that view in the major newspapers or...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 07, 2009 8 Comments

One of my enlightened readers from Seattle has a solution to save the planet. He took time out of his busy day to share the secret with me. And since this secret is so important, I will share the advice with you:Have a nice life,...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 06, 2009 20 Comments

Week-by-week, world event-by-world event, the public humiliation of Hillary Clinton is taking place right before our eyes. Actually, not before our eyes. Hillary has gone missing.There was a time when United States Secretaries of State were front and center in foreign policy making and implementation....

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 05, 2009 13 Comments

Reuters has run photo of a bloodied Honduran protester (below) dramatizing the bloodshed at protests for Manuel Zelaya. (h/t) Problem is, this photo appears to be staged.Blogger Hunter Smith, who recently finished his Marine service including two tours in Iraq, flew to Honduras to cover...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 05, 2009 1 Comment

Reliable news is hard to come by, particularly from a foreign country going through turmoil. Which is why new blogger Hunter Smith is doing such a service by blogging (text and photos) from inside the crowds on the streets of Tegucigalpa.Hunter recently completed his service...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 05, 2009 4 Comments

Sarah Palin is a quitter, according to certain commentators, because she did not serve out her term of office. If that is the case, Palin is in "good" company.I present to you, Barack Obama, photographed in front of the Capitol, the building where he served...

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