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Trump Breaks With Tucker: "he's not MAGA"

Trump: 'There Will be No Deal With Iran Except UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER!'

Trump Ousts Noem as DHS Secretary, Appoints Sen. Mullin

Cain-Newt debate — live here tonight

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 05, 2011 22 Comments

Herman Cain and Newt Gingrich are having a Lincoln-Douglas style debate tonight in Texas, starting at 8 p.m. Eastern. I'll be doing a live blog for it, and I'll try to embed the C-Span live coverage, if that is possible (I don't think it's possible, so...

Best. Memeorandum. Thread. Ever.

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 05, 2011 5 Comments

That Memeorandum algorithm is smart, really smart. It not only finds the blog posts and stories which drive the debate, it also pulls a snippet of text from the post so readers get a sense of what's really important in the story. And in the case...

All of the sudden, Politico wants to be fair and balanced

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 05, 2011 13 Comments

After spending a week portraying Herman Cain as a sexual predator, allegations which so far have resulted in NO FACTS sustantiating the innuendo, Politico now wants to be fair and balanced and tell us that Cain actually led industry efforts to fight sexual harassment, Under...

Tin soldiers and Trumpka coming

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 05, 2011 5 Comments

As you know, next week is a crucial vote on Referendum No. 2 in Ohio, which needs to pass in order to put the collective bargaining reform bill into effect. Polling does not look good. There also is another referendum on education reform. Thanks to a...

Open (Non-Cain news only)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 04, 2011 25 Comments

I really don't want this to turn into one of those foul-mouthed blogs, but this is pushing me to the limit: Asked if the country’s consistently high unemployment rate made him vulnerable in the upcoming 2012 election, Obama insisted “the least of my concerns at the...

Activists Protest After Medical Center at NYU Halts Transgender Care for Minors

Jewish Prof Sues Stevens Institute of Technology Alleging Discrimination

'Lack of Balance': Catholic U. of America Denies Pro-Israel Student Group’s Speakers

Virginia Democrats Pass Bill Requiring Schools to Teach Jan. 6 as an 'Insurrection'

Trump Says 'Whole Educational System' Could Go Out of Business Unless College Sports Issue is Fixed

Louisiana Bill Would Allow Students and Faculty at Public Colleges to Carry Concealed Weapons on Campus

Politico now owns most misleading headline ever

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 04, 2011 27 Comments

The woman who accused Herman Cain of something and got a check from the National Restaurant Association is refusing to provide any details of her complaint even though the NRA released her from her confidentiality agreement. I repeat. The woman will not provide any facts or...

Cain accuser – now not willing to talk // Added: Politico and NY Times spin refusal as accuser “confirming” and “standing by” her complaint

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 04, 2011 24 Comments

That's the word I'm hearing. Even though the National Restaurant Association was willing to waive the confidentiality agreement. Updates: CNN reports: Joel Bennett, the attorney for one the women who has accused Herman Cain of sexual harassment, said Friday that his client "made a complaint in good...

The case (or not) against Herman Cain

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 04, 2011 21 Comments

So many are calling Cain a liar or worse for not remembering a second settlement with a woman whom he allegedly "sexually harassed." How could he not know of a settlement? Details are dribbling out which support the conclusion that Cain was not involved and would...

What 1.8 Billion People Do

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on November 04, 2011 15 Comments

My friend Zach linked to this amazing article this morning: The Shadow Superpower. In many countries -- particularly in the developing world -- System D [the black market] is growing faster than any other part of the economy, and it is an increasing force in world trade. But...

NRA should release everything, or nothing

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 04, 2011 19 Comments

One of the accusers against Herman Cain apparently has requested that she be relieved of the confidentiality agreement she entered into with the National Restaurant Association to the extent of releasing a statement setting forth her version of what happened over a decade ago, but not...

‘This was once a serious country’ – amended

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 04, 2011 13 Comments

From an op-ed in The Washington Times by Wesley Pruden, Herman Cain and innuendos: This was once a serious country with serious newspapers, back in the day when they were edited by serious editors and a man had the right to confront an accuser before she...

“Cain said, ‘Darling, do you mind doctoring my tea for me?’”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 04, 2011 27 Comments

It's 8:10 a.m. Eastern, November 4, 2011, five days into the Herman Cain Scandal, and finally we have facts.Steve Deace, an anti-Cain Iowa talk show host, has made headlines which seem to corroborate that Herman Cain is a cad, as dutifully reported by ABC News,...

I told you already, Si!

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 04, 2011 4 Comments

Thanks to a reader who writes: ...

Arrest in threats on Rep. Eric Cantor’s family

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 03, 2011 16 Comments

Eric Cantor has been a focus of verbal attacks from Democrats and the Obama administration, and has been singled out to be demonized as part of 2012 campaign strategy: NY Times: Eric Cantor Is the Democrats’ New Bogeyman Democratic Daily: Eric Cantor Becomes New Target For American Dream...

Smiting Righthaven

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 03, 2011 6 Comments

Donald Douglas recounts his tale of being sued by copyright-lawsuit factory Righthaven, Beating Righthaven. I was aware that Donald had been sued along with dozens of others for running the infamous photo of the TSA worker checking the junk of a passenger. I didn't blog about it because...

Libertarianism.org

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on November 03, 2011 5 Comments

I'm proud to announce the birth of a new website, libertarianism.org, a project of the Cato Institute. The site is a one-stop shop for the ideology. I've been combing through it all morning and there's really nothing quite as comprehensive in terms of scope. It spans...

“Can Man” put out of business