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Appeals Court Upholds No-Bond Detention Of Illegal Aliens In Huge Win For Trump

Red, White — and Ashamed? Team USA Skiers Bash the US

Are Nursing and Other “Caring” Professions a “Sink for Pathological Personalities”?

Let’s Get Real On Constitutional Amendments – And Stop Promising Them

Posted by Matthew Knee on September 13, 2011 11 Comments

Constitutional amendments are oddly popular these days in Republican circles: A Federal Marriage Amendment, a Balanced Budget Amendment, and a constitutional amendment banning abortion have all been part of either congressional proposals or presidential candidate promises. This is a mistake. Controversial issues such gay marriage, abortion,...

NY-9 Race May Be A Political Awakening In A Jewish Community – But Can These Conditions Be Duplicated?

Posted by Matthew Knee on September 13, 2011 12 Comments

Today, a special election will be held in New York's 9th congressional district to fill the seat vacated by disgraced dick pic enthusiast Anthony Wiener. The three polls released this month have Republican Bob Turner up about five or six points over Democrat David Weprin....

The American people can handle the truth about Obama’s phony jobs bill

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 13, 2011 14 Comments

There is a good reason Obama did not unveil his jobs bill prior to his jobs speech. It's because the jobs bill is not a jobs bill, it is the tax increase Obama has been hoping for since he was a candidate, taking $400 billion from people...

My Generation Never Lived In A World Without Terrorism

Posted by Matthew Knee on September 13, 2011 4 Comments

It seems the rest of the Generation Y crew has weighed in on this, so I figured I'd put in my two cents. My experience is more like Michael's than Kathleen's. Islamist terrorism was a real issue in the world grew up in. It was something...

Déjànnoying bumper sticker

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 13, 2011 1 Comment

Received this note and photo from reader Tom in Colorado: I saw this morning's post of the "Annoy a Liberal" bumper sticker spotted by Linda in Tennessee. She beat me to it! I saw this one (attached) on the way home just yesterday. It's a variant...

Immigration Judge Blocks Deportation of Anti-Israel Tufts Student

Viterbo University Instructs Staff to Lower Academic Expectations for Illegal Alien Students

Finalist for Columbia Middle East Teaching Job Participated in Anti-Israel Encampment at Princeton

New Hampshire House Passes Campus Carry Bill

American Medical Association Accused of Politicizing Continuing Education Courses

UCLA Fires DEI Director Over Charlie Kirk Comments

Republican / Tea Party Florida Debate (Added: End Game Probing Analysis

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 12, 2011 55 Comments

Will not be "live blogging" it, but will have some observations. Feel free to comment. At the 8:30 break: Great line by Newt, Obama scares seniors every day. He made a strong substantive point, which is that why should be have to live in a system where...

I don’t know any other “real world”

Posted by Michael Alan on September 12, 2011 5 Comments

None of my friends or relatives were directly affected by the attacks on September 11, 2001. I was just starting the fourth grade in North Carolina and, while I knew my parents were clearly worried about something, I didn't really understand what they were talking...

Call him, incorrigible

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 12, 2011 14 Comments

The Great Jobs Plan of 2011 is nothing more that The Great Tax Increase of 2011. He's completely incorrigible, the Rain Man of class warfare and tax increases on job creators: White House Office of Management and Budget Director Jack Lew outlined President Barack Obama's plan to...

Jindal for Perry

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 12, 2011 8 Comments

This strikes me as more significant than Pawlenty for Romney, because it represents the future of the Republican Party coming out for Perry, whereas Pawlenty in many ways represented the past. Via CNN: Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal is backing Rick Perry for president, a major endorsement...

The Real Hero of 9/11

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 12, 2011 17 Comments

The attacks on 9/11 separated the real heroes from the fake heroes. The Fake hero who comforted the grieving and raised a nation's spirits: The Fake hero who kept a city together: The Real Hero who walked barefoot over broken windows: It seems almost in bad taste to talk about dollars...

Pawlenty endorses Romney

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 12, 2011 19 Comments

In a post at NRO, praising Romney without bashing other Republican candidates: But he’s not only a family man, he is a man of principle. He believes in the bedrock conservative ideals of limited government and free enterprise. He will stand up for America’s allies when they...

Keep commemorating 9/11 and your mission will be accomplished

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 12, 2011 5 Comments

You could work hard and be happy. I'm certainly not against that. But if you really want to accomplish the goal of this bumper sticker, just keep commemorating 9/11. That annoys Paul Krugman and his many friends in the left-blogosphere more than anything. And if you weren't happy before,...

Ending 9/11+10 On A Hopeful Note

Posted by Matthew Knee on September 11, 2011 2 Comments

Last Thursday evening, some neighborhood teens put this up: "We'll Never Forget 9/11"...

Turkish cyberwar on Israel

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 11, 2011 9 Comments

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, having threated to have warships escort ships seeking to break the Gaza blockade, has walked back those comments, claiming he was taken out of context. But other Turks apparently are getting ready for another type of war with Israel: Turkish hackers...

Ten years later

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on September 11, 2011 20 Comments

The Financial District is on lockdown this morning, as one would expect on the anniversary of any act of war that attracts thousands to pay their respects where their loved ones died. A lot of my friends in the city have been posting their reflections...

I’m glad Krugman gave voice to it on this day

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 11, 2011 79 Comments

Paul Krugman has a shameful column today, shameful even by Krugman standards. Is it just me, or are the 9/11 commemorations oddly subdued? Actually, I don’t think it’s me, and it’s not really that odd. What happened after 9/11 — and I think even people on the right...