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Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 04, 2012 32 Comments
Debbie Wasserman-Schultz was interviewed by Doug McIntyre of California radio station 790 KABC regarding Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, who was named Chairman of the Democratic National Convention. McIntyre ripped into Villaraigosa’s record, to which Wasserman-Schultz responded: “I really find your comments disappointing and borderline offensive.”...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 04, 2012 82 Comments
on what basis would sex-selective abortion be regulated? I previously highlighted the problem, When A Woman’s Right To Choose Results In Fewer Women – In The U.S. Via James Pethokoukis comes this article about the spread of sex-selective abortion in the U.S.,  Unwelcome import: Sex selective...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 20, 2012 5 Comments
Blogger Gina Cobb passed away at the end of last year, as announced in this January 21, 2012, blog post from her family: It is with tremendous sadness and sorrow that the family announces the recent passing of Gina Cobb. She departed very peacefully to her...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 19, 2012 22 Comments
Glenn Greenwald had a post Friday titled Billionaire Romney donor uses threats to silence critics. The post concerns Frank VanderSloot, an Idaho businessman who Greenwald alleges bullies political opponents by threatening frivolous defamation and copyright suits.  I don’t know if VanderSloot is guilty as charged by...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 15, 2012 35 Comments
One of my big regrets is not making more of a connection with Alan Dershowitz while in law school. I didn’t take any of his classes, but I did have some interaction with him since he was the faculty advisor to the Jewish Law Students Association. ...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 14, 2012 39 Comments
Yesterday, the editors of National Review called on Newt to drop out of the race in favor of Santorum: When he led Santorum in the polls, he urged the Pennsylvanian to leave the race. On his own arguments the proper course for him now is to...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 12, 2012 74 Comments
I previously posted about Rick Santorum’s endorsement in 2004 of Arlen Specter against a challenge from Pat Toomey, in what was a precursor to the Tea Party v. Establishment fights to come. One of the unintended consequences of Specter’s reelection was that in 2009 Specter switched...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 11, 2012 25 Comments
I posted earlier in the week about the Super Bowl commercial run by Pete Hoekstra, who is running for Senate from Michigan against Debbie Stabenow. The commercial was part of a DebbieSpendItNow.com campaign highlighting the loss of jobs in Michigan to countries like China. The url now redirects...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 07, 2012 82 Comments
More to follow. The decision is embedded below. The Court essentially used a bootstrap argument — that since there was a prior right to samesex marriage (based on a California Supreme Court decision which gave rise to Prop. 8 ) — the taking away of...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 06, 2012 16 Comments
Tomorrow will be a big legal day, as the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has pre-announced that it will release its decision in the Prop. 8 – California same-sex marriage case: The Court anticipates filing an opinion tomorrow (Tuesday, February 7) by 10:00 a.m. in...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 18, 2012 45 Comments
So Obama is going to kill the Keystone XL pipeline from Canada, pending apparently another route being drawn up.  Which means that he has killed it dead, because any route is going to be met with objection and delay. Instead, let’s build more of the...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 24, 2011 1 Comment
After losses in Colorado, Illinois and a devastating scam pulled in California, Republicans have won redistricting battles in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. In New Jersey, an incumbent Dem will have to run in a majority Republican district, and several other Republicans shed Democratic communities in...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 06, 2011 14 Comments
Wow, just wow. Republican Mark Reed is running for Congress in California’s 30th District against Democratic Congressmen Brad Sherman and Howard Berman in a new district resulting from redistricting.  Reed is a conservative, Tea Party backer. Reed is making a big deal about the Obama administration’s policy...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 22, 2011 11 Comments
Steve Haywood at Power Line (h/t Instapundit) has a good post pointing out how the Occupy movement moved quickly from Woodstock to Altamont: Numerous observers have pointed out how the media and liberals (sorry for the redundancy) lavished sympathy on Occupy Wall Street until it...
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