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Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 19, 2011 24 Comments

The Daily Caller is running a report that Michele Bachmann suffers from frequent severe migraines and is heavily medicated, rendering her incapacitated for days at a time.  The sourcing is entirely from anonymous former aides.  I don't know if the story is true, or even if...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 19, 2011 24 Comments

At least if this NY Times report that the prosecution failed to disclose that crucial computer evidence contradicted the prosecutors' trial claims is true: The Orange County Sheriff’s Office had used the software to validate its finding that Ms. Anthony had searched for information about chloroform...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 18, 2011 44 Comments

I'm only able to follow today's debt ceiling posturing and bickering on an infrequent basis.  Looks like Repulicans are looking for a single or double, something along the lines of modest spending cuts with no tax increase, with the 2012 presidential election to be the home run...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 18, 2011 47 Comments

As you know, I'm visiting here.  And one thing I've noticed is that there are quite a few homeless people. Why are the people of San Francisco so heartless?  They must all be Tea Party supporters. Why don't the politicians here care about the poor?  They must be Republicans. How can...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 18, 2011 41 Comments

Apparently not, according to John Hawkins, The slow, painful death of the independent, conservative blogosphere: Sure, there were a few outliers that took off: Hot Air, Redstate, and the Breitbart empire for example, but most conservative blogs have either grown insignificantly, stayed the same size, or...

Posted by Katie Thompson on July 18, 2011 7 Comments

The Candy Man, Big Government Edition. (Update: Sorry for the confusion, folks, Wordpress stripped the embed code out of the post for some reason. The link above will have to suffice. Hope you still enjoy it!)...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 18, 2011 7 Comments

Thanks to our very own Matt Knee who spotted this "vehicle" in the parking lot of a Judaica store in California: ...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 17, 2011 3 Comments

I have written often about the willingness of Islamists and Leftists to cooperate when it comes to an anti-Israel agenda.  That coalition has expanded its base from Europe and the United States to the birthplace of the Arab Spring: Early this month, the authority in charge...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 17, 2011 16 Comments

If you're wondering why things have been a little slow here, I'm in San Francisco visiting my daughter, who lives near this very tourist-y shot I took at Alamo Sq. Park: If I don't get some really good bumper sticker shots here, I'm going to demand my money...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 17, 2011 26 Comments

I don't talk much about law schools here.   I try not to bring work home, so to speak. But this article at The New York Times, Law School Economics: Ka-Ching!, is generating a lot of buzz: WITH apologies to show business, there’s no business like the business...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 17, 2011 11 Comments

I admit it, I haven't been following the break-up of The Sudan.   But now there is a South Sudan, and it isn't your father's Sudan.  Among other things, South Sudan will be  quick to establish relations with Israel: South Sudan, already recognised by Israel, will forge relations with...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 17, 2011 8 Comments

But we'll try our best. Thanks to frequent commenter DINORightMarie for this photo taken in Virginia: ...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 16, 2011 26 Comments

Taking wasted energy from auto traffic and turning it into electricity sounds hard to believe, but these Israeli researchers may be onto something (h/t LukeHandCool): Scientists in Israel say they have invented a way of turning traffic into electricity. The bright sparks at the country's Technion Institute of Technology...

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