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Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 13, 2011 31 Comments
As you know, I’m highly skeptical of polls showing Jews turning against Obama in substantial numbers.  So, in what may be a first, I’ll have to agree with the Plum Line guys, Greg Sargent and Adam Serwer, about Jews and Obama. Jews are not going to vote...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 11, 2011 19 Comments
That’s the question I have, because the French obviously have different rules than we do (h/t Israel Matzav): Syrians loyal to President Bashar Assad stormed the US and French embassies in Damascus on Monday. The crowds managed to break into and enter the American compound,...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 09, 2011 29 Comments
Don’t spy on the labels on wine bottles ordered by people at tables near you, because it’s none of your business. Don’t then look up the price on the wine list, because it’s none of your business. Don’t then calculate how long a family of four...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 25, 2011 43 Comments
Not a fan of Ed Rollins, but you know that.  I guess this qualifies as Part 3 of the “Hey Ed Rollins, you deal with it” series. More than not being a fan of Ed Rollins, I keep questioning why Michele Bachmann started her campaign by having...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 22, 2011 15 Comments
Newt’s campaign has its troubles. But there’s no reason to pile on Newt because of the Tiffany’s credit line story.  That’s just how the media does it; what difference does it make how he spends his money as long as it’s legal, nothing that touches...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 20, 2011 3 Comments
Or is it “takes off”?  Whatever, two of my favorite bloggers, Dan Collins and Joy McCann, have launched The Conservatory: The Conservatory is meant to be a lot more than a news-aggregation site: it’s intended to provide free-market types with a sense of community, which...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 20, 2011 7 Comments
This is almost as good as Ann Althouse having the union protests right outside her window. Netroots Nation, attended by all of my very good blog-friends, will be held in Providence! All the nutroots in my home state and not far from my house in...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 19, 2011 32 Comments
Now that the new blog is up and running, and mostly bug free (you never really know for sure until you turn it live no matter how much testing you do), I’m getting all reflective and stuff about blogging. I don’t regret starting with Blogger....

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 17, 2011 40 Comments
I’ve told the story of how Legal Insurrection got started before, but I’ll give it a little more flavor. Prior to starting this blog, I was completely non-political.  I may have donated small amounts of money to a handful of candidates, but I was not...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 14, 2011 50 Comments
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has just released a decision (here) overturning Judge Sumi’s ruling invalidating the Wisconsin collective bargaining bill. Some key language from the ruling, which overturned Judge Sumi’s rulings both procedurally (for interfering in the legislative process) and substantively (there was no violation...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 12, 2011 11 Comments
Rachel Maddow is the superstar of the MSNBC stable and hero of the liberal Democratic base, called the smartest and best talk show host on television.. So what did she do Friday night in the segment about the Palin e-mails?  She highlighted an e-mail sent...

Posted by Michael Alan on June 10, 2011 7 Comments
(by Michael Alan) By now you’ve probably heard veteran campaign strategist Ed Rollins’ comments about Sarah Palin: Sarah has not been serious over the last couple of years. She got the vice presidential thing handed to her. She didn’t go to work in the sense...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 06, 2011 3 Comments
… Those were the days, my friendWe thought they’d never endWe’d sing and dance forever and a dayWe’d live the life we chooseWe’d fight and never loseFor we were young and sure to have our wayLa la la la la laLa la la la la...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 05, 2011 6 Comments
On Friday the Syrian army killed 63 Syrian protesters against the Assad regime. As before, Assad tried to deflect international attention by sending Palestinians to try to crash the border fence on the Golan Heights, with predictable results that Israel did not allow them to...
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