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Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on December 26, 2010 7 Comments
Today we’re running a guest column from Michael Alan, a freshman in Cornell’s school of Industrial and Labor Relations (ILR). Michael is a contributor to the Cornell Review, and hails from Lewisburg, PA. The Albany Times-Union reported last week that the records from NY Governor...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 25, 2010 4 Comments
Merry Christmas to my readers.  Enjoy the day while, once again, I defend the internet for you! Here are some thoughts for the day, in no particular order: Self-fulfilling prophecy.  Charles, we get it, the lame duck was not good, but your repeated columns about the...

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on December 03, 2010 9 Comments
When I first came to Ithaca, I knew I’d be in a liberal college town. I was fine with that, after all, I was coming from the most liberal college city (New York, NY). Amidst all the “fair trade” (what was unfair about trade in...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 26, 2010 16 Comments
I have written many times before about the risks of organizing a boycott, and I have detailed the many boycotts which have failed in the last two years. The “National Opt-Out Day” protest, in which air travelers were to opt out of the full body...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 22, 2010 9 Comments
One of the mysteries of political life is why the Democrats insist on playing class warfare even though the tactic has not worked in multiple elections (Virginia, New Jersey, Massachusetts, the November mid-terms) since Obama’s election. A study, Inequality and the Dynamics of Public Opinion: The...

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on November 22, 2010 17 Comments
As a disclaimer, I promise this is my last post on the TSA. Senator Jay Rockefeller, a champion of the freedom of expression, has joined the ranks of bureaucratic geniuses who believe the TSA is the bee’s knees.* TSA chief John Pistole received assurance from...

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on November 20, 2010 2 Comments
On Thursday evening the Cornell speaker series entitled “Freedom & Free Societies” hosted Richard Fontaine. Fontaine is probably best known for being John McCain’s foreign policy advisor for about five years, including 2008, but he also boasts a post at the Center for a New...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 17, 2010 12 Comments
In response to my post calling out leftist Jewish bloggers for stoking charges of dual loyalty againt American Jewish supporters of Israel, M.J. Rosenberg of Media Matters (one of the bloggers mentioned in my post) tweets that I’m just a tribalist: Pathetic. ——————————————–Follow me on...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 10, 2010 17 Comments
As you know, I’ve been a little out of pocket the past couple of days hanging out at the hospital.  Nice to see that things have remained calm in my absence. My wife had some surgery at a wonderful hospital in Boston with an equally wonderful surgeon.  I...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 04, 2010 28 Comments
As I’ve discussed with readers many times in the past, I frequently think about the direction in which to take this blog.  For the most part reader feedback has been “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it,” and I’ve taken that feedback to heart. No flashing lights...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 20, 2010 49 Comments
The mainstream media and blogosphere have erupted because in a radio debate Christine O’Donnell appeared to dispute whether “separation of church and state” was required by the First Amendment.  (O’Donnell’s campaign walked back the position after the debate, saying O’Donnell merely meant that the words...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 14, 2010 17 Comments
Because any debate moderated by the MSM is going to be a game of gotcha directed at the Republican candidate.  I just can’t stand to watch these things anymore. And so it appears I was right.  Jim Geraghty, who was no Christine O’Donnell fan during...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 10, 2010 10 Comments
Could this be the year in which I completely shed myself of the dubious distinction of splitting the year between Congressional Districts controlled by Patrick Kennedy and Maurice Hinchey? We know Patrick is gone, but are recent reports (via HotAir) of Hinchey’s demise accurate? First,...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 08, 2010 10 Comments
I posted yesterday about Jon Ralston, the high-profile Nevada political reporter and talk show host, and an exchange I had with him regarding whether he was accusing Sharron Angle of “race-baiting” over a television ad Angle ran on illegal immigration.  When I pointed out that Ralston appeared to...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 19, 2010 3 Comments
Around the time of the ruling in U.S. v. Arizona, I received several e-mails and comments from readers wondering why the District Court had jurisdiction, in light of Article III, Section 2 of the Constitution (emphasis mine): … In all cases affecting ambassadors, other public ministers...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 09, 2010 11 Comments
Ted Olson obviously is a very good lawyer. In the past, that very good lawyer — and his allegiance to conservative values — has been viewed by liberals as the devil incarnate because of his role in winning Bush v. Gore. Now that very good...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 17, 2010 12 Comments
There is so much wrong with how Barack Obama has handled the Gulf oil spill, it’s almost hard to know where to begin. Put aside the ineptitude of the approval process and clean up response. For today, I’m focusing on the tentative settlement with BP....
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