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Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 28, 2009 11 Comments
TMZ fell for a hoax regarding a supposed photo of JFK on a boat with lots of naked women. Before the hoax was revealed, Andrew Sullivan authored a post on the subject, which has been pulled completely. Here is what remains on Sullivan’s blog: The...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 28, 2009 1 Comment
“You’re doing a heck of a job, Brownie Janet Reno Napolitano” [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dudHzY5Qigw] ——————————————–Related Posts:About That “Firecracker”Not So Scary Terror?Terrorist Attacks Plane, Think Progress Attacks Pete Hoekstra Follow me on Twitter and Facebook

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 23, 2009 18 Comments
One idea being floated on the internet is a “National Strike” on January 20, 2010, to protest Obama’s State of the Union address in light of the irresponsible health care legislation and out-of-control spending. I completely sympathize with the emotion behind the idea. But the...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 17, 2009 4 Comments
From The Boston Herald: Republican Senate hopeful Scott Brown has filed a state ethics complaint after a report that a union backing rival Martha Coakley used state resources to urge workers to volunteer for her campaign. After Brown’s complaint Wednesday, the operations director of Service...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 14, 2009 4 Comments
Not content to call upon the Susan G. Komen Foundation to fire Hadassah Lieberman, Jane Hamsher now is trying to organize secondary pressure on the Komen Foundation through various celebrities who are involved with the organization. The online Petition states: As I said before, it’s...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 09, 2009 7 Comments
No one gives Scott Brown, the Republican primary winner, much chance at defeating Martha Coakley, the Democratic nominee. It’s Massachusetts, and it’s to fill Ted Kennedy’s seat. But keep an eye on Massachusetts. It’s a special election, and turnout could be low as it was...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 17, 2009 9 Comments
See Update below——————————————- Politico is one of the class acts in internet news to which I link frequently, and Ben Smith is a justifiably respected commentator at Politico. Which is why it pains me to have to point out that yesterday Smith unfairly smeared Robert...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 20, 2009 1 Comment
The NY Times wants John Corzine, who never met an election he couldn’t buy, to defeat Chris Christie in the NJ Governor’s race. So the Times is back to its old (never really changed) self, engaging in a hatchet job masquerading as news close to...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 11, 2009 3 Comments
FreedomWorks, which had the temerity and meanness of spirit to encourage people to attend town hall meetings, was subjected to an organized attempt to jam its phone lines, much like happened to the Republican National Committee. FreedomWorks has published the audio files of some of...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 24, 2009 2 Comments
Leave it to The NY Times to create a faux historical context to absolve Barack Obama of criticism over Obama’s statement that the Cambridge Police acted “stupidly” with regard to the arrest of Henry Louis Gates, Jr. What faux historical context, you ask? The Times...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 06, 2009 20 Comments
Week-by-week, world event-by-world event, the public humiliation of Hillary Clinton is taking place right before our eyes. Actually, not before our eyes. Hillary has gone missing. There was a time when United States Secretaries of State were front and center in foreign policy making and...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 07, 2009 19 Comments
Conservative blogger Ed Whelan “outed” an anonymous liberal blogger who penned under the name Publius. Turns out Publius is a junior law professor who was afraid that revealing his identity would jeopardize his career prospects and family relationships. While Publius worried about the reaction of...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 15, 2009 40 Comments
Liberals love to quote Sinclair Lewis’ line that “when fascism comes to America, it will be draped in the flag and carrying a cross.” Lewis was wrong. We have had the flag and Christianity for over 200 years, but we have not had fascism. To...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 12, 2009 4 Comments
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has a great intellect, but her interview with The New York Times on the issue of foreign law reveals a view of the role of the Court which is odd. The controversy surrounding citing foreign law and foreign judicial...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 18, 2009 9 Comments
I am pleased to introduce The Official Guide To Obama Kitsch. Kitsch is a word of Germanic origin which denotes something that is in poor taste, tacky, pretentious, cheap or trashy. In order to qualify, the product must (1) feature the name or likeness of...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 15, 2009 9 Comments
Just a little true anecdote on how the “rich” cutting back is hurting the “not rich.” My wife went to a hair salon last Friday. The salon is located on the East Side of Providence, Rhode Island, near Brown University. This is the premier neighborhood...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 10, 2009 5 Comments
Adding to the disrespect shown visiting British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, the Brits are upset once again because the U.S. Department of Treasury is not answering their phone calls on preparations for the upcoming G20 Summit: The head of the civil service, Sir Gus [O’Donnell]...
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