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Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 29, 2010 4 Comments

Markos Moulitsas, the founder of Daily Kos, has accused Research 2000 of defrauding Daily Kos in conducting research polling.The accusation is about as inflammatory as one can get. For professional pollsters, a reputation for fairness and accuracy is everything.The damage to Research 2000 will be...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 25, 2010 4 Comments

...Derived from the Yiddish Kozebupkes: Bupkis(History of L'Affaire Weigel here, and of the secretive JournoList here)--------------------------------------------Follow me on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 21, 2010 1 Comment

If you were around here Saturday, you would have seen my post regarding this blog's first fundraising drive. You also may notice that I've added "Donate" buttons in the left sidebar.My hope is to get professional help (boy, do I need it) ...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 19, 2010 11 Comments

As those of you who have been following this blog for a while know, I have long contemplated changes to the blog to make it more user friendly.Every time I try to think through a change, I put it aside because I really, really have...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 18, 2010 2 Comments

The Times of London and the Sunday Times are among my favorite sources of news, and I have linked to them very frequently.But now I must say good-bye.Beginning a couple of days ago, The Times group turned off the free TimesOnline and went behind a...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 13, 2010 11 Comments

One of my daughters is graduating college today. And she has a job! So one less tuition to pay, and she's almost off my payroll. It feels like 5 O'clock, all day: -------------------------------------------- Related Posts: Sunday Morning Dance Party Early Sunday Morning In New York Follow me on Twitter and Facebook ...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 08, 2010 3 Comments

He put his son's education ahead of a blockbuster blog post, Rabbi sat on Thomas scoop as webmaster-son took exams:When veteran journalist Helen Thomas made inflammatory remarks about Israel, the comments weren't captured by a major news organization. Instead, a rabbi and his 17-year-old son...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 07, 2010 6 Comments

John Hawkins uses a highly scientific (this quarter), extraordinarily accurate (this quarter), exquisitely methodical (this quarter) formula for picking his quarterly Top 40 Best Conservative Blogs.Given that science prevailed (this quarter), Legal Insurrection is ranked No. 13.--------------------------------------------Follow me on Twitter and Facebook...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 05, 2010 3 Comments

With news that blogger Nate Silver has been hired by The NY Times, and with the dream of an independent progressive blogosphere fading as fast as Obama's approval ratings, I wondered whether The NY Times would hire me to blog for it. Unlikely. My first post...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 03, 2010 10 Comments

So says Chris Bowers of OpenLeft, on the occasion of the hiring of Nate Silver by The New York Times (what possibly could go wrong?):Only five years ago, the progressive political blogosphere was still predominately a gathering place for amateur (that is, unpaid or barely...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 27, 2010 11 Comments

The Atlantic Magazine thought it would be able to speak poetic historical justice, by splashing the headline that the original reviled one, Kenneth Starr of Monica and Bill and Blue Dress and Impeachment fame, had been arrested for running a Ponzi Scheme.Oh, the deep, deep...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 20, 2010 3 Comments

No one could have seen this coming. From The New York Times, Voter Insurrection Turns Mainstream, Creating New Rules (emphasis mine):But to suggest that this week’s primaries are just part of the latest revolt against incumbency, brought on by pervasive economic angst, is to...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 05, 2010 4 Comments

That is why my first reads in the morning are Politico:And Chris Cillizza: Without them, I wouldn't know what to think.-------------------------------------------- Follow me on Twitter and Facebook ...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 05, 2010 17 Comments

I saw a thread on Memeorandum linking to a ridiculous post, titled Bush, Slave Labor and Arizona, by the founder and Editor of BuzzFlash.com, Mark Karlin.BuzzFlash bills itself as a progressive online community, which probably is why I had not heard of it before, despite...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 19, 2010 3 Comments

DEBKAfile is an Israeli website which focuses on intelligence, military affairs, and Middle East politics. It is a must-read and is on my list of "Blogs I Read" in the left sidebar.The site frequently breaks information about various intriques which we read about in the...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 09, 2010 8 Comments

Definitely a day of F.O.M.S. (fear of missing something). I couldn't hit the blog during the day today because of meetings, and while I was away, the whole world freaked out.Resignations, arguments, threats, more resignations, and then some:Obama debated Sarah Palin on nuclear weapons strategy,...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 02, 2010 2 Comments

McClatchy reporter William Douglas was instrumental in spreading the claim that protesters at the Capitol shouted racial epithets at Congressmen.As Jack Cashill at American Thinker documents, Douglas either was a speed writer of epic proportions, or Douglas pre-wrote much of the article in advance. You...

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