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Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 02, 2011 44 Comments

by the behavior of numerous "conservatives" and "libertarians" on Twitter dancing on Herman Cain's (presumed) political grave. Let's sum up the "facts" as they are known right now.  Mostly unnamed people accused Herman Cain of unspecified conduct which some people who will not specify the people or...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 20, 2011 76 Comments

I haven't posted about the Twitter and blog war which broke out over a clip of Mike Tyson trash talking Sarah Palin in very explicit and violent sexual ways, although I did spotlight Dan Riehl's post about it as Post of the Day. The controversy is...

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 February 27, 2011 14 Comments

In the aftermath of the overthrow of the Mubarak regime in Egypt, Eugene Robinson of The Washington Post penned a meme which has become common among the mainstream media and left-blogosphere, that The GOP loves freedom, but not for Egypt:The conservative mantra has been: Obama...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 24, 2011 0 Comments

Well worth the read, Doug Mataconis:We Must Stop Those Evil Koch Brothers From Helping Expand Individual Liberty.--------------------------------------------Follow me on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTubeVisit the Legal Insurrection Shop on CafePress!...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 13, 2011 29 Comments

Medical malpractice tort reform is one of those supposed remedies frequently mentioned as a cure to lowering health care costs.  Currently being debated is H.R. 5 (most recent mark up here) which would create a federal medical malpractice reform modeled on what has taken place...

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on February 10, 2011 13 Comments

You get the empty room. (H/T Conor Rogers at Spark by The Politicizer):"Former Senator Rick Santorum ripped into Sarah Palin earlier this week for choosing supposed financial gain over attending CPAC. A friend sends over this (iPhone) photo of an embarrassingly empty Santorum speech. Perhaps...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 05, 2011 9 Comments

Thanks to reader James for the link to this chart by Nate Silver, showing where Silver believes various potential Republian candidates fall on a sliding scale of insider/outsider and conservative/moderate:Sweet spot, or mushy middle?If it is any help, here's how Silver describes Pawlenty's position:Tim Pawlenty...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 03, 2011 12 Comments

Not long after starting this blog I received an e-mail from Mark Finkelstein, who writes for Newsbusters, and for a while, at his own blog, Finkelblog.Mark invited me on his long-running conservative talk show, The Right Angle, which had been on local Ithaca cable TV...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 31, 2011 51 Comments

I'm late to this, but the story has not received a lot of coverage in the conservative blogosphere.  Paul Mirengoff of Power Line blog no longer is of Power Line blog.Mirengoff is an attorney at Akin Gump, a big law firm with a large presence in Washington,...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 26, 2011 15 Comments

Mark Tapscott at The Washington Examiner posted yesterday Why Mike Pence Should Run For President.A Google search reveals that there are a number of others also urging Pence to run.Pence has a self-imposed end of January deadline to decide.  So before he opts out of...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 20, 2011 38 Comments

I wrote yesterday about John Hinderaker's post at Powerline, Sarah Palin for President, Forget About It.While Hinderaker does not respond to my post, he does respond today to a reader letter which made many of the points I made.  Hinderaker's response is a call for realism,...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 14, 2011 67 Comments

Obama's speech at the Tucson memorial was an opportunity thrust upon him, not one of choice.But the tone of the speech was consistent in many ways with the Obama 2.0 we saw during the lame duck session when Obama struck a tax deal with Republicans. ...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 04, 2011 11 Comments

More dumbed-down talk about the Constitution from Tea Parties liberal columnists, this time Amanda Terkel (formerly of Think Progress) writing at HuffPo with the headline:Scalia: Women Don't Have Constitutional Protection Against Discrimination Gee, Scalia must hate women.Except that the headline is a good example of a...

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