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Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 21, 2010 16 Comments

Ezra Klein, who organized the Journolist and now blogs at The Washington Post, declares that the expose by The Daily Caller has descended from tragedy into farce.The proof? Klein feels that The Daily Caller is not disclosing enough of the e-mails, which Klein feels would...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 20, 2010 14 Comments

I'll admit it, I was wrong about The Daily Caller when I called it a failure several months ago.In the past months The Daily Caller has done a good job on a variety of issues, particularly exposing the Journolist, a group of liberal mainstream media...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 13, 2010 9 Comments

The headlines regarding The Washington Post-ABC News poll just released focus on the finding that Confidence In Obama Reaches New Low.I certainly understand why that is the headline, but only if one digs deep into the actual polling data does one get a true picture...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 11, 2010 15 Comments

In an upcoming issue of The Weekly Standard, Bill Kristol pens an editorial in which he argues that while "we are not not now quite at a founding moment, or even a re-founding moment," we are approaching a point of political crisis which will be...

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

And I thought Ithaca had bumper stickers gone wild fever.  A reader (the Good Doctor) sent a link to this photo of a car from Oregon:Is it time for a Bumper Stickers from Hell contest?  Would there be a better name for the contest?-------------------------------------------- Related Posts:Rip Van Bumper...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 08, 2010 14 Comments

Unlike some, I have not devoted myself to studying the writings of Glenn Greenwald. Others have devoted the time, because Greenwald has such a large following at Salon.com.I did, however, write about Greenwald's absurd coverage of the Islamist-inspired, Turkish-led Gaza flotilla, particularly Greenwald's offensive use...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 05, 2010 1 Comment

Duh:Conservatives Are More Than Twice as Likely as Liberals to Be Strongly Patriotic, Says Gallup Poll: "Conservatives are more than twice as likely as liberals to express very strong patriotism, according to a new USA Today/Gallup poll in which 48 percent of conservatives said they...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 04, 2010 4 Comments

Ronald Reagan's final speech as President, sometimes known as the "Shining City Upon A Hill" speech. But the speech was so much more. Incredible foresight on the eradication of the American memory (at 2:50), coming true before our very eyes. -------------------------------------------- Related Posts: Now "Presidential Scholars" Befool Themselves Reagan on...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 29, 2010 8 Comments

(Please try not to fall asleep while reading this post.)There is something profoundly depressing about the nomination of Elena Kagan.Kagan has an impressive resume. But ...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 27, 2010 6 Comments

...[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NO13_tJ6x44]Update: A reader e-mailed me as follows:While Biden’s remark demonstrates the hubris of the Governing Class, Obama’s Ex-Im Bank Board takes the food off their tables.See: http://www.jsonline.com/business/97225544.htmlWherein, for POLITICAL and IDEOLOGICAL reasons alone, a Milwaukee success story may lose 1,000 employees AND a $600++ million...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 25, 2010 7 Comments

Conservatives are a dying breed and the Republican Party needs to move to the center, according to a paper published by the liberal Center for American Progress, sugar daddy of Think Progress and other liberal media message outlets. CAP published this report because it really,...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 19, 2010 13 Comments

Alan Simpson, unlike Bob Etheridge, stayed and answered questions during a hostile ambush interview, and gave the questioner, Alex Lawson of Social Security Works (filming for Firedoglake's "live stream") an earful about the fallacies behind left-wing attacks on reforming Social Security and lowering the deficit.Lawson...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 10, 2010 14 Comments

I would like to pronounce the left-wing mockery of Sarah Palin's supposed breast enlargement surgery as the final nail in the coffin of liberal feminism.But there are no nails left.They all have been used in prior liberal misogyny directed at Sarah Palin.Sarah Palin killed and...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 06, 2010 5 Comments

Greta Berlin, one of the leaders of the Gaza flotilla, is one of the crazy anti-Israeli loons who inhabit many of the "peace" groups organized around the country for the sole purpose of attacking everything Israel does.A good round-up of Berlin's history is at Solomonia.Here...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 03, 2010 4 Comments

The rise of Islamist Turkey, and its deliberate and calculated instigation of a crisis in the Middle East, is reminiscent of the time period prior to the fall of the Shah of Iran.The Turkish Islamists know exactly what they are doing by precipitating a crisis...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 01, 2010 6 Comments

The government of Israel is upset that the operation to intercept the Turkish-backed flotilla ended up with the loss of several lives.Lack of proper operational planning, the almost ridiculous initial use of too little force (paint balls) and the failure to clear the decks of...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 27, 2010 9 Comments

There is a must read article at City Journal by author Claire Berlinski, A Hidden History of Evil - Why doesn’t anyone care about the unread Soviet archives?:In the world’s collective consciousness, the word “Nazi” is synonymous with evil. It is widely understood that the...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 24, 2010 4 Comments

One of the difficulties of adhering to constitutional federalism is that liberals always, always want to use conservative acknowledgement of any acceptable role for the federal government as an excuse to require federal government control of just about everything. The slope is very slippery, indeed.In...

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