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Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 29, 2009 2 Comments

"Mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the midday sun," so said Noel Coward.*So must it seem to Barack Obama and the leading Democrats who are trying to force through a vote on health care "reform" without anyone having a fair opportunity to read the...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 28, 2009 4 Comments

Gary Margolis, Executive Director of College Mental Health Services and Associate Professor in the English Department at Middlebury College in Vermont was moved to pen a poem in support of Henry Louis Gates, Jr. The poem was titled "Ajar" and was published at the Boston...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 28, 2009 2 Comments

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 24, 2009 15 Comments

I hope the Cambridge Police Department releases the 911 call which reported a burglary in progress at the home of Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gate, Jr., and the subsequent radio calls from Sgt. James Crowley. Add to that, all witness accounts, including by the two...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 23, 2009 1 Comment

William F. Buckley, Jr. famously said:I am obliged to confess I should sooner live in a society governed by the first two thousand names in the Boston telephone directory than in a society governed by the two thousand faculty members of Harvard University. Reflecting on...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 22, 2009 25 Comments

I guess I owe something of an apology to Huffington Post blogger Martha St. Jean who wrote yesterday about the arrest of Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr.:I believe Gates did what anyone would do, he yelled at the officer, probably called him a few...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 22, 2009 8 Comments

"Keep your laws off my body" has been a rallying cry of liberals, and the pro-choice movement in particular, for decades. The concept is that medical procedures are so intensely personal that government, regardless of its intent, should not be involved in the decisions.Yet when...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 16, 2009 29 Comments

Yes, the Senate should vote Yes on the nomination of Sonia Sotomayor to be the next Justice of the United States Supreme Court. The main reason I reach this conclusion is that there is no compelling reason to vote no.I watched about half of Sotomayor's...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 16, 2009 1 Comment

This video has been active on the internet because the head of the National Black Chamber of Commerce took offense to Barbara Boxer's condescending attitudeBut at least Boxer held her temper, even though the witness repeatedly called her "ma'am," in contrast to when Boxer chewed...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 16, 2009 2 Comments

The Drudge Report links today to a Craigslist-San Francisco ad (right) by the Fund for the Public Interest, Inc. (formerly known as the Fund for Public Interest Research, Inc., referred to as The Fund), seeking people willing to help the "CAMPAIGN TO FIX THE HIGH...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 14, 2009 16 Comments

From a journalism student at the University of Oregon (via Instapundit):When I began examining the political affiliation of faculty at the University of Oregon, the lone conservative professor I spoke with cautioned that I would "make a lot of people unhappy." Though I mostly brushed...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 10, 2009 23 Comments

Sarah Palin's announcement that she will resign as Governor of Alaska has kicked off a new round of attacks on Palin's intelligence and integrity from pundits on both sides of the political spectrum. For most of the commentators, the resignation signals an end to Palin's...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 07, 2009 8 Comments

One of my enlightened readers from Seattle has a solution to save the planet. He took time out of his busy day to share the secret with me. And since this secret is so important, I will share the advice with you:Have a nice life,...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 12, 2009 6 Comments

From Tim Blair down under:According to a source on the scene, New Orleans mayor Ray Nagin – in Sydney after being released from quarantine – tonight told guests at a United States Studies Centre dinner that he feared he would be assassinated by the Secret...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 20, 2009 10 Comments

We are in the process of nationalizing and/or federalizing vast stretches of our economy, including the auto industry, banks, and health care. Individual property rights have taken a back seat to political priorities.I am against this trampling of individual property rights, which are the foundation...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 12, 2009 2 Comments

His name is George McGovern. He was a war hero, who earned the Distinguished Flying Cross in World War II. He also ran for President once upon a time. And has been a liberal icon for decades due to his opposition to the Vietnam War.He's...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 12, 2009 10 Comments

On the controversy surrounding Miss California's statement at the Miss USA pageant that she believes marriage should be between a man and a woman, Donald Trump embarrassed those in Hollywood and the left-wing blogosphere who tried to portray her answer as hate speech or bigoted....

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 06, 2009 9 Comments

You've been a bad boy, Arlen Specter. After all we did for you; making you Chair of the Judiciary Committee when we had the majority, and minority leader of the committee when we were in the minority. Supporting you against Pat Toomey five years ago....

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