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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 3 Comments

As thanks to the international community for supporting Hamas in breaking the Israeli military blockade, Hamas has looted and shut down the offices of international Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) [added: including some affiliated with the U.N.] which provide services to poor and needy Palestinians:Hamas’s security forces...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 03, 2010 3 Comments

Not the good Glenn, the bad Glenn, feat. C.G.Via Powerline via Potluck:[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOGG_osOoVg]--------------------------------------------Related Posts:How About Some Honesty From The Useful Idiots?Soldiers With Pens In The Information War Against IsraelPallywood Meets The Gaza Blockade (Or, "Did You Hear The One About How Palestinians Can't Eat Chocolate?")Follow me...

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

I have been sounding the warning over Turkey since January 2009. Now that Turkey has instigated a confrontation with Israel, it is important to keep Turkey's greater game in mind.Caroline Glick (h/t Instapundit) explains it quite well.Glick makes another important point, which is that alongside...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 26, 2010 9 Comments

Travel plans once again took me away from the world most of the day, but I did catch a glimpse of Dave Weigel's piece, Sarah Palin's strange, unprofessional and paranoid grudge, in which he excoriates Sarah Palin for complaining that a reporter writing a book...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 24, 2010 2 Comments

Howard Kurtz of The Washington Post profiles Chuck Todd of NBC News, NBC's Chuck Todd: White House correspondent, anchor, blogger, twitterer:"Chuckie T," as he's sometimes called, is an unabashed political junkie from Miami who fed his habit during 15 years at the news digest Hotline....

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 18, 2010 25 Comments

If you don't know what "it" is, then go back to sleep.If you do know what "it" is, I'd be interested in your thoughts.Because "good journalism" isn't quite satisfying."Guilty conscience"?"Atoning for sins"?"Providing cover"?Update 5-19-2010 - Here is the punch line to the editorial in The...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 18, 2010 8 Comments

The bullying by Congressional committees of various unpopular industries has taken on warp speed.But in a very disturbing new tactic, Congressional Democrats specifically are targeting a sponsor of conservative media shows, particularly the Glenn Beck Show, on a flimsy pretext: Forget Goldman. New York Rep....

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 16, 2010 10 Comments

The evidence mounts of bungled permitting, delays in response, and understating the impact:U.S. Said to Allow Drilling Without Needed Permits - "Those approvals, federal records show, include one for the well drilled by the Deepwater Horizon rig, which exploded on April 20, killing 11 workers...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 16, 2010 6 Comments

He just can't wrap his mind around it. So he sinks ever deeper into his belief that we fail to understand.But in fact, it is he who fails to understand:Is “Left” becoming a four-letter word? You’d think so lately with each day bringing more news...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 14, 2010 17 Comments

It must be scary to be who they are.One day, we are totalitarian control freaks who want to post police at every ice cream shop to check for papers.The next day, we are pseudo-anarchists who want no government at all.Today, apparently, we are anarchists in...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 08, 2010 8 Comments

This is the latest in a series on the use of the race card for political gain:Charles Blow, the NY Times' once-a-week "visual Op-Ed columnist," is out to make a name for himself. Much like Frank Rich, who jumped from theater critic to political flame...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 06, 2010 7 Comments

Hate Springs Eternal, by Paul Krugman (emphasis mine):"Racism, misogyny and character assassination are all ways of distracting voters from the issues, and people who care about the issues have a shared interest in making the politics of hatred unacceptable."Racism, misogyny, character assassination, and the politics...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 05, 2010 18 Comments

The Washington Post, among other mainstream media outlets, relentlessly stokes claims that Tea Partiers are racist.Eugene Robinson accuses almost everyone who opposes the Obama agenda -- but particularly those active in the Tea Party movement -- of being motivated by racism and prone to violence.Jonathan...

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 04, 2010 11 Comments

Dana Milbank argues that conservatives are hypocritical in seeking government involvement in the Gulf oil cleanup, Through oil-fouled water, big government looks better and better:There is something exquisite about the moment when a conservative decides he needs more government in his life...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 03, 2010 17 Comments

One of the arguments raised against the Arizona immigration law (in addition to it being the modern incarnation of Nazism) was that states had no authority under the U.S. Constitution to conduct their own immigration policies.So I presume we will hear howls of constitutional outrage...

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