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What’s Love Got to Do With It?
Sharing“One of the great myths in official Washington,” writes pollster …
Duck/Rabbit, Maiden/Crone, and Taxes
SharingRevolution! Must we? Can’t we reform at a reasonable pace? Well, whether …
In-Nate Problem
SharingMy brother, Tim Jacob, blames me for sucking him into …
No Right to Defend Your Rights
SharingYou have no right as a voter to defend your interests …
Nebraska Initiative: Open or Closed?
SharingIn 2008, State Senator DiAnna Schimek’s 20-year legislative career came …

Watch Out!
November 21, 2024
Paul Jacob on strange edits in the Lone Star State.Read More »
The Hill as Hallucinogen
November 19, 2024
Paul Jacob on a false news story, gone but not …Read More »
Elon & Vivek to Cut Government?
November 18, 2024
Paul Jacob on who could help whom do what is …Read More »
Lost Justice, Long Island
November 15, 2024
Paul Jacob finds a sliver of a silver lining in …Read More »
Abolish. Or Set in Stone
November 13, 2024
Paul Jacob knows what to do with hypocrisy on at …Read More »

Coburn’s Terms
SharingOver the weekend, as Rep. Thomas Massie (R‑Kent.) was single-handedly …
Renewed Interest in Self-Service
Sharing“Michigan’s strictest-in-the-nation term limits law will force nearly 70 percent …
What Tiananmen Inspired
SharingWhy did term limits spring up in the 1990s? Term limitation …
Dollars and Change
SharingBig spending by candidates doesn’t always win elections. For instance, …
The Natural State of Politicians
SharingRepublicans took over both chambers of the Arkansas Legislature, last …

Inconvenient Cash?
SharingEverywhere I turn these days, I am hearing something about the push …
Re-Packaging Nonsense as Wisdom
SharingWhen committed to folly, clever people make it look wise. An …
Hat Hate
SharingI will concede — at least “arguendo” — that President Trump is awful. But …
Of Loot and Leverage
SharingWithout a special kicker, why should police bother to do their jobs? …
Gloating Time?
Sharing“The freak-out was something to behold,” I wrote two years ago. Newly …

What Kind of Ice Cream Cone?
When I wrote about the Donald’s change of troop positions abroad …
Why government is (almost) never the solution…
When you systematically reward failure, incompetence and irresponsibility…what results should …
There must be…
There must be a less excruciating way to find the least …
Robert Reich, Mythed Up
onsumer sovereignty is the idea that in markets consumers call …
9 Dangers of “Democratic Socialism”
First… some definitions: Socialism advocates the public ownership and control of business and …