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Relevance: 9% Posted on: December 8, 2018
Paul Jacob “The D.C. Council gave final approval this week to a measure decriminalizing Metro fare evasion,” The Washington Post reports, “paving the way for fare-jumping to become a civil offense punishable by a $50 fine in the District.” Talk about stopping crime in its tracks. Jumping the turnstile to ride…
Relevance: 9% Posted on: June 2, 2015
Early last Wednesday evening jurors communicated to the judge that they were split on a number of the charges against Dr. Annette Bosworth. And yet later that night they found her guilty on all counts. All twelve felony counts. She’s the South Dakota physician who filed several hundred nominating petitions…
Relevance: 8% Posted on: November 26, 2015
Thank you. It’s Thanksgiving, a good day to say so. What a great idea for a holiday — a thoroughly American one, unpretentious and unspoiled. Centered on family and friends, the day may be the most important of the year, something we all share, in no small part because it…
Relevance: 8% Posted on: August 20, 2013
The left’s war on Walmart ramped up a notch a few weeks ago, when a higher-up in the Bentonville, Arkansas, company let loose with an email defending the big box store’s wage policies. As reported at The Daily Beast, Steve Restivo, “a senior director of communications at Walmart,” took umbrage…
Relevance: 8% Posted on: March 24, 2015
Big government rests upon myths, and the people who support it necessarily believe things about politics and society — and themselves — that simply aren’t true. This week, a new report from the Government Accountability Office shows just who benefits from federal crop insurance subsidies: big businesses, billionaires, and the…
Relevance: 8% Posted on: November 26, 2009
Paul Jacob says “Thank You” What a difference a year makes. As I sit down to my Thanksgiving Day feast, that's what I'm thinking. And I certainly know I have a whole lot to be thankful for. Let me start by thanking you. For caring about freedom and justice. For…
Relevance: 8% Posted on: January 26, 2016
Spare this nation President Hillary Clinton. But how? If you think Hillary Clinton is going to be indicted for her illegal misuse of classified documents, you haven’t been paying attention. Attorney General Loretta Sanchez, appointed by President Obama, has discretion not to indict. She’ll use it. Want to argue that…
Relevance: 8% Posted on: July 22, 2014
Wage war on everything? Expect casualties everywhere. And refugees from all over the place. Continue the wars we admit to be un-winnable and never-ending? Then expect, also, to find new victims cropping up all the time, and in unpredictable corners. New enemies, too. The lesson is: choose your wars carefully.…
Relevance: 8% Posted on: July 21, 2015
Sometimes the good guys win . . . but only when they stand up to the bad guys. Nowhere is this more true than in politics, especially with the increasingly vicious partisan attempts to criminalize opposition. On a fall day back in 2012, before dawn, SWAT-styled police with battering rams raided the private…
Relevance: 7% Posted on: May 25, 2004
Paul Jacob Mention initiative, referendum, and recall to political insiders and you'll hear a one-word rebuttal: California! California politics is almost universally portrayed as, well, a little loony. California stands out from other states of the union, of course, for a host of reasons, from the sheer size and diversity…