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March 17Think of the VPNs— Paul Jacob on more Internet access regulation from Britain.

March 16Ÿnsect Repellent — Paul Jacob on what he just will not eat.

Klaus Schwab, WEF, World Economic Forum, insects

March 15 — The Treason Question — Is the Trump administration reviving the dissent suppression policies of Woodrow Wilson? [Update]
March 14 — Hormuz, the Chokepoint — How much of whose oil is now not reaching the world market? [Update]

Representative Tim Burchett, Iran, oil, economics

March 13Stupid About Greed — Paul Jacob on basic economics and the price of gas at the pump.

March 12The Island of Dispossessed Guns — Paul Jacob on downgrading gun ownership one update at a time.

March 11Alas, Poor Yorick — Paul Jacob on innovations in labor management.

Australia, regulations, labor, internet

March 10#ThemToo Movement — Paul Jacob on how to get Congress to work together across the aisle.

March 9The War Against Anonymity — Paul Jacob on the push to regulate speech by means of telephony registration.

Mexico, privacy, cell phone

March 8 — Blight Flight — Far left dictator left New Zealand in disgrace? [Update]
March 7 — The Predatory Congress Protected — Once again, our representatives close ranks against us. [Update]

conspiracy

March 6Run Rampant — Paul Jacob on the most uncomfortable fact of our time. 

March 5Winning Through Identification — Paul Jacob on the one politician speaking truth to other politicians.

March 4Thought Deserts — Paul Jacob on the latest trend in grocery store market-sensitivity denialism.

socialism, Mamdani, grocery store, economics

March 3All Your OS Are Belong to Us — Paul Jacob tries to make sense of a new regulation.

March 2The Beast Cometh — Paul Jacob on the increased velocity of the monstrous growth of the biggest problem the U.S. faces.

national debt

March 1 — Gender Theory Criticism & Free Speech — The woke haven’t lost, yet, but their war on freedom of speech speech has received pushback from some recent participants. [Update]
February 28 — Epstein File Consequences — Outside of America, some dominos have begun to fall. [Update]

AI, artificial intelligence, war, department of defense, guardrails

February 27AI Within Limits — Paul Jacob on the fight over Claude.

February 26Logic Suppression — Paul Jacob on some good sense detected in America’s heartland.

February 25The Emergency Tariff Question — Paul Jacob on the Supreme Court opinions that matter most.

citizen's inititive, Barney Fife, free speech

February 24Petition Cop Stop — Paul Jacob on the tragic fate of freedom to petition one’s government.

February 23Deliciously Dead — Paul Jacob on the demise of a killer.

February 22 — Clots of the Clot Shot? — The presence of long, white fibrous clots in the blood streams of the recently dead has been alarming. But not to the medical establishment. Until now? [Update]
February 21 — What Odd Things to Say? — The presidents contradict themselves and each other about aliens — not legal or illegal, but outré. [Update]

Washington D.C. , Potomac, sewage

February 20DC Stench No Longer Metaphorical — Paul Jacob on what dominates the Potomac today.

February 19Mamdani Attacks Workers — Paul Jacob on the commies’ war on work, despite pretending to be “for” (ahem) “the workers.”

February 18Tropic of AOC — Paul Jacob on our hemispheric savant.

AOC, this is fine

February 17Free to Advise — Paul Jacob’s lawyers insist that this isn’t legal advice!

February 16A Great Un-Finding — Paul Jacob celebrates President Trump’s order to re-establish constitutional balance.

EPA, finding, auto emissions, climate

February 15 — Oregon Medicaid Fraud? — Another “blue state” fraud crisis uncovered, but the press is mostly silent. [Update]
February 14 — A Very Epstein “Meet Cute”? — How did Donald Trump meet Melania, his fourth wife? [Update]

February 13Ed Crane’s Beautiful Panacea — Paul Jacob on the passing of a libertarian legend.

February 12Sir Surtax — Paul Jacob is already tired of the new old nonsense.

February 11Medicine Reverses Course — Paul Jacob on major institutional shifts on “gender” surgery for minors.

February 10The Impossible Dream ID — Paul Jacob on what is but Democrats say can never be.

February 9Values of the DFL — Paul Jacob mulls over the odd fact that Democrats don’t want non-citizens to vote but do.

February 7 — Pizzagate Redux? — The Epstein File dump examined. [Update]

Zohran Mamdani, schools, education, New York City, egalitarianism

February 6Equality, Not Excellence — Paul Jacob on applying socialism to education rigorously.

February 5The Unstoppable Kill Switch — Paul Jacob on bipartisan support for Big Brother.

Congress, regulations, control, authoritarianism

February 4Federal Election Takeover? Paul Jacob on what passes for public debate on election reform.

February 3Initiative Killers — Paul Jacob on the motivation that must not be named.

February 2Everyone Dies? — Paul Jacob reconsiders his fear of AI but remains wary to future applications.

AI, Artificial Intelligence, prediction, action

February 1 — The President Comments on Poorly-Run Cities …as well as on Alex Pretti, recently shot to death in Minneapolis. [Update]
January 31 — What May Be Done in Minnesota? — Requirements, allowances, and the Constitution. [Update]

robots, Elon Musk, dystopia, utopia, totalitarianism, benevolence

January 30The Next Population Explosion — Paul Jacob on Elon’s notion of a near-term utopia. Yikes!

January 29Fifty Years After Buckley — Paul Jacob the consequences of a Supreme Court ruling.

January 28Goofy Wig and All — Paul Jacob on whether weather modification really is nothing but a “conspiracy theory.”

James O'keefe, WEF, World Economic Forum, chemtrails, conspiracy

January 27ICE Melt in Minnesota — Paul Jacob on a change coming to immigration enforcement per voter demand.

January 26Not This King? —Paul Jacob on the nature of power . . . and its limits.

imperial presidency, power, executive branch, Kings

January 25 — How Dead Is Machiavelli? — Last week at Davos, both funereal and triumphal. [Update]
January 24 — Refugee Gratitude — Perhaps it’s not to be expected at all. [Update]

environmentalism, hysteria, authoritarianism, Robert Bidinotto, individualism

January 23Rebel in Eden? — Paul Jacob on forty years of conflict over radical ecological concerns.

January 22Watchdogs That Don’t Bark — Paul Jacob on Dr. Oz’s explanation for billions bilked off taxpayers.

January 21Oz in Fraudland — Paul Jacob looks beyond Minnesota to California and the rest of the states for massive fraud.

January 20Who’ll Oppose the Quasi-Commie? — Paul Jacob on the fate of private property in New York.

January 19The Skeleton Haunting Europe — Paul Jacob on one man’s science . . . and defiance of the censors.

skeleton, Europe, EU, control, authoritarianism, censorship, obey

January 18 — After Maduro — Gunboat diplomacy is back, baby! [Update]
January 17 — The Great Health Care Plan? — The Trump administration unveils how it thinks Congress can fix an out-of-control medical delivery system. [Update]

January 16Hating X: The Naked Truth — Paul Jacob on the Democrats’ hatred for the platform formerly known as Twitter.

January 15Trouble with Definitions — Paul Jacob on knowing a man or woman when he sees one.

January 14A Man of Learning  — Paul Jacob on the passing of Scott Adams.

January 13Starlinking Iranian Protest — Paul Jacob on the technology arrayed against Iran’s tyrannical mullahs.

January 12Tip of the Socialism-berg — Paul Jacob on the fraudulent philosophy. 

January 11 — Tariffs Are Taxes — And with President Trump, these taxes are up. Way up. [Update]
January 10 — More on the Fraud — Investigations, hearings. [Update]

unintended consequences, renter, landlord, regulations, private property, property

January 9Too Damn High? — Paul Jacob on a market malformed by “good intentions.” 

January 8On the Government’s Diet — Paul Jacob on the latest in MAHA.

January 7Post California Soaking — Paul Jacob on a major media outlet’s change of direction on taxes.

California, taxes, wealth, government

January 6Walz Won’t Run Cuz Trump Mean — Paul Jacob on the travails of Minnesota’s (and the left’s) #1 He-Man.

January 5The Dictator’s Arrest — Paul Jacob on the weekend’s biggest story.

Maduro, ,Venezuela, Trump, war, drugs

January 4 — Meet Aimee Bock — The pre-history of the current Somali Subsidized Daycare Scandal. [Update]
January 3 — The Somalian Fraud Story — It gets bigger and bigger, not smaller, as some critics would prefer. [Update]

Zohran Mamdani, New York City, property rights

January 2Hot in New York City — Paul Jacob cools to the New Year of politics in the Big Apple.

January 1Have an Endurable New Year! — Paul Jacob on surviving 2025 and looking forward to 2026.

Paul Jacob, 2025, 2026, ,New Year

December 31Learing in Minnesota — Paul Jacob on the sour joke worth billions.

December 30That Non-Science Stink — Paul Jacob on who gets the shaft in a paradigm shift.

December 29U.S. Bans EU Censors — Paul Jacob on one first step to thwart censors.

Festivus, Christmas, Rand Paul, government waste

December 26Everybody Pays, Nobody Wants — Paul Jacob’s Boxing Day regrets.

December 25 — Christmas 2025 — [Thought; Today; meme]

December 24Submit to Our Plans, Shivering Peasant — Paul Jacob on one state’s plan to ban one form of fuel.

Colorado, natural gas, climate, energy, fuel, regualtions

December 23A Place Without Hope? — Paul Jacob on the depressing anti-democratic default for elected officials.

December 22Billionaire Baby Ploy — Paul Jacob on a strange new practice in birthing American citizens.

birthright citizenship, China, immigration, foreign policy

December 21 — Nothing to Sneeze At — 3I/ATLAS continues to rack up more anomalies. [Update]
December 20 — The Matrix Reprogrammed, He Said — Has there really been a perceivable decline in the raw numbers of federal employees? [Update]

December 18The Regulatory Flex — Paul Jacob on Governor Newsom’s attack on Californians’ property rights and pocket books.

December 17Governing the News — Paul Jacob on the biggest problem with the modern era of biased reporting.

December 16The FCC’s Press Bias Fix — Paul Jacob on a cure for press bias that’s worse than the disease.

December 15Miami’s Property-Grabbing Vice — Paul Jacob on one city’s novel way to widen roads.

Miami, property rights, permits, regulations

December 14 — Same-old Same Old News — The financial mess of the modern federal government. [Update]
December 13 — Walz Waltzes, Spins — Amidst revelations of massive fraud, a governor tries to sound in charge and competent. Think of it as a dance. [Update]

December 12Capitalism’s Communism? — Paul Jacob on a prophetic speaker and a long-running scam.

December 11Constant Caved — Paul Jacob on a certain lack of backbone in standing up to communist threats.

December 10Zero/Not-Zero — Paul Jacob on the gendering of grades.

December 9Looking for Work — Paul Jacob on the anxiety-inducing part of normal market behavior.

December 8Don’t Pay, Don’t Play — Paul Jacob the latest effort to put government in charge of online speech.

Elon Musk, EU, censorship, X, twitter

December 7 — Ayn Rand Was Right — …about the Federal Communications Commission. [Update]
December 6 — Will Trump Be Allowed to Fire Bureaucrats? — A current case before the Supreme Court “could lead the justices to overturn a 90-year-old precedent on separation of powers.” [Update]

Thomas Jefferson, birthday, slavery, freedom

December 5Tax Assessor, House-Nabber — Paul Jacob on county-level thievery.

December 4One Day an Audit? — Paul Jacob on finding out what’s in Fort Knox.

December 3The War on Drugs War — Paul Jacob on a nascent conflict and its main critic.

Rand Paul, Donald Trump, Mitch McConnell, drug war, human rights

December 2Green Goes Red— Paul Jacob on another looming climate-ideology catastrophe.

December 1Red-Flagged Welfare Fraud — Paul Jacob on the inverted bigotry of negative expectations.

November 30 — The Venezuela War — Clearly unconstitutional acts of war by President Trump. [Update]
November 29 — A Third 2025 Milestone? — Federal debt isn’t going down. [Update]

Denmark, climate change,global warming, methane, cows, bureaucrats

November 28Denmark’s Cows Must Die — Paul Jacob on the latest climate-change nonsense from Europe.

November 27 — Thanksgiving 2025 — When we are free. [Common Sense]

November 26The Irresponsible vs. The Unaccountable —Paul Jacob on the pointless “leadership” of Congress’s “most daring” Democrats.

November 25Outernet Integrity — Paul Jacob on what it takes to keep the Internet free from the CCP.

November 24A Sporting Chance — Paul Jacob on the first initiative of its kind.

Riley Gaines, Paul Jacob, Protect Women's Sports, Maine Girl Dads

November 23 — The Age of Disclosure? — Not all ufologists are on board with the new “transparency” push. [Update]
November 22 — Guess Whose Low Approval Ratings Went Down Further — Hint: not Trump’s. [Update]

Javier Milei, Argentina, free markets, regulations, housing

November 21Rents After the Chainsaw — Paul Jacob on the clarity of the case against housing regulations.

November 20This Is What Businessman Rule Looks Like — Paul Jacob on a troublesome trait of Trumpism. 

Donald Trump

November 19Decapitation Diplomacy — Paul Jacob on the ongoing scandal that is China. 

November 18Constitutional DefectsPaul Jacob on the perilous position of two parts of federal governance.

November 17Transparency, Weaponized Paul Jacob on a role prosecutors should not play.

Jeffrey Epstein, law, transparency, privacy

November 16 — Trumpcare — or Whatever We Want to Call It — Old wine in new wineskins, or something actually new? [Update]
November 15 — Not Just a Light Show — The aurora borealis showed as far south as Texas and Florida. [Update]

butter, Costco, regulations, Common Sense

November 14I Can’t Believe It’s Not Overkill — Paul Jacob on Costco’s 79,200 pound recall.

November 13Fix-It Man Pardoned — Paul Jacob on the mechanic whose legal reputation has been repaired.

November 12Was Milei Bailed Out? — Paul Jacob on Argentinian reform and U.S. taxpayer costs.

November 11Strongly Stated Ambiguity — Paul Jacob on Trump’s trip to Asia and comments about Taiwan.

November 10A Puzzling Protest — Paul Jacob on the often strange opposition to clarifying that only citizens can vote.

November 9 — Eleven Down — Further AfD “Died Suddenly” Cases. [Update]
November 8 — The Anomalous Interloper — The visitor from Deep Space still puzzles us. [Update]

Zohran Mamdani, New York City, socialism, communism

November 7Memo to Mamdani Voters — Paul Jacob warns that New Yorkers have been fooled again.

November 6 — How Socialists Learn — Paul Jacob surveys the prospect for Big Apple socialism. 

November 5 — Vindictiveness vs. the First Amendment — Paul Jacob on a win for the First Amendment and against corrupt & vindictive insider power.

November 4 — Defending Groupthink? — Paul Jacob reviews an evasive defense of the professional consensus that gave us COVID, the lockdowns and the jab, and so much more!

November 3 — Escape from New York — Paul Jacob thinks he’s seen this movie before.

November 2 — Trump Urges Senate to Go Nuclear — This has nothing to do with energy policy or thermonuclear warfare. [Update]
November 1 — UFO Nobbers — 3i/Atlas demonstrates its ninth (or would that be tenth?) anomaly and online “content” weasels piss off at least two eminent physicists. [Update]

Germany, nuclear power, climate change, energy, nuclear energy

October 31Twilight of Electrical Civilization — Paul Jacob on why destroying nuclear power means less power.

October 30The Dorito Bandito Threat — Paul Jacob isn’t blaming AI for this fiasco.

October 28La Libertad Avanza — Paul Jacob on Argentina’s Sunday election results.

October 27Having a Ball— Paul Jacob on what he is not worried about.

MAGA, The Washington Post, regulations, White House

October 26 — It’s a Mellon! — An odd wrinkle in the ongoing federal government shutdown story. [Update]
October 25 — Well, That Was Quick! — Debt accumulation has accelerated. [Update]

U.K., censorship, free speech, freedom, British, police

October 24Quit Banging on Brits — Paul Jacob on a step back from Internet censorship in Great Britain.

October 23Two Ways of Walking Away — Paul Jacob on how not to lose free speech.

October 22Permit to Harass, Interrupted — Paul Jacob on forced disclosure of private contracts for doxxing purposes. 

October 21Independent of the Box — Paul Jacob on the late, unlamented White House press secretary, Karine Jean-Pierre.

October 20The FBI vs. the Anarchs — Paul Jacob notices a change in policy — thanks to Glenn Beck, certainly not the Democrats!

antifa, gaslighting, terrorism, terrorist

October 19 — A Few Isms … from Above — It is time for updating some of our ideas. Maybe. Try these out. [Update]
October 18 — Splits — Major movements of our time. [Update]

gerrymandering, Louisiana, incumbents

October 17You Have Entered the Incumbent Zone — Paul Jacob reads behind the lines of the recent SCOTUS argument.

October 16Pigs Not Flying Over England — Paul Jacob notices that censors in the mother country haven’t stopped trying to censor Americans.

UK, censorship, free speech, 4CHAN

October 15Antifa in Popular Ontology — Paul Jacob questions the meaning of non-existence. 

October 14China’s Long Reach — Paul Jacob on the war at home you might not have heard about.

October 13How Massive a Mistake? — Paul Jacob on Democrats shooting themselves in the foot.

Chuck Schumer, AOC, CR, budget, power

October 12 — Ought Implies Can, Vought Implies Will — What if the Executive Branch took Congress’s failure to fund their government seriously? [Update]
October 11 — Why Congress Can’t Budget — The Great American Budget Stand-off continues into its eleventh day of a partial shutdown, marking the longest such standoff since 2019. [Update]

European Union, EU, Germany, surveillance, censorship, civil liberties

October 10Private Chat, Back Now in Europe? — Paul Jacob feels a sense of relief chatting online with European friends.

October 9Too Big for the Hermit Kingdom — Paul Jacob ogles another failure of small-minded socialists.

October 8The Stick-to-it-iveness of the Deep State — Paul Jacob explores the etymology of a grand ol’ liars’ meme.

October 7Mostly Democratic — Paul Jacob on the right to petition government and those who would suppress it.

October 6Immoderate Bullets — Paul Jacob on the man who should most definitely not be attorney general.

Jay Jones, text message

October 5 — Fully Authorized? — Re-upping the War on Drugs, and the less officially declared War on Fat, for the newly renamed War Department. [Update]
October 4 — Obamacare? — Making the Affordable Care Act truly universal? [Update]

socialism, resolve, soldiers, America, freedom

October 3Pleistocene Politics — Paul Jacob on the persistence of the intransigent.

October 2Shutdown Rite — Paul Jacob on the beginning of the same-old, same-old.

October 1Go Ask Gary — Paul Jacob doesn’t have to scratch his head over this one.

September 30Revolution Gen Z — Paul Jacob on September protests that brought down a government.

September 29Free Transit Isn’t Free — Paul Jacob on the high cost of low-key/don’t-speak-its-name communism.

Mamdani, New York City, homeless, socialism, communism

September 28 — A “Comet” & a CME — An interesting period in astronomical history. [Update]
September 27 — Comey & Epstein — The DoJ prosecute and leaks (it is alleged) damning information. [Update]

Road Rage, Florida, gun, guns, self defense, stand your ground

September 26Defense Against Road Rage — Paul Jacob doubts the legitimacy of a murder accusation.

September 25Google Confesses All — Paul Jacob on YouTube’s belated change of heart.

September 24Who Is the Lawfare King? Paul Jacob on why his namesake is the best person in the U.S. Senate.

Rand Paul, Senate, honor

September 23Free Jimmy — Paul Jacob celebrates the freedom not to watch Kimmel’s show.

September 22 — Apology Request Denied — Paul Jacob on a heroically recalcitrant insulter.

September 20 — The Kimmel Question — Follow-up to the big story of the social consequences of the Charlie Kirk assassination. [Update]

September 17Over-Regulated or Regulations Over? — Paul Jacob on what the High Court may do about election regulation.

September 16Timothy Tendentious — Paul Jacob on the where the first Tim to run for the #2 federal office thinks rights come from.

September 15Germany Versus X — Paul Jacob on robust democracy and its opposite.

September 14 — The Great UFO Trickle — What was new at the latest UAP hearing? [Update]
September 13 — Charlie Kirk — (October 14, 1993 – September 10, 2025) [Update]

September 12Horrors Made Visible — Paul Jacob on the nastier side of the Charlie Kirk assassination reactions.

September 11The Current Madness — Paul Jacob on the culture of killing.

September 10Regulating Restrooms — Paul Jacob on America’s ongoing Cultural Revolution.

September 9Gunboat Anti-Diplomacy — Paul Jacob on the fallout of a bombing.

September 8The Dog That Didn’t Vote — Paul Jacob on the barking frauds in our elections.

September 7 — Chipocalypse Now — The dysphemisms of Donald Trump. [Update]
September 6 — Cracker Barrel Re-Branding Crack-Up — The critics weigh in. [Update]

September 5With an Exclamation Mark! — Paul Jacob on rumors of suspicious deaths.

September 4The Everest of Theft — Paul Jacob on government agents’ grabby hands and the pinacle of perfidy.

September 3Cultural Erasure — Paul Jacob on the insane iconoclasm of our times.

September 2Protection from Us? — Paul Jacob detects the rents that others collect in regulated markets.

September 1Iranian Revolutionary Climate — Paul Jacob ironizes about the science of revolutionary weather … or weatherly revolution.

August 31 — It’s Got a Tail — …and CO2 sans CO, and even odder elements…. [Update: 3I/ATLAS]
August 30 — Trump Unbound — Lawlessness on tariffs and border control? [Update]

August 29Hating One’s Own Tax Hikes — Paul Jacob on Maine’s leading false lamenter.

August 28The Real Randy Travis — Paul Jacob on a surprising use of artificial intelligence in country music. 

August 27Regulating Refineries to Death — Paul Jacob itches to deregulate the fuel industry in California.

August 26Too Virtuous to Win? — Paul Jacob on hope for those fine, upstanding Democrats.

August 25Must the War Go On? — Paul Jacob on how to overcome gerrymandering.

Gerrymander, Jerrymander, voting, elections, representation

August 24 — Only One Thing Worse Than Global Warming — Global cooling, of course. [Update]
August 23 — Socialism Voted Out — Ballots over bullets in Bolivia. [Update]

UK, British, surveillance, censorship, iphone, Apple

August 22Apple to Keep Encryption — Paul Jacob on a welcome defeat for British censors.

August 21Lost Their Bearings — Paul Jacob on a woefully weak defense for an awful law.

Washington DC, crime, police, statistics

August 20Talking About Crime in DC — Paul Jacob on grassroots reports from the imperial city.

August 19The Case of the Phony Stats — Paul Jacob on the DC crime figures legerdemain.

August 18Rethinking What Safety Means — Paul Jacob on living without the police.

crime, safety, law, police, Washington D.C.

August 17 — How Much of Everything Is Fake? — Crime stats. Employment numbers. Nielsen ratings and Twitter bots. And the stink of unreality. [Update]
August 16 — Redistricting (he says) “For the People” — Republicans in Texas have thrown Democrats for a loop. [Update]

debanking, debank, banks, censorship, surveillance

August 15Banks Not the Only Debankers — Paul Jacob expands the search for ideologically invasive financial institutions.

August 14Art Caves to Power— Paul Jacob on another win for China’s communist regime.

August 13Ax Tax-Funded Tax-Grubbing — Paul Jacob seeks to end government funding of lobbying for government funding.

August 12Satire Censorship, DOA — Paul Jacob on the court that killed California’s “Deep Fake” censorship law.

August 11Debanking Disallowed — Paul Jacob welcomes the latest Trump executive order.

August 10 — Col. John Mills on Russiagate — And the ambit of the CCP. [Update]
August 9 — Vax Whistleblower Treated Badly by NZ? — … and other pandemic-response horrors. [Update]

US Capitol, pollution, exhaust, regulations, pardon

August 8Free Troy Lake — Paul Jacob on a mechanic who should triumph.

August 7UK Targets Wikipedia — Paul Jacob on the international fight for our rights.

UK, British, Wikipedia, censorship, surveillance

August 6Website Suppression — Paul Jacob on a yet another censorship tool yearned for in Congress.

August 5Texas Range War — Paul Jacob on upping the ante in the gerrymander wars.

August 4UK as China’s Thumb Puppet— Paul Jacob on the case of activist Carmen Lau, harassedby British bobbies for speaking out against communism.

Xi Jinping, China, UK, surveillance, censorship

August 3 — Dire Debt Fallout Hits Close to Home — It’s not the case that we can ignore federal profligacy altogether, is it? [Update]
August 2 — DEI Not Required — The NSF has been re-directed to serve, ostensibly, all Americans. And a judge won’t stop it from ceasing to fund trendy studies. [Update]

UK, British flag, censorship, surveillance, internet, news

August 1 The Bobbies That Say NIII — Paul Jacob on Great Britain’s anti-freedom social media policing.

July 31Precedented Prosecution? — Paul Jacob on the Canadian government’s case against protesters not aligned with government policy.

July 30Ban Banning Gas Stoves — Paul Jacob on a regulatory juggernaut still at large.

gas stove, fuel, regulations, freedom

July 29Brazilian Censors Banned! — Paul Jacob on the international war over freedom of speech.

July 28What Does the FBI Do? — Paul Jacob on an agency gone rogue.

FBI, surveillance, censorship, religion, church

July 27 — Interstellar Probe? — Astronomers confront the third identified interstellar object shooting through the solar system. [Update]
July 26 — Where’s the Beef? — Taking credit for a changed trade status. [Update]

July 25Democracy Defending Democracy — Paul Jacob on an imminent election . . . to recall legislators.

July 24One Dares Call It Treason — Paul Jacob on the end of the Russiagate hoax.

July 23The New Old Coke — Paul Jacob on the de-syruping of America.

Trump, Coke, sugar

July 22Non-Billions for Non-Trains — Paul Jacob on California’s high-speed rail.

July 21Everything’s Dis for Democrats — Paul Jacob catches the DNC throwing a monkey wrench into efforts to stop voter fraud. 

North Carolina, DNC, voting, democracy

July 20 — Drugs, Disease & Drug-Pushers — America waking up to Big Pharma. [Update]
July 19 — Luna Laments Whistleblowers Bowing Out — Of snails, flying saucers, and Lockheed-Martin. [Update]

PBS, NPR, public broadcasting, socialism, Democratic Party, propaganda, censorship

July 18Propaganda Shoved Where?— Paul Jacob on the possible demise of government-funded media outlets.

July 17The Salience of the Switch — Paul Jacob on the caroming course of the Epstein case.

Joe Biden, autopen

July 16The Autopen Question — Paul Jacob on the strangeness of the previous administration.

July 15Bad, Worse & Communist — Paul Jacob on the dilemma NYC voters face.

July 14Ugly Surge — Paul Jacob on an over-the-top drop of the Hitler bomb.

antisemitism, Israel, Palestine, Gaza, education, schools

July 13 — New Report on Last Year’s Assassination Attempt — The GAO offers no breakthrough. [Update]
July 12 — Quit First — Something to see here, folks. [Update]

Trump, assassination attempt, questions, Secret Service, puzzle

July 11Secret Stupidity? — Paul Jacob on six suspensions.

July 10Upstart? — Paul Jacob on the latest political innovations from Musk, Trump, and Andrew Yang.

Donald Trump, Bill Clinton, blue dress, Israel, Washington D.C.

July 9The Devil and the Deep Blue Dress — Paul Jacob on the end of the Epstein investigation.

July 8No-Play Partisanship — Paul Jacob on Michigan’s anti-democratic Democrat Governor.

July 7Vote Communist!— Paul Jacob considers an old motto: “Mundus vult decipi, ergo decipiatur”

communism, communist, socialism, New York City

July 6 — The Milei Counter-Example — Argentina’s controversial president is actually accomplishing things. Like extensive de-regulation. [Update]
July 5 — Minds Broken, Minds Healed — Whither liberals and the authoritarians of the far left. [Update]

freedom, Independence Forever! Liberty

July 4Waiting for the Day — Paul Jacob on endings and beginnings.

July 3The Big Decommodification — Paul Jacob on a communist housing plan for socialist NYC.

July 2Billions and Billions — Paul Jacob on today’s high finance.

New York City, socialism, communism, authoritarianism

July 1If Mamdani Wins — Paul Jacob on the likely results of electing a socialist mayor.

June 30Socialist Intifada — Paul Jacob on the problematic philosophy of NYC’s political phenom.

Zohran Mamdani, New York City, socialism, communism, state planning, equality, equity, taxes

June 29 — Secret Weapon a Dud — Michele Obama is not the great hope for the Democratic Party. [Update]
June 28 — CASA Beyond the “Dis” — There is more to Friday’s big decision than Justice Barrett’s dismissal of Justice Jackson’s arguments. [Update]

medicaid, Planned Parenthood, abortion, federalism, welfare, rights

June 27 Planned Parenthood Gets the Boot — Paul Jacob on new and old rights, state and federal.

June 26The Stealing Goes On — Paul Jacob on the latest wrinkle in eminent domain litigation.

Donald Tump, Iran, impeachment

June 25Unserious Resolution — Paul Jacob on yet another Trump impeachment attempt.

June 24A Unique Style — Paul Jacob aims to explain Trump.

June 23Education Function Injunction — Paul Jacob on administration attempts to abolish a disastrous federal department.


June 22 — White, Fibrous — Embalmers are seeing something that government “experts” say is a myth: anomalous clotting. [Update]
June 21 — Embarrassing & Off Message — Questions of leadership and direction in the United States’ oldest political party. [Update]

encryption, privacy, surveillance, censorship

June 20The State vs. Our Privacy — Paul Jacob on the ongoing assault on encryption services.

June 19Iran: What Next — Paul Jacob asks, whose war is it, anyway?

Iran, war, democracy

June 18The Quanta of Corruption — Paul Jacob applauds the new digs for a record-holding politician.

June 17Ultra-Absurd? — Paul Jacob on senators pitching bad policy.

June 16The Mad-Libs IncumbencyPaul Jacob on our cognitively impaired politics.


June 15 — Deep State Confesses? — From the dimmest halls of chthonian power, THEY now say that military men induced the UFO craze by psy-op. [Update]
June 14 — The $37 Trillion: When? — The pitfalls of pinpointing the next milepost in debt accumulation. [Update]

Rand Paul

June 13The Uninvited — Paul Jacob on a picnic, a pile-on, and other p‑words.

June 12RFKj’s Clean Sweep — Paul Jacob on the big “retiring” of a full vax board.

June 11Force Over Reason — Paul Jacob on the craziness of riotous protest.

illegal immigration, riot, deportation, borders, cultures, defense, law

June 10Big Ugly Border Bill — Paul Jacob on yet another attack on Internet privacy.

Canada, surveillance, privacy, metadata

June 9Still a Big Advantage — Paul Jacob on the importance of allies in the fight for our freedom.


June 8 — The Elon/Trump Schism — It had to happen sooner or later! [Update] 
June 7 — Fauci’s Phone Found & Seized — The latest wrinkle in the biggest cover-up of recent times. [Update]

individualism, collectivism

June 6Chinese Individualism — Paul Jacob on the contrasting core philosophies of Americans and the Chinese.

June 5Rats A-Jumpin’ — Paul Jacob on insiders going “independent.”

rats, sinking ship

June 4China, No — Paul Jacob on the new U.S. military seriousness concerning the CCP.

June 3Leave Our Speech Alone — Paul Jacob praises a magnificent new policy of the Trump Administration.

June 2A Million from Michael Mann — Paul Jacob clears up the confusion about Climate Alarmist No. 1.

Michael Mann, climate, free speech, censorship, courts

June 1 — Excess Deaths Long After Pandemic — In the west, death rates remain high, but in Eastern Europe, have returned to below-normal rates. [Update]
May 31 — Nothing to See Here, Folks — Move along; move along; don’t gawk; move along. [Update]


May 30Elon’s Out — Paul Jacob on a watershed moment in the DOGE deluge.

May 29Triumph & Failure — Paul Jacob on good guys winning and bad guys losing.

May 28Newsom Defends Gas-Car Ban — Paul Jacob on the tired politics of environmental extremism.

May 27Lawmaker May Vote — Paul Jacob on the strange case of Maine’s Democratic legislature prohibiting one dissenting member from voting or speaking out. 

Maine, legislature, speech, free speech

May 26In Memory of the Fallen — Paul Jacob explains why we place flowers on the graves of soldiers killed in war.


May 25 — Senate Hearing Jabs Jab — Who knew what when, and what happened to whom during the pandemic? [Update]
May 24 — No Sanctuary Cities — New Hampshire joins the ranks of states taking control of their wayward corporate subdivisions. [Update]

May 23Trump = Bad — Paul Jacob on the outsider the media made.                 

May 22SuperPressPAC Problem? — Paul Jacob on the unintended consequences of relentless media partisanship.

immigration, illegal immigration, border, citizenship, due process

May 21Whose Principles? — Paul Jacob on where the Trump administration goes wrong on deportation.

May 20A Nothing in Michigan — Paul Jacob on Democrats and their strange stances on noncitizen voting.

May 19Sleepy’s New Clothes — Paul Jacob on the depth of the scandal for The Biden.


May 18 — Full Speed Ahead — The rush to insolvency seems unabated. [Update]
May 17 — You Know the Thing — The unraveling of a cover-up. [Update]

trojan horse, Qatar, Air Force One

May 16Gift Horses & Pocketed Putts — Paul Jacob on danger from overseas.

May 15DOGE vs. Illegal Voting — Paul Jacob on the problem that doesn’t exist … existing — to some unknown degree.

May 14If This Be Price Control — Paul Jacob on TDS applied to drug companies.

May 13Lying About Killing for Votes — Paul Jacob on an old political stand-by. 

May 12The Great Rail Robbery — Paul Jacob on a simple solution to many problems.


May 11 — A New Deadline — Republicans in Congress have only a few months to prove their mettle. [Update]
May 10 — “So Successful” — Joe Biden explains it all. [Update]

Gavin Newsom, Islam, Mosque, funding, California,

May 9Newsom’s Terrifying “Antiterrorism” — Paul Jacob on rational fears and irrational phobias.

May 8Trump vs. Big Bird — Paul Jacob knows the way back to Sesame Street — and it isn’t by throwing more money at PBS.

May 7Old as the Hills — Paul Jacob on the aging elites who cling to power.

May 6 Antidemocracy in Maine — Paul Jacob on the (hopefully) trans(itory) tyranny of a majority.

May 5Letting Noncitizens Vote? — Paul Jacob on a problem some don’t seek to solve.


May 4 — $2.1 Trillion? — What we pay — not in taxes, but in lost wealth. [Update]
May 3 — What’s Up with UAP? — Continuing confusion about “unidentified flying objects.” [Update]

kids in cages, immigration, border, trafficking,

May 2The State & Child Rape — Paul Jacob on the very worst cases of sexual abuse in America.

May 1Europe Goes Dark — Paul Jacob on the likely culprit for a European disaster.

April 30Like a Bad Jankowicz — Paul Jacob on a “supercalifragilisticexpialidocious” censor.

April 29An Independent Nation — Paul Jacob on where Americans stand on Taiwan.

April 28Today’s Stunning Outrage — Paul Jacob on judges gone wild.

judge, immigration, law, court

April 27 — London Loses the Very Wealthy — And John Cleese is not likely surprised. [Update]
April 26 — China’s Hidden Decline — How big are the lies the Chinazis tell us about their numbers? [Update]


April 25The Great Implosion — Paul Jacob on the biggest problem we all face.

April 24A Cuomo Indictment? — Paul Jacob on a possible application of accountability to the pandemic fiasco.

April 23To Halve and Halve Not —Paul Jacob assesses what an invasion of Taiwan by communist China would cost the world.

April 22The Five Million Fix — Paul Jacob on the names gone from the voter rolls.

April 21The Hill to Die On — Paul Jacob on the intended immortality of freedom.

due process, illegal immigration, deportation, Constitution, courts

April 20 — A New Leaf Turned? — The White House’s COVID pandemic page has been updated. [Update]
April 19 — The Q Bomb? — President Trump claims that the United States has powerful secret weapons. [Update]


April 18Don’t Blame DOGE — Paul Jacob on a rockier road for a China collaborator.

China, farmers, agriculture, communism, government, freedom

April 17Out of Poverty — Paul Jacob on lies the West believes about China.

April 16Excellence in Success — Paul Jacob on NASA, SpaceX and DEI.

April 15Europe, Land of the Free? — Paul Jacob on a continent bereft of a DOGE.

April 14Sabotage or Neglect? — Paul Jacob on the UK learning ever more about the CCP.

UK, British, steel, manufacturing, China

April 13 — Free Trader Manqué — Methinks the Chinanazis doth protest too much. [Update]
April 12 — What Happened at the CDC? — Another case of missing emails. [Update]


China, Taiwan, foreign policy, war, defense, deterrence

April 11Resisting Invasion — Paul Jacob on the end of “strategic ambiguity.”

April 10The Tariff King — Paul Jacob on the issue underlying the tariff debate, and how maybe it’s not free trade vs. protectionism. 

April 9 Praying to the Deep State — Paul Jacob on the latest idolatry.

April 8X Marks the Censor — Paul Jacob advises the platform formerly known as Twitter on what to do about EU demands.

April 7DOGE Does the IRS — Paul Jacob on a startling place to look for inefficiency.

DOGE, dog, meme, watch dog, who watches the watchers?

April 6 — Vietnam Goes No Tariffs? — Further reactions to Trump’s tariffs. [Update]
April 5 — Milei’s Gold — …out of Trump’s lead. [Update]


Obama, Biden, President, power

April 3The 2024 Switcheroo — Paul Jacob on the rise of Kamala Harris to the top of the Democratic ticket.

April 2Against British Censorship — Paul Jacob tells the tale of Gab and Kiwi Farms.

Donald Trump

April 1The Trump-Tariff Question — Paul Jacob considers one free-marketer’s rethinking of our president’s chief obsession.

March 31How We Tear UpPaul Jacob on what makes America . . . well, America.


March 30 — X to xAI — A big sale of the world’s greatest freer speech platform … to the company responsible for Grok. [Update]
March 29 — Stop the Subsidy! — What to do with the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and its twin hellspawn, NPR and PBS. [Update]


March 28What’s Really at Stake in Maine — Paul Jacob on the vital role of anonymous donations in politics.

Chicago, Illinois, secession,

March 27Seceding from Chicago — Paul Jacob on the latest separatist movement.

March 26Trump to Save Elections? — Paul Jacob on the recent executive order.

March 25Oh, SNAP! — Paul Jacob on the current debate over food stamps.

March 24Federal Self-Service  — Paul Jacob on ridding ourselves of a government service servicing mainly its employees.

DOGE, corruption, spending, waste, fraud

March 23 — Trump Support vs. Bernie Crowds — The political division in America diverges further. [Update]
March 22 — The Attacks on Tesla — The revolt of the asses. [Update]

Grover Cleveland, veto, limited government

March 21President Veto Remembered — Paul Jacob on the 22nd (and 24th) U.S. president.

March 20De-Classification or Re-Regurgitation? — Paul Jacob on the enduring mystery that is the JFK assassination.

March 19Propaganda by the Deed — Paul Jacob on a very old political tactic.

March 18The Biden’s Four Ways — Paul Jacob on how the Biden Administration censored us.

March 17The Age of Deference — Paul Jacob on who knew about the lab leak of COVID from the get-go. 

Angela Merkel, Germany, Wuhan, Covid, virus, lab leak

March 16 — Bill Gates Weathers the Trump Transition — Climate change is no longer a major issue for the world’s (allegedly) sixth richest man.[Update]
March 15 — Extraordinary Misconduct — Michael Mann the climate scientist, not Michael Mann the film director…. [Update]


Elon Musk, Mars, Royal Society

March 14Royal Society in Disrepute? — Paul Jacob on British scientists on an exclusionary kick. 

March 13The Continuing Crisis — Paul Jacob on the budgeting pseudo-process.

March 12Robot Signatures Rule!  — Paul Jacob on how The Biden operated.

March 11The Trillion-Dollar Mark? — Paul Jacob on government loans to the very young and very, very old.

March 10Goals, Goals, Goals — Paul Jacob on a girl suing her school for educational negligence.


March 9 — Lady McBiden & the Triumvirate — Behind the scenes it was all Edith Wilson & Weekend at Bernie’s for four years. [Update]
March 8 — The Intestine War — What DOGE has found: more than mere waste, fraud and abuse. [Update]


March 7Egg Prices Crisis — Paul Jacob on the skyrocketing price of the gem of the supermarket, what chickens lay.

March 6Legal Trade War — Paul Jacob on the war now declared.

March 5Back Door Demand — Paul Jacob on Apple saying no to the British government.

March 4Not College Material? — Paul Jacob on the curious case of Stanley Zhong.

March 3How to Kill a Bureau — Paul Jacob on how a meddling bureaucracy is being prepared for closure.


March 2 — Space X Protest — And more recent DOGE news. [Update]
March 1 — “Shouting Match” — Of diplomacy, disagreement and manners. [Update]

property rights, meadow, cemetery, graveyard

February 28Death of a Cemetery — Paul Jacob on fighting regulation on your family plot.

February 27How Audits Work in Real Life — Paul Jacob beats back DOGE critics’ fallacies.

quota, race, racism, sexism, hiring

February 26Diversity Versus Merit — Paul Jacob on one university’s attack on excellence.

February 25Fire or Promote the Best? — Paul Jacob on the case of the Social Security Administration’s Leland Dudek.

February 24Nixon & Trans Athletes — Paul Jacob on how the federal government controls state education.

February 23 — Trump Is Not the Law — Cavalier pronouncements from the president and DOGE. [FYI]
February 22 — The Gold Question — Is it there as the government says? Does it matter? [Update]


February 21Gold of the Gods — Paul Jacob on two strangely related stories that suggest our government is untrustworthy.

February 20Blood in the Streets?— Paul Jacob on the risk of self-government.

February 19The Libertarian Path? — Paul Jacob on why the president is doing what he’s doing.

mockingbird, intelligence agency, mind control, media, press, speech, brainwashing

February 18The Mockingbird Chirps — Paul Jacob on fallout from USAID revelations.

February 17Greatest Man in the World — Paul Jacob on the reason for the season, er, day.


February 16 — Doing Something About the Debt? — Bring back the presidency’s full impoundment powers? [Update]
February 15 — How the DOGE Do — The Trump Administration legally built the Department of Government Efficiency in a very clever way. [FYI]

Thomas Sowell, Morgan Freeman, race, America

February 14American History Month — Paul Jacob suggests adding intellectual heft to a perfunctory sop to black Americans.

February 13Killing a Bureau — Paul Jacob on another rogue agency now in DOGE crosshairs.

February 12Cooking with Gas — Paul Jacob on a let-up in the regulatory agenda.

February 11Tearing Into the Apple — Paul Jacob on mandated open back doors. 

February 10Control of Air Traffic Control — Paul Jacob looks to the towers.


February 9 — Super Bowl LIX Disclosure? — Will the Super Bowl be especially interesting this year? Many people do watch it “for the commercials.” [Update]
February 8 — Trump the Tyrant? — The tricky matter of the contexts of diktats. [Update]

tariffs, international, trade, economics, TDS, Trump Derangement Syndrome

February 7The Real Free Trade Problem? — Paul Jacob on staying free and free trade.

February 6The 51st State?!?! — Paul Jacob on Trump’s manifest destination.

February 5The Color of Tyranny — Paul Jacob on the terror of the new orange furies.

February 4Darkest Day Survived — Paul Jacob on a Trump appointee telling a unique tale.

February 3The CIA’s Mutating Opinions — Paul Jacob on what the spooks “believe.”

CIA, Wuhan, Covid, China, cover up

February 1 — Black Hawk COG Down — FYI.


January 31A Whistleblower’s Ordeal —Paul Jacob celebrates the end of another woke nightmare.

January 30Charges Aborted — Paul Jacob wonders whether journalism can now proceed in California.

January 29Age of Arms — Paul Jacob on a significant change in Argentina.

January 28The January Sixers — Paul Jacob applauds a pardon for walking on the grass.

January 27Unplugging the EV Mandate — Paul Jacob celebrates the end of a transportation tyranny.


January 26 — An Invitation — Mike Johnson offers up a location for an event. [Update]
January 25 — Double Moonshot — [FYI]


January 24The Biggest — Paul Jacob on the issue behind all other political issues.

January 23A Free Speech Order — Paul Jacob on a good start toward restoring the First Amendment as a working policy.

January 22 — “The Same Lunatics” — Paul Jacob on Trump’s Deep State enemies & a promise fulfilled.

January 21Trump Fact-Checked — Paul Jacob focuses on the key passage in The Orange Man’s second inaugural address.

January 20The Biden Is No More — Paul Jacob on the eerie sci-fi quality of a presidency.


January 19 — The President’s Club — Manners and micro-social cues in the news as the world’s most elite public group buries its longest-lived member. [FYI]
January 18 — The Ulbricht Countdown — Once and Future President Donald Trump promised to pardon Silk Road creator Ross Ulbricht. Will he? [Update]


January 17Oligarchy Malarkey — Paul Jacob on President Biden’s parting shot.

January 16Net Neutrality: Dead Again — Paul Jacob on yet another passing of an incoherent notion.

January 15When Is Censorship Not Censorship? — Paul Jacob on another word for social media content moderation.

January 14Forfeiture Gang Foiled — Paul Jacob on good news from the criminal state of Nevada.

January 13The Defi(l)ers of the First Amendment — Paul Jacob on social media censorship.

free speech, censorship, corporations

January 12 — Los Angeles Burning - Who’s to Blame? — The state noted for out-of-control fires has its largest city hit hard by conflagration. [Update]
January 11 — DEI, Dying? — After declaring that Facebook’s fact-checking system was going by the boards, Meta now gives up on “diversity, equity and inclusion” policies and departments. [Update]


January 10Skill-Free Teachers — Paul Jacob has a problem with illiterate and innumerate educators.

January 9Bill Nye, the Jail-My-Debating-Opponent Guy — Paul Jacob is revolted at yet another Biden honoree.

January 8Exit Trudeau — Paul Jacob on the future ex-prime minister.

January 7GEC Bullet Ducked? — Paul Jacob on the bureaucrats’ persistent itch to censor us.

January 6Pardon Me — Paul Jacob on the possible cover-up of the cover-up of COVID’s origin.

Dr. Fauci, Anthony Fauci, covid, pardons, Biden, justice

January 5 — Make America Healthy — A movement gaining steam, with the second Trump administration poised to take the reins, is challenged by a schism within its ranks. [Update]
January 4 — Centenarian Carpenter — Jimmy Carter’s ambiguous legacy. [Update]


January 3Dis Democracy? — Paul Jacob on Mencken, Lemieux, and democracy.

January 2Property Rights for Competitors — Paul Jacob asks, will the Kelo eminent domain decision finally die?


JANUARY 1 — Happy New Year — 2025 [Commemoration]


December 31The August Workings! — Paul Jacob marvels at congressional chutzpah.

December 30Musk’s Alternative for Germany — Paul Jacob on the play of democracy and anti-democracy in Europe.

Germany, Democracy, far right, extremist, Elon Musk

December 29 — Reasonable Seasonal Grievances — “I have a lot of problems with federal spending, and now it’s time to hear all about them!” — Rand Paul [Update]
December 28 — China Hacks In — How secure are we? [Update]


December 27Managing the President: 2021–2024 — Paul Jacob on a country waking up about Sleepy Joe.

December 26Missing in Congress — Paul Jacob on what we have long needed.

Congress, term limits, incumbency, age, power

December 25 — A Big American Day — Christmas 1776 Remembered [videos]  
December 24 — A Truce — A bloody war’s unscheduled intermission. [videos]


December 23The Biggest Gift of All — Paul Jacob celebrates the smaller size of a present under the tree.


December 22 — Drone versus Drone — Government keeps mum except for setting up a no-drone zone over drone-infested area. [Update]
December 21 — Elon, the CR & the Shutdown — How many pages was the Continuing Resolution, again? [Update]


December 20Trump Ponders Privatizing Post Office — Paul Jacob sees difficulties in unloading America’s cherished/despised institution.

USPS, Postal Service, public service, privatization, free enterprise

December 19Only a Test? — Paul Jacob on another thing we can fail at.

December 18Precogs in the Machine — Paul Jacob on a win against precog policing in Florida.

pre-crime, Philip K. Dick, police, justice

December 17Girls [sic] Sports Saved — Paul Jacob on a matter bigger than proper punctuation. 

December 16Droning On — Paul Jacob on a problem no longer unidentified.


December 15 — The Fiscal Crisis Cometh — David Stockman on how bad it is and what must be done. [Update] 
December 14 — Oregon UFOs Are Outré? — Not everything can be dismissed as “drones” — which themselves are worrying enough. [Update]


December 13Trump’s Libertarian Promise — Paul Jacob hopes the president-elect keeps his word.

Ross Ulbricht, drugs, drug war, prison, law, Silk Road

December 12The UFOs Are Here — Paul Jacob looks to the skies.

December 11Politically Exposed Persecution — Paul Jacob on what actually existing fascism looks like.

December 10Morbid Meme Mania — Paul Jacob tries not to laugh at tasteless jesting.

insurance, healthcare, laugh emoji, assassination

December 9Dictator DownPaul Jacob on a long weekend for tyrants.


December 8 — Pandemic Report Places Blame — Politicians, bureaucrats, thought leaders, and medical professionals botched it. [Update]
December 7 — Falun Gong Targeted — President Xi goes international in attempts to suppress the CCP’s most-hated religious movement. [Update]


December 6Musk’s Bête Noire — Paul Jacob on a tyrant in judicial robes.

December 5DEI Realities Unreported — Paul Jacob on the bias that led to killing coverage of an important study.

December 4Disaffirmative Action — Paul Jacob on the delayed demise of DEI.

DEI, race, bias, affirmative action

December 3Somebody Different, Chicago? — Paul Jacob on big city big spenders and their deficits.

December 2The Pardon We All Saw Coming — Paul Jacob on a president father helping criminal son.


December 1 — The End of … — Everybody is drawing up the portents. [Update]
November 30 — What Went Wrong? — Explaining the Harris-Walz campaign’s 2024 failure. [Update]


November 29A Cheating Culture — Paul Jacob on the need to discourage cheating.

November 28 — Thanksgiving 2024 — With appreciation, over the years.

November 27No, Donald Trump, No — Paul Jacob on a Trump appointee utterly at odds with freedom of contract.

Chavez-DeRemer, unions, Trump, nominee

November 26Professional Idiot? — Paul Jacob on the latest attack on speech in the German Federal Republic.

November 25Musk Avoids a Trap — Paul Jacob on Great Britain’s crusade against Twitter.


November 24 — Raise the Minimum Wage? — A too-popular policy, advocated in ignorance of logic and evidence. [Update]
November 23 — Measures for Measures — This year was an interesting one for initiatives. [Update]


November 22Denial Is a River in Argentina? — Paul Jacob on one country’s retreat from self-imposed poverty.

November 21Watch Out! — Paul Jacob on strange edits in the Lone Star State.

November 20Pennsylvania Steal — Paul Jacob on the contested Pennsylvania senatorial election.

November 19The Hill as Hallucinogen — Paul Jacob on a false news story, gone but not acknowledged.

The Hill, citizen voting, illegal immigration, democracy, fake news

November 18 — Elon & Vivek to Cut Government? — Paul Jacob on who could help whom do what is most needed.


November 17 — Numbering the Presidents — The Donald to join Grover in the history books. [FYI]
November 16 — The Pass-Over Was Policy — Partisanship at FEMA was/is endemic. [Updte]


November 15Lost Justice, Long Island — Paul Jacob finds a sliver of a silver lining in a dark cloud. 

November 14Trump & Taiwan — Paul Jacob on the most important relationship in the world today.

November 13Abolish. Or Set in Stone  — Paul Jacob knows what to do with hypocrisy on at least one issue.

Senate, Filibuster, Senators

November 12Destroying Dane Farming — Paul Jacob on Europe’s ongoing suicide over “greenhouse gases.”

November 11Disaster Relief Pass-Over — Paul Jacob on partisanship at FEMA.


November 10 — CNN, Donald Trump & Grover Cleveland — Making sense of the recent election in historical contexts. [Update]
November 9 — Disappointed Democrats Bemoan Lack of Censorship — It’s not just a hatred of Elon for X. [Update]


November 8Exemplary Rejections — Paul Jacob celebrates voters in three states who protected their initiative rights from their politicians.

voters final

November 7Not Now Paul Jacob on political lessons to be learned — or not.

November 6Don’t Kill Yourself — Paul Jacob’s advice to undemocratic Democrats.

November 5The Battle Ahead — Paul Jacob worries about the foreign policy challenges that face the next president.

November 4The Squirrel vs. The State — Paul Jacob on how New York jumped the shark over a pet rodent.


November 3 — Citizen-Only Voting — An overview of the issue on a ballot near you. [FYI]
November 2 — What Floats — Is this funny? [Update]


November 1Taking Out The — Paul Jacob on Orwell’s worst nightmare.

Joe Biden, Alfred E. Newman, MAD,

October 31Gnashing of Teeth — Paul Jacob and the issue lying just under the surface of presidential politics.

October 30Forever Be Changed — Paul Jacob on Kamala Harris gloating about legally harassing parents for their children’s truancy violations.

October 29Down the River — Paul Jacob on journalists sticking to “principles.” 

October 28Censors Slapped at Start — Paul Jacob on the stillbirth of California’s spanking new anti-satire censorship baby. 

Kamala Harris, satire, free speech, censorship

October 27 — He Said the Bad Things (Sure) — But he did not mean what his enemies say he meant. [FYI]
October 26 — What do you think of Thomas Jefferson? (Trump Asked) — Fine people on both sides of an argument? [FYI]


October 25Quips & Stunts — Paul Jacob smarts at R&D policy witlessness.

October 24Feds Push Noncitizen Voting — Paul Jacob on the latest from the Justice Department.

October 23No Argument — Paul Jacob on the silence of the slams.

October 22The Beam in Microsoft’s Eye — Paul Jacob is so beyond mere motes.

mote, China, Microsoft, eye, war, computers, technology

October 21Spilt Ink — Paul Jacob on a load of hooey in the Hawkeye state.


October 20 — Fearing an Excuse? — Prepping us for disaster — by both sides. [Update]
October 19 — Factmanship — How not to lie about statistics. [Update]


October 18Something Pathological — Paul Jacob on the Democrats’ escalating mania, TDS.

October 17Nondiscrimination as Discriminatory — Paul Jacob on higher education’s protection of “classes.”

DEI, diversity, quotas, race, racism, regulations, education

October 16An Ember of Hope? — Paul Jacob espies the beginning of the end that is Europe’s “Green Deal” craze.

October 15Kamala Harris’s Attack on Parents — Paul Jacob sorts through the bones of a presidential candidate’s buried scandal.

October 14 — ‘Meat on the Table’ — Paul Jacob believes we should make ourselves unappetizing.


October 13 — Punctilio of the Pollwatchers? — How not to secure an election. [Update]
October 12 — Trump’s Tax Cuts & Hikes — Promises, promises; threats, threats. [Update]


October 11TikTok Astroturf — Paul Jacob on Democrats doing propaganda.

October 10Don’t Mention the Menace — Paul Jacob on the most pernicious problem in our public schools.

October 9XX Marks the Offense — Paul Jacob on educators brooking no dissent from their trans agenda.

armband, censorship, free speech

October 8The Secret Teachings of Our Age — Paul Jacob on our public servants’ hidden program.

October 7Democrats and Noncitizen Voting — Paul Jacob answers a question about partisan positions.


October 6 — $35.6 Trillion — The context for Kamala Harris’s spending programs. [Update]

October 5 — FEMA Is Broke? — Well, almost. [Update]


October 4Flood and Fire — Paul Jacob finds another problem with electric vehicles.

October 3California vs. Inconvenient Speech — Paul Jacob on Governor Newsom’s gruesome new law.

October 2Hurricane Algebra — Paul Jacob on the data; and, where’s Brownie?

October 1Destroying What Has Been — Paul Jacob on the current and prospective Veeps’ tweets . . . and other incriminating declarations.

September 30Strange Standard — Paul Jacob on how our election process is open to abuse.

voting, illegal immigration, elections, democracy, cheating, citizenship

September 29 — They Assure Us — Illegals voting? It doesn’t matter. The ones checked couldn’t’ve made an appreciable difference in election outcomes.[Update]

September 28 — Instead of Reparations! — California says it’s sorry. [Update]


September 27 — The Realism of ‘Rebel Ridge’ — Paul Jacob watches Netflix but doesn’t “chill.”

September 26 — Wait, What? — Paul Jacob suspects there’s more to the latest SpaceX news than meets the eye.

September 25 — Blight Fight — Paul Jacob advises against renovating property in Macon-Bibb County, Georgia.

September 23DEI Box Office DrubbingPaul Jacob on this fall’s feel-good political documentary.

Matt Walsh, racism, DEI

September 22 — Sugar Sugar — What is wrong with our diets and our doctors? Could it be that the Big Gov/Big Biz paradigm has poisoned us? [Update]

September 21 — Newsom’s Witless, Humorless Censorship — Why is the governor such a git? [Update]


September 20Trump’s Tariff Question — Paul Jacob on an aspect of international trade not often addressed by free trade advocates.

September 19Hillary Disinformation Hunt — Paul Jacob reviews Mrs. Clinton’s latest demands.

September 18Home of the Brave — Paul Jacob extrapolates the consequences of China’s growing South China Sea criminality.

September 17Involuntary Campaign Contributions — Paul Jacob observes incumbents breaking the rules to get re-elected.

campaign, funding, politicians, elections, democracy, Labyrinth, advertising, propaganda

September 16Kamala Hood — Paul Jacob on whom Kamala Harris serves … with our money.


September 15 — SpaceX Goes Way Up — And the Dragon safely landed at sea, near Dry Tortuga. [Update]

September 14 — Not To Be Saved — How Washington’s “political theater” works. Or doesn’t. [Update]


September 13The Value of Principles — Paul Jacob highlights one teensy-weensy problem with Vice President Kamala Harris.

September 12The Ignorance of Censorship — Paul Jacob on how Tim Walz got re-elected.

Covid, censorship, surveillance, PSYOP, mind control

September 11He Lied About Who Died Where — Paul Jacob on Andrew Cuomo’s job performance. 

September 10So It’s War, Then? — Paul Jacob on doing something more than everything.

September 9Kill the Stock Market! — Paul Jacob on the Democrats’ latest insane tax notion.


September 8 — The Final Straw — Flip-flopping with the best of them, the least: our Vice President. [Update]

September 7 — Keep Off, Keep On — Kennedy versus the Democrats — the story continues. [Update]


September 6Say No to Reich-Harris Reich — Paul Jacob on the Democrats’ ongoing crusade against free speech.

September 5Stay Puft America — Paul Jacob on the great change in the American diet, and why it happened.

FDA, regulations, food, rules, diet, fads

September 4How Deep Is Your Fake? — Paul Jacob on a new way of speaking freely . . . and a very old way of suppressing it.

September 3California’s Electoral Saboteurs — Paul Jacob checks democracy’s identification.

September 2Banned in Brazil — Paul Jacob on the dictatorship down south.

Brazil, censorship, authoritarianism, mind control

September 1 — X Brazil — What happened to Twitter in the Portuguese-speaking country. [Update]


Deep State in a Corner — Paul Jacob maps where we’re at today.

deep state, censorship, mind control, PSYOP, CIA

August 29Sobering Up After DEI — Paul Jacob notices a trend away from p.c. “diversity.”

August 28Give Mr. Bean Another Hearing — Paul Jacob on free speech in Britain.

August 27EU to Axe X? — Paul Jacob on the march of censorship in Europe.

August 26RFKj+T — Paul Jacob on Bobby Kennedy’s straightforward reasoning.


August 25 — Camera Shy — Cop pleads the Fifth. [Update]

August 24 — RFK & the “So Horrible” — A promise newly re-made. [Update]


August 23Democrats Move On — Paul Jacob on the new era of mass influence.

August 22Harvard, Hamas and Harassment — Paul Jacob draws a clear line in the quad.

August 21Communists Within the Form — Paul Jacob suggests why plutocrat-serving Democrats sound like revolutionary radicals these days.

August 20Commie Kamala? — Paul Jacob on the present version of the Pinko Question.

August 19Measures of Desperation — Paul Jacob surveys what has changed. 

news media, bias, propaganda, PSYOP

August 18 — The News Media’s New Rule — Glenn Greenwald defends old-fashioned journalism. [Update]

August 17 — Rumors — On talking to the enemy! [FYI]


August 16Elon Musk’s Right Answer — Paul Jacob doesn’t quote the meme, but you get it anyhow.

August 15The Racial Land Mine of First Grade — Paul Jacob on one school’s heavy-handed ideological crackdown.

BLM, Black Lives Matter, all lives matter, education, schools

August 14Biden’s Belief in a MAGA Republican Bloodbath — Paul Jacob on the fundamental dishonesty of today’s politics.

August 13Who’s Afraid of Tulsi Gabbard? — Paul Jacob on an unlikely terrorist.

August 12What Neighborliness Is Not — Paul Jacob on the heart of progressivism.


August 11 — Body Snatchers?— Something creepy in China. [FYI]

August 10 — Big Story: Body Cam — More information on the July 13th assassination attempt of former U.S. president Donald John Trump. [Update]


August 9The Developer’s Lot — Paul Jacob on a money tree that used to grow in Brooklyn.

August 8Campaign Finance Folly Foiled — Paul Jacob insists that criticizing politicians is consistent with the First Amendment.

August 7Unburdened by the Leftism — Paul Jacob on the commie, commie, commie, commie Kamala chameleon.

August 6Repeal Obamacare — Paul Jacob on what disappeared from the GOP platform.

August 5Kamala’s Cast on Non-Citizens — Paul Jacob questions where the VEEP stands.

Kamala Harris, immigration, voting, elections

August 4 — The Latest Campaign — We just went through a weird period where the news media and Democrats were all using the same word. [FYI]

August 3 — A Duty to Retreat? [Update]


August 2Another Disability for Paralympians — Paul Jacob on the Olympic-sized fear of firearms.

August 1Okay, Not Okay — Paul Jacob laments a criminal government in OK.

July 31The Governor Who Parodied Himself — Paul Jacob on the latest assault on freedom of speech from the governor of the Golden State.

July 30Crime’s Ups and Downs — Paul Jacob ponders a putative Trumpian lie.

July 29Blue in Paris — Paul Jacob on the 33rd Olympiad’s profane antics.


July 28 — Cackling Into the Future — Kamala Harris, laughing her way to the top. [Common Sense]

July 27 — All a‑Twitter About Kamala — She’s been endorsed! [Common Sense]


July 26Arresting Speech Victory — Paul Jacob hails the Supreme Court for defending local leaders intent on reforming their government.

July 25Bombers Off the Coast — Paul Jacob on the times in which we live.

China, Taiwan, defense

July 24Breaking Taiwan? — Paul Jacob on a friend in need.

July 23Rogue City Government? — Paul Jacob on the continuing struggle to let a man open up a shop.

July 22President Next — Paul Jacob on the obvious step to come.


July 21 — Peculiar Praise — We lost a good president? [Update]

July 20 — Incurious? — America’s press corps seems awfully uninterested in finding the precise details how the Trump assassination attempt could have gotten so far as it did. [Update]


July 19National Control — Paul Jacob on the latest numbskull notion from the nattering noodle.

July 18The Vance Plan for DEI — Paul Jacob asks and answers the key policy question arising from the biggest political stories of the last week.

July 17The Slope of Service — Paul Jacob tries to make sense of a massive government failure.

July 16A Cool Ninety Million — Paul Jacob on big Democrat donors holding out on Biden.

July 15Serious Times — Paul Jacob on the bullet dodged by Trump — and us all.

Donald Trump, shooting, assassination, media

July 14 — What We’re Reading [FYI]

July 13 — First-Class Liars — Let us now praise infamous men. [Update]


July 12Spray-Painting Stonehenge — Paul Jacob on modern monumental stupidity.

July 11The State vs. Homework — Paul Jacob on a bizarre intrusion into educational life.

July 10Degrading Democracy, CNN-Style — Paul Jacob on the anti-democratic media establishment.

July 9Jugglers & Clowns —Paul Jacob on seven words in Santa Ana.

July 8Up from Demoktesis — Paul Jacob on the next celebration.


July 7 — Not Term Limited — Swapping out Joe Biden as the 2024 Democratic Presidential candidate is not easy. Standing in the way of a clean switcheroo is his wildly unlikable VP. [FYI]

July 6 — Sotomayor’s Quackery? — When the Narrative overwhelms even the tiniest remnant of historical context. [FYI]


July 5Noncriminal Advice Not a Crime — Paul Jacob on the marketing of legal opioids.

July 4A Declaration — Paul Jacob takes a cue from 1776.

July 4, 2023

July 3Is Milei Making It? — Paul Jacob on the turn-around in the Argentine economy.

July 2The Court v. the Power Grabbers — Paul Jacob celebrates the end of the Chevron regime.

July 1Weekend at Biden’s — Paul Jacob wonders when the gaslighting will cease.


June 30 — They Were Lying — The “experts” who assured us that Joe Biden was savvy and with-it and cool knew the opposite was true. Now they have been caught. Still, they pretend the revelation is new and out of the blue. [Update]

June 29 — Citizen-Only Voting — North Carolina’s General Assembly overrides Democrat governor’s veto, sending measure to the citizens. [Update]


June 28Cold Truth — Paul Jacob surveys the continuing glaciation of the seventh (and most mysterious) continent.

June 27States Without Standing — Paul Jacob on how SCOTUS shivved free speech.

June 26Assange: Freedom & Statuary — Paul Jacob on the freeing of Julian Assange.

June 25Brace Yourself & Your Gun — Paul Jacob on another Second Amendment win.

June 24Natural vs. Regulated — Paul Jacob on the long history of milk.


June 23 — The Chinese Organ Market — Delaware seeks to educate its citizenry’s medical tourists on the nature of one country’s ghastly, if thriving, practice. [Update]

June 22 — Gain of Function Research Must Stop — Does the origin of the SARS-CoV‑2 virus matter? [Update]


June 21Xi Excuses, Demands, Assaults—Paul Jacob on the threat freedom faces from China.

June 20Can’t Cancel J. K. Rowling — Paul Jacob on cancel culture trying to go high culture in Great Britain . . . over “trans.”

June 19A Second Life for Limits — Paul Jacob looks back and ahead on term limits.

June 18Leave Us Alone to Do Our Work — Paul Jacob defends freedom of contract.

June 17DEI Virally Decoded — Paul Jacob on new words placed on an old initialism.


June 16 — Bumped? [Update]

June 15 — The Duopoly Gonna Duop [Update]


June 14Of 15s and the Man — Paul Jacob on the POTUS’s latest implausibility.

June 13Trump to Ax Tip Tax — Paul Jacob on a possibly acceptable political proposal.

June 12Hunter’s Pseudo-Crime — Paul Jacob on the total scam that is this week’s big story, the Hunter Biden gun-possession verdict.

June 11Doctoring Malady — Paul Jacob on what medicine has in excess.

medicine, healthcare, medical care, hospital, doctors
“Doctoring Malady,” 6/11/24.

June 10Doxxing Dissent — Paul Jacob defends the anonymous dissident.


June 9 — David Boaz, 1953 – 2024 [obituary]

June 8 — The Curtilage? What’s That? — How governments get around the Fourth Amendment. [FYI Update]


June 7Lily Loves Me —Paul Jacob on the sweet life.

property, rights, invasion, civil rights
“Against Government Invasion,” 6/6/24.

June 6Against Government Invasion — Paul Jacob cheers an advance in property rights.

June 5Regulatory Pressure? — Paul Jacob looks at the Supreme Court’s signals about government’s powers of “suggestion.”

June 4Sweden’s Electric Sense — Paul Jacob on a government giving up on unscientific energy.

June 3Exemptions, Not Repeal — Paul Jacob on progressive politicians dodging the inevitable bad consequences of their programs.


June 3 — Remember June 4 — Would you have stood against the tanks? Remember Tiananmen Square, June 4, 1989 [meme]

Tank Man, China, June 4

June 2 — What Would You Have Done? — Would you have stood against the CCP? Remember June 4 [meme]

June 1 — Who Is Chase Oliver? [Update]


May 31Threshold Crossed — Paul Jacob on the conviction of Trump.

May 30To Die for DEI — Paul Jacob on the planned decline in medicine.

May 29John Kerry, Super-Villain — Paul Jacob on Jack Bauer’s grayest nemesis

May 28The Non-Citizen Dodge — Paul Jacob highlights the Democrats’ voting rights hypocrisy.


May 27 — Memorial Day, 2024 [Meme]

May 26 — Voting for (and Booing) Trump — The Libertarian Party receives the former president. [Update]

May 25 — Oregon Counties Move to Idaho? — Secession and accession in progress. [Update] 


May 24Polylogism or Bulverism … or 1984? — Paul Jacob on what ism may be the root problem of our age. 

polylogism, Bulverism, logic, reality, debate, fallacy

May 23Vindication at the Gym — Paul Jacob on a lockdown conclusion … for good.

May 22The False Gospel of the Printing Press — Paul Jacob on the growing fad of MMT.

May 21Krauthammer’s Law — Paul Jacob on the nature of political disagreement in 2024.

May 20Letting DEI Die — Paul Jacob on MIT’s ambiguous retreat from trendy racist and sexist practices.


May 19 — The Mystery of the Death Drug [Update]

May 18 — On Its Last Legs? — The Atlantic celebrates the Biden administration’s rejection of Reaganomics. [FYI]


May 17Bills of Suppression — Paul Jacob on revived legislation ostensibly “for” the people but actually targeting our political speech.

May 16So Low — Paul Jacob on the curious case against Trump.

May 15Library Against Liberty — Paul Jacob on censorship, local-government-style.

May 14A Done Decision — Paul Jacob hazards a guess about a court’s conclusion.

May 13Pander, Please — Paul Jacob on the media’s worst, and a glimmer of hope.

Washington Post, ethics, Democratic Party

May 12 — Only Slightly Ratioed? [Update]

May 11 — Let’s Play “Who’s the Fascist!” [FYI UPDATE]


May 10The French King Flip Flap — Paul Jacob on how to avoid becoming satirizable.

May 9ATF’s 115-Year Mistake — Paul Jacob on the public’s right to know — and the accused’s.

May 8Junk Force — Paul Jacob speculates on the next job for government — or private industry.

May 7The Great Weed Fake-Out — Paul Jacob observes that Biden’s done almost nothing to end cannabis prohibition on the federal level

May 6Inflation & the Infirm Incumbent — Paul Jacob turns to the stupid economy and its chief apologist.


May 5 — The Covidocene in Its Latter Days? — No longer freaking out, are we now accepting the harm done during the pandemic — because of our official policies? [Update]

May 4 — Something Fishy — China’s long tradition of poaching in “distant waters.” [FYI]


May 3Among the Ungovernable — Paul Jacob on where Donald Trump will be in late May.

May 2Second Amendment Privacy Act — Paul Jacob on a big win for gun rights.

May 1They Don’t Get It — Paul Jacob on Jerry Seinfeld’s explanation for why we cannot have (all the) funny things (we want).

April 30Hypocrisy’s Cash Value — Paul Jacob on our principle-challenged politicians.

Donald Trump, Joe Biden, court, campaign contributions

April 29Criminal Discrimination? — Paul Jacob on criminalizing the avoidance of criminals.


April 28 — Extreme Protest in What Cause? [FYI]

April 27 — High-Placed Rumors About Government Programs to Retrieve and Study Crashed UFOs [Update]


April 26So Horrible? — Paul Jacob on what the government won’t tell us.

April 25The CDC on Self-Defense — Paul Jacob demands to see the data.

CDC, gun, statistics, Second Amendment, self defense

April 24 — Idaho Foils Foul Harvest — Paul Jacob defends an apparent abridgment of free trade.

April 23College Censors Squelched — Paul Jacob on a campus free speech win.

April 22Brave New Budgets —Paul Jacob on the newfound ability to painlessly cut government.

Denver, migrants, police

April 21 — COVID Response Under Fire [Update]


April 19Brussels Conference Squelched — Paul Jacob on ideological suppression in Europe.

April 18Less Oversight? — Paul Jacob on what politicians itch for the most.

Gretchen Whitmer, Michigan, Audit, spending, taxes

April 17Supermarket Slavery — Paul Jacob marvels at yet another dopey California scheme.

April 16What Pfizer Pfolks Got — Paul Jacob on what Big Pharma’s darling did on Tax Day. 

April 15Electric Class Warfare — Paul Jacob on who benefits from Biden’s EV push.


April 14 — Read Ludwig von Mises, Says Fighter, with Fury and Expletives [FYI]

April 13 — So, How Many U.S. Agencies Knew of the China-built Coronavirus in Advance? Fifteen?!?! [Update]


April 12Erroneous About the Eclipse — Paul Jacob on the eclipse of popular knowledge of astronomy.

April 11GOP Fails on FISA — Paul Jacob on the pending failure of FISA reforms.

April 10A Celebrity’s Defiance — Paul Jacob on a brave defense of freedom of speech.

April 9Crime Fighters Give Up — Paul Jacob on the leading edge of policing culture.

Canada, Toronto, police, crime, prevention

April 8 — Eclipse — [meme]

eclipse, propaganda, truth

April 7 — Dare to Be a Daniel? [Update]

April 6 — Else, Nearly Anybody [Update]


April 5Words for Jersey Insiders — Paul Jacob on how a Democratic Party-dominated state likes to operate.

April 4Dining Out on Cause and Effect — Paul Jacob on the latest casualties in the war against low-paying jobs.

April 3 —  The RFK Challenge — Paul Jacob and how the mainstream reacts to criticism.

Joe Biden, censorship, surveillance

April 2The “We the People” Party Pooper — Paul Jacob on the travails of the Bobby Kennedy, Jr.’s presidential campaign.

April 1Awkward for Ideologues? — Paul Jacob confronts the welfare state. 


March 31 — Milei’s ‘Bloodbath’ [Update]

March 30 — Partisan Fear and Loathing Now Asymmetrical [Update]


March 29Bathroom Blundering — Paul Jacob on transgenderism trumping common sense in a public school. 

school, bathrooms, trans

March 28Richly Revealing — Paul Jacob finds meaning in the public aspect to a Trump case trial.

March 27 —  The Hail of It — Paul Jacob on two disasters, and what we can learn now from one.

March 26More Is Less — Paul Jacob thinks expanding voting “rights” can go too far.

March 25Monopoly versus Monopoly — Paul Jacob on the latest untrustworthy anti-trust case.


March 24 — UPDATE — Porch, No Privacy

March 23 — UPDATE — The Birx/Pence Factor


March 22Fifteen Days to Flatten America — Paul Jacob on the insanity of the pandemic response.

March 21Most Important Time Periods — Paul Jacob on the limited savvy of the Supremes.

March 20Violent Double Standard — Paul Jacob on selective prosecution, and a judge who noticed.

March 19TikTok Smoke But No Gun? — Paul Jacob on social media freedom and control. 

March 18The Milei Option — Paul Jacob on the cause of free-market reforms in Argentina.


March 17 — UPDATE — Dangerous Drugs, Dangerous Wars on Drugs

March 16 — UPDATE — West Virginia Citizens


March 15Kids Paid to Propagandize— Paul Jacob on the latest combination of public schooling and brainwashing.

March 14Race-Based Handouts? — Paul Jacob on the possible end of an era in race-focused governance.

March 13When the CHIPS Are Weighed Down — Paul Jacob on how not to revive an industry.

March 12Unpresidential but Precedented — Paul Jacob on the inherent silliness of our rulers.

March 11School Choice Reform at Last — Paul Jacob on how to get school choice reform, somehow.


March 10 — UPDATE — The Breaking of the Corporate Woke?

March 9 — UPDATE — Blue Boston Democracy


March 8Stop the Work Stoppers — Paul Jacob on the government’s ongoing war on freelancers.

March 7The Colorado Gambit Crushed — Paul Jacob is not surprised that the Supremes stopped the Democrats.

March 6The Case of the Narrow Driveway — Paul Jacob on excessive fines in the cause of neighborhood standards.

March 5Did Steve Baker Commit Journalism? — Paul Jacob on more tyranny by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

March 4Pied Pipers, Again — Paul Jacob on Adam Schiff’s daring and disproven strategy.


March 3 — Update — School Lumber.

March 2 — Update — Google as a Powerful Evil.


March 1Utah and the Tenth — Paul Jacob defends federalism.

February 29States Still Have a Role — Paul Jacob on something big happening in Texas.

February 28Parties Demoted — Paul Jacob on a problem state’s problem primary election.

February 27Google’s Evil AI — Paul Jacob laments not even getting a chance to use the new online tool.

February 26The Shock of Surplus — Paul Jacob roots for Argentina and President Milei.


February 25, 2024 — UPDATE — It’s the Sun, Stupid


February 23Hope for Campus Free Speech — Paul Jacob the legal profession’s iffy support for America’s most fundamental freedom.

February 22Panic at Sea Paul Jacob on the need to keep two wide-open eyes on the CCP.

February 21Caveat Preemptive — Paul Jacob looks at the most recent Anti-Trump legal maneuver.

February 20A Big Step Over the Vomit — Paul Jacob speculates on the reason a sports team left the imperial city) 

February 19Ban These Energy Bans — Paul Jacob on the steps some politicians will take to endanger civilization itself. 


February 18 — UPDATE — The Deep State’s Long History FOR & AGAINST Free Speech

February 17 — UPDATE — Special Use of COVID Fund for Illegal Immigrant Subsidy 


February 16Discrimination, California-Style — Paul Jacob espies an attempt to worm around citizens’ lawful instructions of their government not to engage in racial or sexual discrimination.

February 15Paid Invaders — Paul Jacob on the influx of tax-subsidized economic migrants … and worse!

February 14Crime: Police or Re-define? — Paul Jacob on the latest ploy to keep black men voting “blue.”

February 13Shrinkflation, Shrunk Nation — Paul Jacob on our withered president’s latest pseudo-policy-pushing stunt.

February 12Amazon’s Wide, Flowing, Constricted River — Paul Jacob on the federal government’s war on ideas.

February 9Sympathetically Diminished — Paul Jacob on the decision not to prosecute our feeble president.

February 8Must Your Town Become San Francisco? — Paul Jacob on the crooked route to mass vagrancy.

February 7The Wider Conversation — Paul Jacob on a sex-swap and its discontents

February 6Something to Protect — Paul Jacob on the need for privacy.

February 5The Vaxxers’ War on Truckers  — Paul Jacob on protest in Canada.

February 2Stop Causing the Next Pandemic — Paul Jacob on the looming plague oft-prophesied, bought, and paid for — with our money.

February 1Pandemic Politics … or Poltroonery? —Paul Jacob on why the CDC didn’t warn us about the jab’s negative effects.

January 31The AB5 Agenda — Paul Jacob decries a revolution from the top … against workers.

January 30Unlimited Limits — Paul Jacob on yet another measure that lawmakers push to make modern life more totalitarian.

January 29SAD Regulators — Paul Jacob on the government-planned American diet.

January 26Transient Stars — Paul Jacob on a recent wrinkle in the evolving UFO story.

January 25Home of the Surveilled — Paul Jacob finds the watchers who watch the watchers. 

January 24Milei Defends Capitalism — Paul Jacob on the case against the World Economic Forum’s statism delivered to the WEF at Davos.

January 23Market Rents Work in Argentina — Paul Jacob on Javier Milei’s campaign to open up the housing market to everyone.

January 22The De-Frocking of Jordan Peterson — Paul Jacob on a setback in the war against the woke.

January 19Again Allowed — Paul Jacob on the freedom to speak without a license.

January 18GOP, ACLU, and NRA Together Again— Paul Jacob on a grand conjunction of groups usually light years apart. 

January 17Comic-Book Isms — Paul Jacob on level and unlevel playing fields.

January 16Free to Petition — Paul Jacob on citizen activism to clean up the voters’ rolls.

January 15Dangerous Neighbor — Paul Jacob on Saturday’s election in Taiwan.

January 12The Economy Is Great-ish — Paul Jacob on the wonders of Bidenomics.

January 11The S-Word in California — Paul Jacob on what subsidy entails. 

January 10Goods, Services, and Other Crimes — Paul Jacob on the latest wacky weirdness of the immigration crisis.

January 9There Ought Not Be a Law — Paul Jacob on the sexual segregation of toys.

January 8Children’s Crusade Goes Forth — Paul Jacob on climate alarmism litigated.

January 5Enthusiasm for Extremism in Action — Paul Jacob on the Maine ballot ban.

January 4The “Racial Animus” Gambit — Paul Jacob on a strange element of Harvard’s former president’s futile self-defense.

January 4The “Racial Animus” Gambit — Paul Jacob on a strange element of Harvard’s former president’s futile self-defense.

January 3The Resignation — Paul Jacob on the pathetic end of an important public contest.

January 2The Citizen Threat — Paul Jacob on why Republican leaders help Democrats surveil and oppress their conservative constituencies.

December 29Division, Exclusion, Indoctrination — Paul Jacob explains how one state crippled the “diversity, equity, and inclusion” program in its higher education system..

December 28Sit Back, America? — Paul Jacob on that old-time rock-n-roll armchair diplomacy.

December 27Can’t Eat Chips? — Paul Jacob on the limitations of current libertarian thought regarding foreign policy.

December 26Mostly Peaceful Indo-Pacific  — Paul Jacob on the real cause of the conflict that is the coming war.

December 22Theft Thwarts Thieves — Paul Jacob on the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune to the rescue.

December 21 Voting Unbound, Democracy UnhingedPaul Jacob scores the democracy being practiced in Washington, DC.

December 20Democratic Mountain High — Paul Jacob on Democrats’ latest attempt to stop Trump.

December 19Dollar Store Plague — Paul Jacob on Tucker Carlson’s bizarre recent elitist turn.

December 18The Crime of Mowing the Lawn — Paul Jacob bemoans industrial policy favoring electric motors and battery tech.

December 15Elections Overturned & Undermined — Paul Jacob on the dark underbelly of today’s democratic practice.

December 14Cold Climate in Hong Kong — Paul Jacob on the climate change we must worry about.

December 13To End the Great Declension — Paul Jacob on the meaning of Javier Milei’s success.

December 12Two Roadblocks, and Their Names — Paul Jacob on three politicians who balk at government transparency on the biggest stories of our time.

December 11A Great Big “Request” — Paul Jacob on the politics of population replacement. 

December 8Court Halts Imprisonment for Speech — Paul Jacob on a well-placed bump on the road to a major injustice.

December 7Sikh Freedom First— Paul Jacob on the dangerous life he leads.

December 6The Great De-Platforming? — Paul Jacob on Ted Cruz’s and Rand Paul’s biggest disagreement.

December 5Stop Thieves! — Paul Jacob on how and how not to fight against thievery.

December 5Die, Disney, Die! — Paul Jacob on putting down zombie companies that want to eat our brains.

December 1If/Why — Paul Jacob on the ongoing stonewalling over an allegedly non-existent set of phenomena, UFO’s.

November 30The Censorship Industrial Complex — Paul Jacob on the new revelations about how government contractors plotted to censor Americans.

November 29The Not-Unintended Consequences — Paul Jacob on yet another bad California idea.

November 28‘Hardly Peace’—Paul Jacob on the state of Sino-World relations.

November 27Stuck With It? — Paul Jacob on the Pfizer lawsuit against Poland.


November 25–26 — Against “Leftards” — and FOR free speech!
[audio: SoundCloud] [video: Rumble]


November 24Disagreeing With Päivi Räsänen — Paul Jacob defends religious speech in Finland. 

November 23One by One — Paul Jacob on what counts.

November 22Untruth Speaker, Untruth Speaker — Paul Jacob on another teachable moment thanks to Donald Trump and his opponents.

November 21One for the Memory Hole? — Paul Jacob on the latest onslaught of censorship and de-platforming.

November 20The Outsider Who Won — Paul Jacob on the winner of the Argentinian presidential election.


November 18–19 — Cleaning It Up, Tyrant-Style
[audio: SoundCloud] [video: Rumble]


November 17 The Bums’ Rush — Paul Jacob on how to clean up a big city from its putrid failures.

November 16Limits “Of” not “To” — Paul Jacob on free speech.

November 15Democratic Notion for Gotion — Paul Jacob sees hope in a mass firing.

November 14DeKalb Gas Stations DeKneecapped — Paul Jacob on a county ordinance bringing dystopian practices to Georgia.

November 13It Is and It Isn’t — Paul Jacob on America’s most confused (and lied-about) government program.


November 11–12 — Living Under the Chinese Curse
[audio: SoundCloud] [video: Rumble]


November 10Domination by Pseudo-experts — Paul Jacob on the shape that election interference took in 2020 and onward.

November 9Twelve-Point Play — Paul Jacob on unprecedented unpopularity at the top.

November 8Why the Banks Are Failing Us — Paul Jacob on bad service as a policy. 

November 7Preparation HH Hornswoggle — Paul Jacob on today’s most consequential ballot measure.

November 6Of Stopgaps and Ladders — Paul Jacob on the looming federal government shutdown.

November 3The Homeschooling Surge — Paul Jacob grades a trend.

November 2Greed & the Innocent Owners — Paul Jacob on the bipartisan case against civil asset forfeiture.

November 1Justice & Consequences — Paul Jacob on the bleeding wounds that won’t be stopped by bleeding hearts.

October 31Theseus’ Ship Sure Rocked and Rolled — Paul Jacob on a classic rock band’s sad lawsuit.

October 30 A New Speaker Conjures — Paul Jacob on the new House of Representatives leader, Mike Johnson.

October 27Community Chest — Paul Jacob examines the cards that send us round and round.

October 26The C-Word — Paul Jacob on the depth and persistence of corruption in the federal government.

October 25Stop the Chinazis —Paul Jacob on a new website dedicated to doing just that.

October 24The Ultimate Outsider — Paul Jacob on a politician’s plan to rescue a country from hyperinflation, stagnation, and decadence.

October 23Memester to the Pokey — Paul Jacob on the selective punishment of a partisan Twitter user.


October 21-22, 2023: After We Chuckle
[audio: SoundCloud] [video: Rumble]


October 20No Protection, No Duh — Paul Jacob on the assassination of RFK, Jr.

October 19Un-Sportsmanlike Conduct  — Paul Jacob says stop ripping off the kids.

October 18Bill Gates Wants to Bury Trees — Paul Jacob on the latest silviculture debate.

October 17The $145,000 Virtual Fine — Paul Jacob on the long, meddling arm of the CCP.

October 16Amber Ebony Insanity — Paul Jacob decries the continuing rise of woke segregationism.


October 14-15, 2023: Insane in the Hillary Brain!
[audio: SoundCloud] [video: Rumble]


October 13Leverage & Resistance — Paul Jacob on the resistance in Republican ranks.

October 12Fiscal Protector — Paul Jacob on where our public officials heads are at.

October 11Unlisted Help — Paul Jacob on the tacit right governments lose track of.

October 10Insane in the Meme Brain — Paul Jacob on the ideas that rule Congress and the political elites.

October 9Why Criminals Commit Crimes — Paul Jacob promotes the common-sense view of criminality.


October 7-8, 2023: A Few Pointers
[audio: SoundCloud] [video: Rumble]


October 6Don’t Fence Me In?  — Paul Jacob notes the political impetus for a specific type of construction. 

October 5Kick the Can — Paul Jacob on the Speaker of the House, old and new.

October 4America’s Mayor Celebrates Communism — Paul Jacob on the sad, sad spectacle of a major American leader cozying up to the CCP.

October 3Traditional Terrorism — Paul Jacob on the hallowed habits of leftist saboteurs.

October 2Mass (Private) Transit Paul Jacob on the future of getting there.


September 30–October 1, 2023: Dysfunction from A to Z
[audio: SoundCloud] [video: Rumble]


September 29Paralyzed Man Moves — Paul Jacob on the miracles of modern medicine.

September 28Bad Math BaltimorePaul Jacob adds two and two together.

September 27A Gun with His Name On It — Paul Jacob on Trump’s odd predicament.

September 26The California Experiment — Paul Jacob anticipates the outcomes of Governor Newsom’s gruesome new imposition.

September 25Downshifting Before the Cliff — Paul Jacob on what the chief lemmings tell the under-lemmings about the mandated mad rush.

September 22Methinks the MayorPaul Jacob on a politician who called for help, to protect Walmart from petitioners.

September 21Time and Money — Paul Jacob on the false economy of automatic voter registration.

September 20Campus Critic Defended — Paul Jacob on the transit forward for a case defending an academic’s freedom of speech.

September 19Two Libertarians, North and South — Paul Jacob on new developments on the anti-totalitarian front.

September 18Northern DisclosurePaul Jacob sees the CCP . . . everywhere. Because it’s in too many places.


September 16–17, 2023: Without These &#!*#@¿ Politicians!
[audio: SoundCloud] [video: Rumble]


September 15Must Known Musk  — Paul Jacob on freedom of speech and of the press in social media.

September 14Conservatorships Now! — Paul Jacob on the party of principle’s perfectly practical proposal.

September 13Swimming Against the Swamp — Paul Jacob on standing up for what you believe in — in politics.

September 12Balking at the Ban — Paul Jacob on fallout from the New Mexico Governor’s temporary gun-ban “public health” measure.

September 11Will We Comply? — Paul Jacob on the return of 2020’s annoying COVID duo, Fauci and Trump.

September 8De- and Re-certified — Paul Jacob on the persecution and triumph of a pandemic dissident.

September 7Overly Broad Stonewalling — Paul Jacob on the unraveling of the Deep State, one FOIA request at a time.

September 6Expulsion of the Sick — Paul Jacob on the latest unscientific response to the lingering pandemic. 

September 5The Tide of TheftPaul Jacob on the approaching death of a great civilization.

September 4New Red Map — Paul Jacob on the Chinazis’ latest war-like moves.


September 2–3, 2023: Such a Big Difference
[audio: SoundCloud] [video: Rumble]


September 1Publish and Not Perish — Paul Jacob on the most pointless of all government “intellectual property” crackdowns.

August 31Don’t Tread on Jaiden — Paul Jacob on flunking the public school authorities who were triggered by a flag patch.

August 30 —  The Chinese Biolab in California — Paul Jacob on a somewhat disturbing news story.

August 29Shrink Shrank Shrunk — Paul Jacob on the necessity of private property rights and the criminalizing of theft.

August 28Bashing Climate Change — Paul Jacob on fossil fuels as a boon to fighting climate change.

August 25Slasher Needs Slashing  — Paul Jacob on the horror movie that is California.

August 24Unspoken Contract — Paul Jacob on the US media acting as useful idiots for the Chinazis.

August 23Chalk One Up for Equal Treatment — Paul Jacob on free speech in street writing.

August 22Un-Masking the Maskers — Paul Jacob on being betrayed by government medicine.

August 21 In Evidence  — Paul Jacob again checks the fact-checker.


August 19-20, 2023: What Vivek Said
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August 18Election Challenge Criminalized? — Paul Jacob on the devil that went down to Georgia.

August 17Volcano Denialism — Paul Jacob on the weather we’re having, and the truth we aren’t hearing.

August 16It’s a Date — Paul Jacob on a major mistake made by his favorite GOP candidate.

August 15Violence on the Rise — Paul Jacob on the decay of democracy.

August 14A Very Special Prosecutor — Paul Jacob on the latest in the Hunter Biden case.


August 12: The watchdog that needs to go to the pound
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August 11Outlawed But Unmoved — Paul Jacob retells the true tale of an unlicensed mover who shook things up. 

August 10Students Strike Back — Paul Jacob cheers on the fight against socialist college administrators.

August 9Donors Don’t Donate Their Privacy — Paul Jacob looks at a legislative effort in one state, and its merits for all other states.

August 8Time to Slap Grabby Hands — Paul Jacob applauds congressional action on civil asset forfeiture.

August 7Big-Gov-Google-Plex — Paul Jacob on suit-slapping the social media censors.


July 29, 2023: Vote “Aye” and Gomorrah
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August 4Melting in the Force of Opposition — Paul Jacob on the snowflakes in government.

August 3Slow Murder Is Still Murder

August 2Accounting for Taste

August 1The Way We Censor Now — Paul Jacob on the crucial details of the regulated speech complex.

July 31Nineteen Seconds and CountingPaul Jacob on the ends of “experience.”


July 29, 2023: Nobody Believes Anything Any Longer
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July 28 — “You in Your Whiteness” — Paul Jacob on Canada’s continuing cultural decay.

July 27Not Having It — Paul Jacob on the curious (in)justice in the Hunter Biden case.

July 26Won’t Come A-Knockin’ — Paul Jacob on the latest in IRS messaging.

July 25BBC Apologizes, Bankers Squirm — Paul Jacob on the latest example of woke corporations dividing society.

July 24Truth, Compassion & Forbearance — Paul Jacob doffs his hat on a sad anniversary.


July 22, 2023: In Praise of John Kerry?
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July 21Counterintuitive? — Paul Jacob on newfound success in preventing success.

July 20Big Biz-Big China Alliance — Paul Jacob on corporations that collaborate with totalitarians abroad to persecute the innocent.

July 19Haunted by the Specter of Mao — Paul Jacob finds the spook in Americans’ heads.

July 18Bless You, John Kerry — Paul Jacob wrings out his handkerchief and irons out his . . . ironies.  

July 17, 2023Austerity Theater — Paul Jacob on something worse than hypocrisy run (biked) rampant.


July 15, 2023: “If We’re Going Down, the Whole World’s Going With Us!”
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July 14, 2023Infected by Politics — Paul Jacob on yet more evidence for the Lab Leak Theory of SARS-CoV-2 origins.

July 13, 2023The Sin of Skin Color — Paul Jacob on yet another victim of educators’ racist anti-racism cult.

July 12, 2023The Bigger Boycott Before Bud LightPaul Jacob adds up a sportswriter’s telling numbers.

July 11, 2023Not Just a Border-Line Case — Paul Jacob looks at who is coming to America through a porous southern border.

July 10, 2023First Amendment: Irrelevant? — Paul Jacob on the excuses for, and then the frank defenses of, censorship.


July 8, 2023: Variations on “Anathema”
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July 7, 2023Thomas & Thomas — Paul Jacob on the key problem with relying upon racism to explain different statistical results among the races.

July 6, 2023Censors Cancelled — Paul Jacob on the latest in the case against social media thought suppression.

July 5, 2023China’s Many Rushdies — Paul Jacob on another Chinazi crackdown. 

July 4, 2023A Declaration — Paul Jacob clarifies where we stand, with decent respect and some prudence.

July 3, 2023Two Days & 50 Years — Paul Jacob celebrates a choice of celebrations.


July 1, 2023: They’re Experts on NOTHING!
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June 30Affirmative Action Disaffirmed — Paul Jacob on the college discrimination case.

June 29Taken for Billions and Billions — Paul Jacob on why the lost loot.

June 28A Simulacrum of Solace — Paul Jacob on the new era of politics.

June 27Term Limits for Thee— Paul Jacob on the permutations of power.

June 26High Court Too Busy — Paul Jacob laments the latest on the degradation of free speech and freedom of contract rights.


June 24, 2023: How to Set Up a Dictatorship
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June 23Dictators on ParadePaul Jacob on what’s in a name.

June 22The Precedentedness of It All — Paul Jacob on what the federal government lacks.

June 21Google Can’t Have That — Paul Jacob on the American habit of censorship.

June 20Wannabe Dictator — Paul Jacob on the Tyrant Who Must Not Be Named.

June 19Freedom Festival— Paul Jacob on a celebration for the ages … and for all.


June 17, 2023: Be Smart?
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June 16Guilty of Claiming Innocence — Paul Jacob on going gangsta on the gangstas in government.

June 15Patients Zero (1, 2, 3) — Paul Jacob on the origin of the coronavirus pandemic.

June 14After Anarchy, Sue! — Paul Jacob on the legal repercussions of 2020’s Summer of Love.

June 13Facing the Debt with Deceit — Paul Jacob on the trillion-dollar coin’s past and future.

June 12The Cuban Missive Crisis — Paul Jacob on the latest reach of the Chinazis into the Americas.

June 9Just Say NO to the IRS — Paul Jacob on another scheme to increase the power and scope of the Taxman.

June 8Identified? — Paul Jacob on UFOs.

June 7People Lover — Paul Jacob on the over-population myth and its tireless mythbuster.

June 6He Is the Eggman — Paul Jacob on the great fall a-comin’.

June 5Look Around — Paul Jacob sees the “uncensored” free world waking up.

June 2Government Greed Swept in Double-Header — Paul Jacob finds two good results in recent federal court rulings.

June 1Don’t Make It Easy — Paul Jacob on how to undermine civilization, one legging at a time.

May 31Look Who Took a Mile — Paul Jacob on the confessions of our pandemic overlords.

May 30Destroying (& Saving) DebatePaul Jacob takes the negative on mandating Marxism in high school debate)


May 27, 2023: A “Minor” Monstrous Evil
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May 26Dys Glitch — Paul Jacob on a minor problem bloated up to major dimensions.

May 25Apocalypse California — Paul Jacob on the self-victimization of the powerful.

May 24Hollowed-Out America — Paul Jacob on a Supreme Court Justice’s complaint against the politicians’ pandemic response.

May 23Survival Requirements — Paul Jacob on the coming rolling blackouts.

May 22No Laughing Matter — Paul Jacob on the world’s unfunniest political regime.

May 19Flush The White House — Paul Jacob pulls the lever on federal meddling in our plumbing.

May 18A Life of Meaning — Paul Jacob on honoring the man who may be the greatest of our age.

May 17Whose Brains Fell Out? — Paul Jacob sadly takes notice of Elon-approved censorship on Twitter.

May 16Fifty-One & Nine & Two — Paul Jacob on the latest in the Biden family corruption revelations.

May 15New York Vigil — Paul Jacob addresses fear and loathing on the New York City subway.


May 13, 2023: Even Non-Corruption  Would Be Leadership By Default
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May 12On the 1197th Day… — Paul Jacob heralds the end of the COVID crisis.

May 11Deadbeat California — Paul Jacob on a debt unpaid, and the unlucky folks forced to pay it.

May 10Here-at-Home Problem — Paul Jacob on not being too scared to talk about one’s enemy.

May 9Public TV Vetoed — Paul Jacob on a controversial move by Oklahoma’s governor.

May 8Big Guy, Little Guy— Paul Jacob on the biggest little corruption story of our time.


May 6, 2023: The Word Is Brazenness
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May 5Incredulity Doesn’t Cut It — Paul Jacob on another local government playing Monopoly.

May 4Back-Pedaling at the Speed of Lies — Paul Jacob on COVID leaders who now deny they led us astray.

May 3Debt for Pakistani Trans — Paul Jacob on yet another blip in the Wall.

May 2Freedom vs Force at Harvard  — Paul Jacob marks the formation of a new adult crusader group for free speech.

May 1Biden Brazenness Against Religion — Paul Jacob laments the religious war now escalating.


April 28, 2023: The Sacrament of Confirmation
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April 28Pray Tell — Paul Jacob on the meteoric fall of Fox News’s biggest star. And ratings.

April 27Happier in the Moment? — Paul Jacob defends the young against abusive professionals, politicians, activists.

April 26Can They Do That? — Paul Jacob on the end of a tyrannical city inspection scheme.

April 25Rent-Free in Oakland — Paul Jacob on the belated end of a class-based pandemic program.

April 24Bioweapon — Paul Jacob on a virus used as a weapon to kill millions.


April 22, 2023 — Shot Heard ’Round the World
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April 21Sticking It to the People— Paul Jacob on a city of people caught in the crossfire of politicians.

April 20It’s a Crime — Paul Jacob on a clear case of property rights infringed, and government doing little to prevent it.

April 19Queen’s Color Guard — Paul Jacob on the latest racist nonsense from Netflix.

April 18Make Them Pay — Paul Jacob on California ramping up socialism another notch.

April 17Censored Under Pressure — Paul Jacob on a lawsuit against corporate and governmental string-pulling to squelch legitimate First Amendment rights.


April 15, 2023 — It’s So Over
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April 14It’s Over But It Isn’t — Paul Jacob on the brain death of pandemic policy and politics.

April 13Do Anything — Paul Jacob on the extreme of term-limit-o-phobia.

April 12Trans-Violent — Paul Jacob on kindness and love for trans — and arrests for trans activists.

April 11Partisanship & Pretense — Paul Jacob on the Tennessee ouster.

April 10A Package Deal — Paul Jacob on government censors walking the walk.

April 7Small District Democracy — Paul Jacob on the best reform.

April 6NPR’s Wide Stance — Paul Jacob stares into the maw of the media-industrial complex.

April 5Down-Shifted Demographics — Paul Jacob on a disturbing American trend and a related international one.

April 4Half-Win for Forfeiture Victim — Paul Jacob tells a too-familiar sad tale, but with a twist: a mostly happy ending.

April 3If It Can Happen to Trump — Paul Jacob reminisces about when he was persecuted by a prosecutor for political reasons.

March 31The Regime Shows Its Fangs — Paul Jacob speculates about the nature of evil. 

March 30Why We Fight— Paul Jacob on how the president can better recruit volunteers.

March 29No Mystery, Just Confusion — Paul Jacob hazards the lingo of the woke.

March 28The Giveaway Epidemic — Paul Jacob on politicians out of control.

March 27Assumptions Attack — Paul Jacob on an embarrassing drug bust and its artistic aftermath.

March 24Breaking the Jell-O Mold — Paul Jacob discusses an independent’s latest declarations of independence.

March 23The Farmers Strike Back — Paul Jacob on the political fallout of a radical environmental crackdown.

March 22Doctor-to-Be of Theology — Paul Jacob on the cult of misguided expertise.

March 21Now and Then — Paul Jacob on a worthy March protest we should better remember.

March 20License for Leftists — Paul Jacob on the true alternative to subsidizing Marxist professors forever.

March 17Old Woke, Not New — Paul Jacob on the fundamentals of a failure.

March 16Politicians Revolt Against Voters — Paul Jacob on the problem politicians have hearing the voice of the people.

March 15Invitation to a Beheading — Paul Jacob tries not to gag watching the latest Democratic defense of censorship.

March 14Is It Still Capitalism? —Paul Jacob on the latest bank bailout.

March 13Can You Bank On It? — Paul Jacob on the business plan of a new bank.

March 10Don’t Destroy Farmers — Paul Jacob casts a weary eye upon anti-agriculture policy across the water.

March 9Register the Critics! — Paul Jacob on a dark proposal to register political writing in the Sunshine State.

March 8Time for Truth Is . . . Now? — Paul Jacob asks what the FBI knew, and when did it know it.

March 7Alien National Capital — Paul Jacob on why non-citizens shouldn’t vote, especially You Know Where. 

March 6Too Funny or Too On-Target? — Paul Jacob on the demise of a YouTube channel devoted to ridiculing the Chinese dictator.

March 3Imprudent Skeptics? — Paul Jacob looks past China to … the U.S.

March 2They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? — Paul Jacob on enemies of popular government.

March 1Roald’s Revenge — Paul Jacob on the bowdlerization of kids’ books.

February 28Decreases & Increases & Krugman — Paul Jacob on diminishing returns from the Nobel Laureate.