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Brothers in Crime

Relevance: 14%      Posted on: June 20, 2013

James “Whitey” Bulger adamantly denies two of the 19 murders he’s accused of committing and for which he’s now on trial in a Boston federal court, along with facing a dozen lesser charges. Decades ago, the 83-year old reputed mobster allegedly ran much of the city’s organized crime. Whitey may…

Don’t Interrupt the Democrats

Relevance: 14%      Posted on: February 16, 2019

Can we blame U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), really?  Being ambitious and bold are not usually considered bad things. And her most ambitious, boldest proposal is not exactly without precedent. A decade of quantitative easing, along with trillion-dollar annual deficits run up recently by congressional Republicans, have laid the debt-ridden tracks…

Watch: California x 2 = Where We Are Now

Relevance: 14%      Posted on: September 12, 2021

Two big stories: two judges in different cases — one went one way, the other got it right. Paul discusses: https://youtu.be/x9KVYeLn_Kc

Toiletarianism — Safe Spaces Flushed

Relevance: 14%      Posted on: May 24, 2016

President Obama and other politicians are taking a wide stance over the nation’s public restrooms. Important bathroom policy will finally be determined at the highest levels.  In early May, public school educators nationwide received a legalistically-worded joint letter from the Departments of Justice and Education explaining how to legally treat…

Video: California Term Limit Scam

Relevance: 13%      Posted on: June 2, 2012

CAUTION: A carefully concocted measure designed to fool the voters. Pass this on. It is important. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruTn1kkvv6Q&feature=youtube_gdata_player

I Call BS

Relevance: 13%      Posted on: March 27, 2018

Paul Jacob Yesterday, hundreds of thousands of Americans, many of them young students, demonstrated against “gun-violence” by participating in the March for Our Lives in Washington, D.C., and around the country. Not me. I stayed home and wrote this column, instead. And not to disparage the efforts of all those…

The Man from THRO

Relevance: 13%      Posted on: November 10, 2018

Paul Jacob What can one person do? I wish Jack Gargan were here to answer that question — I can almost hear his characteristic chuckle, see the glint in his Irish eyes, in preparation for his answer. But sadly, Jack passed away last week in Thailand, where he had retired.…

Old Media Curses the Wind

Relevance: 13%      Posted on: April 13, 2014

In strategy meetings through the years, I’ve often heard conservative and Republican operatives complain, “If the mainstream media would only cover the issue fairly . . .” My advice? Don’t hold your breath. In lively discussions with friends from across the political spectrum, including a journalist or two, I’ve debated…

Thanksgiving 2009

Relevance: 13%      Posted on: November 26, 2009

Paul Jacob says “Thank You” What a difference a year makes. As I sit down to my Thanksgiving Day feast, that's what I'm thinking. And I certainly know I have a whole lot to be thankful for. Let me start by thanking you. For caring about freedom and justice. For…

Don’t Let Politicians Hit the Mute Button

Relevance: 13%      Posted on: November 3, 2018

Welcome, Townhall readers: for more links, go to our splash page for this column. Paul Jacob Our upcoming biennial exercise of democracy is not just a matter of choosing between the crooked liar and the racist thief. Aside from filling any number of federal, state and local offices, there will…

The First (and Most Important) First Amendment

Relevance: 12%      Posted on: June 7, 2018

Paul Jacob Last week’s most consequential story was not covered by a single television network or cable outlet. Nor was it discussed on talk radio. The major newspapers took no note of it, and not a single voice in the universe of blogs and news sites on the worldwide web…

Nonsense, precedented and petrified

Relevance: 12%      Posted on: April 9, 2012

When you hear the word “unprecedented,” reach for your . . . dictionary. But when you hear someone say we should be “petrified” of “democracy,” what do you reach for, then? Early last week, President Barack Obama railed against the Supreme Court and the possibility that it might overturn the…

Return to Republicanism?

Relevance: 10%      Posted on: October 1, 2014

I’m a republican. You’re a republican. It used to be that most Democrats were also republicans. Today, I’m not even sure that most Republicans are republicans. But I’m hoping you are, whether you vote R or D or something else. Or don’t vote at all. This is not an essay…

Down and Dispossessed in France (and America)

Relevance: 10%      Posted on: December 22, 2018

Priscillia Ludosky Paul Jacob Welcome, Townhall readers! We live in near-revolutionary times. And in France, protest has become interesting, as it is normal working people who are in revolt.The column is at Townhall, yes, but the links below point in other directions. Towards France, of course, but also . .…

Her Majesty Hillary’s Speech Police

Relevance: 10%      Posted on: May 9, 2015

U. S. Senator Bernie Sanders, the Vermont “independent” who caucuses with the Democrats and calls himself a “democratic socialist,” announced this week that he is seeking the Democratic Socialist Party’s nomination — er, I mean the Democratic Party’s nomination for president. One of the Vermonter’s most visceral claims to left-wing…

Common Sense Commentary

Relevance: 9%      Posted on: March 16, 2023

. . . recently published on this site. . . . Date (links to PDF) — Title (link to article) — Topic: May 2 — Second Amendment Privacy Act — Paul Jacob on a big win for gun rights. May 1 — They Don’t Get It — Paul Jacob on…