Category: by Paul Jacob

America the Debatable — This Week

Part Two of Paul’s looking back on the big stories this week.

Reviewing this last week’s big stories:

Stay tuned for Part Two, for Saturday.

There should be no legally required military or “national” service:

The second week of June 2019, in review:

Paul discusses how meaningful 1989’s Tiananmen protests were for him and for America, historically.

The second part of Paul’s video from last weekend:

Representative or Reprehensible?
Seventy-seven million. That is the dollar amount of “financial errors” that …
Constitutionally Unsuited for the Job
You can’t answer every random fallacy uttered by fierce foes …
Saving Grandma
Republican legislators in Utah are trying to kill Grandma. Don’t …
Red-lining Democracy
Why does a fellow who’s the executive director of the Greenlining …
Oregon’s $10,000 Innocent-Bystander Fine
In Oregon, it is now a crime to be both an …

Bill Nye, the Jail-My-Debating-Opponent Guy
January 9, 2025
Paul Jacob is revolted at yet another Biden honoree.Read More »
Exit Trudeau
January 8, 2025
Paul Jacob on the future ex-prime minister.Read More »
GEC Bullet Ducked?
January 7, 2025
Paul Jacob on the bureaucrats’ persistent itch to censor us.Read More »
Pardon Me
January 6, 2025
Paul Jacob on the possible cover-up of the cover-up of …Read More »
Dis Democracy?
January 3, 2025
Paul Jacob on Mencken, Lemieux, and democracy.Read More »

Graceless Memphis Politicians
“We could care less about instant runoff voting,” fibbed Allan …
Cool Car and Hot Coffee for President Cool
The President of the United States claims to be very …
He Tries Harder
He’s the Avis Rent A Car of authoritarianism. Russian President Vladimir V. …
Taking the Initiative (and Referendum)
Maryland State Senator Joan Carter Conway dislikes a certain popular bill, …
On Glissando Skids
As corrupting as political power may be, not everyone is …

That Time Paul Harvey Called Me on the Phone
Paul reviews the week’s big stories here on Common Sense …
Townhall: Don’t Interrupt the Democrats
At Townhall, Paul Jacob cuts Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez enough slack for the …
Force Over Persuasion
Today’s campus radicals assert that free speech is bad because …
Fakes & Facts
“There was truth and there was untruth,” George Orwell wrote …
They Aren’t Lying Now?
“You lie!” When U.S. Representative Joe Wilson (R‑SC) shouted this …

Stop Phony Crony Pay Grab
Are people in Arkansas as stupid as their legislators think? Last …
Net Neutrality Lunacy
“The very same government that couldn’t even build a functional website …
Edmund Burke — “The people never give up their liberties but…”
“The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion.” …
What Kind of Ice Cream Cone?
When I wrote about the Donald’s change of troop positions abroad …
Awful Aspirations
A funny thing happened on the way to voting on …