David Jacobson's Mighty Blog on Independent Thought, Politics & Culture

I had to stop writing for a while because I recently joined the 10% of the population that was looking for work. Happily, my severance packa...

I’ve talked enough in the last few posts about anti-incumbency and mad voters driving recent election results from Virginia to Massachusetts...

Once again, the political future hangs in the balance of a Massachusetts Democrat. I would not be at all surprised if history repeats itself...

As the decade draws to a merciful close, one market that has been beaten down further than the Republicans and our retirement portfolios com...

If you have read all the posts so far and still believe CFR laws are either correct or effective, there is additional information I have res...

Even if you disagree with both my posts on Campaign Finance Reform (CFR) so far, there are three incontrovertible truths about what has happ...

Many liberals have fond memories of the late Senator Gene McCarthy, whose anti-Vietnam presidential platform caused LBJ to withdraw from the...