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This Week in Common Sense is Paul Jacob's weekend wrap-up of the big stories of the week, as they appear on “This Is Common Sense with Paul Jacob,” his commentary page at thisiscommonsense.org.
Paul Jacob is president of the Liberty Initiative Fund, a national organization helping citizens place issues on the ballot to protect individual liberty and hold government accountable.
“If there’s anyone who’s been involved in more citizen initiative campaigns in the history of this country [than Paul Jacob],” said Los Angeles Times reporter Joe Mathews, “I’m not aware of them.”
For more than a decade, Paul was the term limits movement’s leading voice, running U.S. Term Limits, the nation’s largest such group. For his work to bring term limits to Congress, columnist Robert Novak good-naturedly called Jacob “the most hated man in Washington.”
Campaigning for term limits, as well as for spending caps, property rights measures and candidate ballot access, Paul has been involved in over 175 statewide petition drives.
Currently, Paul Jacob hosts Common Sense, an online and print opinion program that reaches tens of thousands of online readers and e-mail subscribers. His new podcast is an informal recap of the week's major stories as covered on thisiscommonsense.com — hence the title, This Week in Common Sense.
“The best way to assure freedom of expression, no matter where it may be threatened,” Pulitzer-prize winning columnist, Paul Greenberg, wrote recently, “would be to have an army of utterly determined Paul Jacob fighting for it.”
Paul won the “Courage Under Fire” award at the 2009 Conservative Political Action Conference. He has also been named “a rising star in politics” by Campaigns & Elections magazine, received the Society for Individual Liberty’s “Phoenix Award” for “contributions to the advancement of liberty in America,” and was dubbed one of “The Best and the Rightest” by National Journal.
His writing has been featured in USA Today, The Washington Times, The New York Daily News, Roll Call, Human Events, The Chicago Tribune, The Washington Examiner and other publications. He has appeared on numerous television programs and is a consistent guest on talk radio.
During the late 1970s and 1980s, Jacob held a number of positions in the Libertarian Party, including serving as chairman of the Arkansas Libertarian Party, national director of the national Libertarian Party and also national ballot access coordinator. Paul also served on the Libertarian National Committee — a position he was elected to from his federal prison cell, while serving a six month sentence for refusing to register for the military draft.
Paul currently serves on the boards of Citizens in Charge, a non-partisan group working to protect and expand voter initiative rights, and the Citizens in Charge Foundation, a charitable foundation conducting research on the initiative process, educating the public and litigating to defend petition rights — both groups he founded. He also serves on the board of the Great Communicators Foundation, a charitable foundation providing communication training to pro-liberty activists, and on the board of the Taxpayers United of America.
Paul lives with his wife Rhonda in Woodbridge, Virginia. They have three children and two grandchildren.
Paul Jacob is in Taiwan and asks a question.And provides some answers.For more information, seehttps://stopthechinazis.org/video-why-should-americans-defend-taiwan/
Paul Jacob reviews the big stories of the week as they have appeared at ThisIsCommonSense.org:November 24 — Disagreeing With Päivi Räsänen — Paul Jacob defends religious speech in Finland. November 23 — One by One — Paul Jacob on what counts.November 22 — Untruth Speaker, Untruth Speaker — Paul Jacob on another teachable moment thanks to Donald Trump and his opponents.November 21 — One for the Memory Hole? — Paul Jacob on the latest onslaught of censorship and de-platforming.November 20 — The Outsider Who Won — Paul Jacob on the winner of the Argentinian presidential election.
From the pages of ThisIsCommonSense.org:November 17 — The Bums’ Rush — Paul Jacob on how to clean up a big city from its putrid failures.November 16 — Limits “Of” not “To” — Paul Jacob on free speech.November 15 — Democratic Notion for Gotion — November 14 — DeKalb Gas Stations DeKneecapped — Paul Jacob on a county ordinance bringing dystopian practices to Georgia.November 13 — It Is and It Isn’t — Paul Jacob on America’s most confused (and lied-about) government program.
Paul Jacob covers the big stories of the week from the pages of ThisIsCommonSense.org:November 10 — Domination by Pseudo-experts — Paul Jacob on the shape that election interference took in 2020 and onward.November 9 — Twelve-Point Play — Paul Jacob on unprecedented unpopularity at the top.November 8 — Why the Banks Are Failing Us — Paul Jacob on bad service as a policy. November 7 — Preparation HH Hornswoggle — Paul Jacob on today’s most consequential ballot measure.November 6 — Of Stopgaps and Ladders — Paul Jacob on the looming federal government shutdown.
We begin with Jon Stewart's recent problems with Apple and China, and with, then, THE PROBLEM WITH JON STEWART! And we conclude with a discussion of Israel and Palestine. But in between Paul talks about the other stories of the week, from the pages of ThisIsCommonSense.org:October 20 — No Protection, No Duh — Paul Jacob on the assassination of RFK, Jr.October 19 — Un-Sportsmanlike Conduct — Paul Jacob says stop ripping off the kids.October 18 — Bill Gates Wants to Bury Trees — Paul Jacob on the latest silviculture debate.October 17 — The $145,000 Virtual Fine — Paul Jacob on the long, meddling arm of the CCP.October 16 — Amber Ebony Insanity — Paul Jacob decries the continuing rise of woke segregationism.
From the pages of ThisIsCommonSense.org:October 13 — Leverage & Resistance — Paul Jacob on the resistance in Republican ranks.October 12 — Fiscal Protector — Paul Jacob on where our public officials heads are at.October 11 — Unlisted Help — Paul Jacob on the tacit right governments lose track of.October 10 — Insane in the Meme Brain — Paul Jacob on the ideas that rule Congress and the political elites.October 9 — Why Criminals Commit Crimes — Paul Jacob promotes the common-sense view of criminality.
From the pages of ThisIsCommonSense.org:October 6 — Don’t Fence Me In? — Paul Jacob notes the political impetus for a specific type of construction. October 5 — Kick the Can — Paul Jacob on the Speaker of the House, old and new.October 4 — America's Mayor Celebrates Communism — Paul Jacob on the sad, sad spectacle of a major American leader cozying up to the CCP.October 3 — Traditional Terrorism — Paul Jacob on the hallowed habits of leftist saboteurs.October 2 — Mass (Private) Transit — Paul Jacob on the future of getting there.
From the pages of ThisIsCommonSense.org:September 29 — Paralyzed Man Moves — Paul Jacob on the miracles of modern medicine.September 28 — Bad Math Baltimore— Paul Jacob adds two and two together.September 27 — A Gun with His Name On It — Paul Jacob on Trump’s odd predicament.September 26 — The California Experiment — Paul Jacob anticipates the outcomes of Governor Newsom’s gruesome new imposition.September 25 — Downshifting Before the Cliff — Paul Jacob on what the chief lemmings tell the under-lemmings about the mandated mad rush.
From the pages of ThisIsCommonSense.org:September 15 — Must Known Musk — Paul Jacob on freedom of speech and of the press in social media.September 14 — Conservatorships Now! — Paul Jacob on the party of principle’s perfectly practical proposal.September 13 — Swimming Against the Swamp — Paul Jacob on standing up for what you believe in — in politics.September 12 — Balking at the Ban — Paul Jacob on fallout from the New Mexico Governor’s temporary gun-ban “public health” measure.September 11 — Will We Comply? — Paul Jacob on the return of 2020’s annoying COVID duo, Fauci and Trump.
From the pages of ThisIsCommonSense.org to your ears:
September 1 — Publish and Not Perish — Paul Jacob on the most pointless of all government “intellectual property” crackdowns.
August 31 — Don’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 29 — Shrink Shrank Shrunk — Paul Jacob on the necessity of private property rights and the criminalizing of theft.
August 28 — Bashing Climate Change — Paul Jacob on fossil fuels as a boon to fighting climate change.
Paul Jacob covers Vivek's foreign policy quasi-gaffe, and four other stories from the pages of ThisIsCommonSense.org.
Don't worry: no actual doggos were sent back to any pound. It's a metaphor. A metaphor for major corporate news media. They aren't fulfilling their watchdog roles any longer. Send them to the pound!
From the pages of ThisIsCommonSense.org, Paul Jacob and Timothy Virkkala discuss five stories that even have some hope in them:
August 11 — Outlawed But Unmoved — Paul Jacob retells the true tale of an unlicensed mover who shook things up.
August 10 — Students Strike Back — Paul Jacob cheers on the fight against socialist college administrators.
August 9 — Donors Don’t Donate Their Privacy — Paul Jacob looks at a legislative effort in one state, and its merits for all other states.
August 8 —Time to Slap Grabby Hands — Paul Jacob applauds congressional action on civil asset forfeiture.
August 7 — Big-Gov-Google-Plex — Paul Jacob on suit-slapping the social media censors.
At the beginning of the current administration, the movie to think about was THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE. Now it's WEEKEND AT BERNIE'S.
Paul Jacob discusses the big stories of the week, as they've appeared at ThisIsCommonSense.org.
From ThisIsCommonSense.org:
July 28 — “You in Your Whiteness” — Paul Jacob on Canada’s continuing cultural decay.
July 27 — Not Having It — Paul Jacob on the curious (in)justice in the Hunter Biden case.
July 26 — Won’t Come A-Knockin’ — Paul Jacob on the latest in IRS messaging.
July 25 — BBC Apologizes, Bankers Squirm — Paul Jacob on the latest example of woke corporations dividing society.
July 24 — Truth, Compassion & Forbearance — Paul Jacob doffs his hat on a sad anniversary.
From the pages of ThisIsCommonSense.org:
July 21 — Counterintuitive? — Paul Jacob on newfound success in preventing success.
July 20 — Big Biz-Big China Alliance — Paul Jacob on corporations that collaborate with totalitarians abroad to persecute the innocent.
July 19 — Haunted by the Specter of Mao — Paul Jacob finds the spook in Americans’ heads.
July 18 — Bless You, John Kerry — Paul Jacob wrings out his handkerchief and irons out his . . . ironies.
July 17, 2023 — Austerity Theater — Paul Jacob on something worse than hypocrisy run (biked) rampant.
What was the rationale for Chinese re-actions to — and actions about — the new disease they let out of Wuhan?
Paul Jacob has a theory, and it's backed up by a lot of evidence. But don't expect major, corporate media news sources to cover it. Expect to get it at ThisIsCommonSense.org.
This week's stories:
July 14, 2023 — Infected by Politics — Paul Jacob on yet more evidence for the Lab Leak Theory of SARS-CoV-2 origins.
July 13, 2023 — The Sin of Skin Color — another victim of educators’ racist anti-racism cult.
July 12, 2023 — The Bigger Boycott Before Bud Light — Paul Jacob adds up a sportswriter’s telling numbers.
July 11, 2023 — Not Just a Border-Line Case — who is coming to America through a porous southern border.
July 10, 2023 — First Amendment: Irrelevant? — a look at the excuses for, and then the frank defenses of, censorship.
From Independence Day through the China threat to the judiciary getting censorship and racial discrimination right — with a nod to Joan of Arc, too — Paul Jacob covers the big stories that appeared in the first week of July 2023:
July 7, 2023 — Thomas & Thomas — Paul Jacob on the key problem with relying upon racism to explain different statistical results among the races.
July 6, 2023 — Censors Cancelled — Paul Jacob on the latest in the case against social media thought suppression.
July 5, 2023 — China’s Many Rushdies — Paul Jacob on another Chinazi crackdown.
July 4, 2023 — A Declaration — Paul Jacob clarifies where we stand, with decent respect and some prudence.
July 3, 2023 — Two Days & 50 Years — Paul Jacob celebrates a choice of celebrations.
Our betters in Washington and in the State Capitol buildings often pat each other on the back, calling each other "experts" on this or that. But Paul Jacob has a judgment from experience. See ThisIsCommonSense.org:
June 30 — Affirmative Action Disaffirmed — Paul Jacob on the college discrimination case.
June 29 — Taken for Billions and Billions — Paul Jacob on why the lost loot.
June 28 — A Simulacrum of Solace — Paul Jacob on the new era of politics.
June 27 — Term Limits for Thee — Paul Jacob on the permutations of power.
June 26 — High Court Too Busy — Paul Jacob laments the latest on the degradation of free speech and freedom of contract rights.
And on Rumble: https://rumble.com/v2xdzve-theyre-experts-in-nothing.html
The big stories of the week from the pages of ThisIsCommonSense.org.
June 23 — Dictators on Parade — Paul Jacob on what’s in a name.
June 22 — The Precedentedness of It All — Paul Jacob on what the federal government lacks.
June 21 — Google Can’t Have That — Paul Jacob on the American habit of censorship.
June 20 — Wannabe Dictator — Paul Jacob on the Tyrant Who Must Not Be Named.
June 19 — Freedom Festival — Paul Jacob on a celebration for the ages … and for all.
The trouble with this admonishment is, as Paul Jacob explains, the people who need to listen to it aren't listening!
From the pages of ThisIsCommonSense.org:
June 16 — Guilty of Claiming Innocence — Paul Jacob on going gangsta on the gangstas in government.
June 15 — Patients Zero (1, 2, 3) — Paul Jacob on the origin of the coronavirus pandemic.
June 14 — After Anarchy, Sue! — Paul Jacob on the legal repercussions of 2020’s Summer of Love.
June 13 — Facing the Debt with Deceit — Paul Jacob on the trillion-dollar coin’s past and future.
June 12 — The Cuban Missive Crisis — Paul Jacob on the latest reach of the Chinazis into the Americas.
Paul Jacob covers the big stories of the week, from the pages of ThisIsCommonSense.org:
June 2 — Government Greed Swept in Double-Header — Paul Jacob finds two good results in recent federal court rulings.
June 1 — Don’t Make It Easy — Paul Jacob on how to undermine civilization, one legging at a time.
May 31 — Look Who Took a Mile — Paul Jacob on the confessions of our pandemic overlords.
May 30 — Destroying (& Saving) Debate — Paul Jacob takes the negative on mandating Marxism in high school debate)
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From the pages of ThisIsCommonSense.org:May 26 — Dys Glitch — Paul Jacob on a minor problem bloated up to major dimensions.May 25 — Apocalypse California — Paul Jacob on the self-victimization of the powerful.May 24 — Hollowed-Out America — Paul Jacob on a Supreme Court Justice’s complaint against the politicians’ pandemic response.May 23 — Survival Requirements — Paul Jacob on the coming rolling blackouts.May 22 — No Laughing Matter — Paul Jacob on the world’s unfunniest political regime.
Paul Jacob takes the headlines from ThisIsCommonSense.org and expands upon the big stories of the week:May 12 — On the 1197th Day… — Paul Jacob heralds the end of the COVID crisis.May 11 — Deadbeat California — Paul Jacob on a debt unpaid, and the unlucky folks forced to pay it.May 10 — Here-at-Home Problem — Paul Jacob on not being too scared to talk about one’s enemy.May 9 — Public TV Vetoed — Paul Jacob on a controversial move by Oklahoma’s governor.May 8 — Big Guy, Little Guy— Paul Jacob on the biggest little corruption story of our time.
From the pages of ThisIsCommonSense.org, Paul Jacob:May 5 — Incredulity Doesn’t Cut It — Paul Jacob on another local government playing Monopoly.May 4 —Back-Pedaling at the Speed of Lies — Paul Jacob on COVID leaders who now deny they led us astray.May 3 — Debt for Pakistani Trans — Paul Jacob on yet another blip in the Wall.May 2 — Freedom vs Force at Harvard — Paul Jacob marks the formation of a new adult crusader group for free speech.May 1 — Biden Brazenness Against Religion — Paul Jacob laments the religious war now escalating.
Paul Jacob onTucker Carlsonthe pandemic psy-oprenters and landlords versus governmentand much more fromThisIsCommonSense.org!
From ThisIsCommonSense.org:April 21 — Sticking It to the People — Paul Jacob on a city of people caught in the crossfire of politicians. April 20 — It’s a Crime — Paul Jacob on a clear case of property rights infringed, and government doing little to prevent it. April 19 — Queen’s Color Guard — Paul Jacob on the latest racist nonsense from Netflix. April 18 — Make Them Pay — Paul Jacob on California ramping up socialism another notch. April 17 — Censored Under Pressure — Paul Jacob on a lawsuit against corporate and governmental string-pulling to squelch legitimate First Amendment rights.
The biggest stories of the week from the pages of ThisIsCommonSense.org:April 14 — It’s Over But It Isn’t — Paul Jacob on the brain death of pandemic policy and politics.April 13 — Do Anything — Paul Jacob on the extreme of term-limit-o-phobia.April 12 — Trans-Violent — Paul Jacob on kindness and love for trans — and arrests for trans activists.April 11 — Partisanship & Pretense — Paul Jacob on the Tennessee ouster.April 10 — A Package Deal — Paul Jacob on government censors walking the walk.
From the pages of Common Sense With Paul Jacob, five big stories:March 31 — The Regime Shows Its Fangs — Paul Jacob speculates about the nature of evil. March 30 — Why We Fight — Paul Jacob on how the president can better recruit volunteers.March 29 — No Mystery, Just Confusion — Paul Jacob hazards the lingo of the woke.March 28 — The Giveaway Epidemic — Paul Jacob on politicians out of control.March 27 — Assumptions Attack — Paul Jacob on an embarrassing drug bust and its artistic aftermath. ThisIsCommonSense.org
Banks collapse, Democrats embrace censorship and nasty ad homonyms, and politicians generally (and specifically in one state of the union) completely ignore their constituents.Paul Jacob covers the big stories you missed — if you didn't read ThisIsCommonSense.org.
Don't relax? These AREN'T your "Golden Years"? Can't retire in bliss just yet?So says Paul Jacob, in the pages of ThisIsCommonSense.org, and here, covering five of the biggest stories of the week — not all of them getting the headline inches they deserved. Elsewhere. Here they get the red carpet treatment.
Paul Jacob, of ThisIsCommonSense.org and Citizens in Charge, discusses one of the biggest problems we face: politicians who won't obey direct orders of citizens.
Paul Jacob takes on more than rats and Seinfeld, in this discussion of the big stories of the last two weeks.See ThisIsCommonSense.org
It's a sick, sad world — but worth improving. Here's how, from Paul Jacob.ThisIsCommonSense.org.Tom Paine's Common Sense: https://wirkman.com/celebrations/classics/common-sense-by-thomas-paine-condensed/
The big issues you missed this week, probably, and one you definitely did not, from Paul Jacob in the pages of ThisIsCommonSense.org.
The Wicked Witch Jacinda, of New Zealand, is going away. But it's not magic.Paul Jacob explains it all, from the pages of ThisIsCommonSense.org.
How to "ratio" politicians right: Stephen Erickson joins Paul Jacob in this discussion of the most basic solution to what ails our "democracy."
Paul Jacob focuses on the biggest story of the week, the war brewing in Asia.From the pages of ThisIsCommonSense.org.
Paul Jacob celebrates January 6 with the truth.From the pages of ThisIsCommonSense.org.
Paul Jacob tries to see straight two of the biggest stories of the week, from the pages of ThisIsCommonSense.org, specifically:In the Name of Equity » December 29, 2022 https://thisiscommonsense.org/2022/12/29/name-of-equity/It’s a Heroic Life » December 30, 2022 https://thisiscommonsense.org/2022/12/30/heroic-life/
Paul Jacob starts with irreverence and ends with encomium.From the pages of ThisIsCommonSense.org.
Paul Jacob talks up The Man of the Year, and he's not referring to Zelenskyy!From the pages of ThisIsCommonSense.org.
Libertarian perspectives on the big stories of the week, ending on Friday, December 2, 2022.Paul Jacob from the pages of ThisIsCommonSense.org.
Beginning with Blondie and Kristen Bell, we. move on to Covid, corporatism, and the lost glamor of gratitude.
From ThisIsCommonSense.org.
...but only a few of us laugh.
Paul Jacob and Timothy Virkkala talk about the big stories of the week, everything from delayed election results through FTX to UFOs!
From the pages of ThisIsCommonSense.org.
Paul Jacob scoops out the ugly innards of today's politics.
From ThisIsCommonSense.org.
When is it time to tiptoe through the issues? Wartime? Brain-dead time?
Now?
Paul Jacob covers the big issues, from the pages of ThisIsCommonSense.org.
The biggest story of the week — and the big stories covered at ThisIsCommonSense.org.
Paul Jacob clarifies EVERYTHING!
Paul Jacob talks about politicians, and why they have such a bad reputation.
Real reasons!
Stories ripped from the headlines of ThisIsCommonSense.org.
Who really runs the administration? Not Biden, surely!
From ThisIsCommonSense.org, the big stories, focusing especially on the senile old coot-in-chief.
Paul Jacob runs through the biggest stories and the biggest ideas of the week as they've appeared on ThisIsCommonSense.org.
Special attention this week to readers' comments.
We live in interesting times. But that's not what Lao Tzu said. For that and more, listen to Paul Jacob, who covers the big stories of the week as they have appeared on Common Sense with Paul Jacob, his daily commentary program. The stories?
Gun Grabbing G-Men https://thisiscommonsense.org/2022/09/16/gun-grabbing-g-men/
Okay Not to Harm https://thisiscommonsense.org/2022/09/15/okay-not-to-harm/
Zombie Vote Protected https://thisiscommonsense.org/2022/09/14/zombie-vote-protected/
First-Class Arrogance https://thisiscommonsense.org/2022/09/13/first-class-arrogance/
Pawns in Their Shame https://thisiscommonsense.org/2022/09/12/pawns-in-their-shame/
Paul Jacob comes clean on his thorough-going anti-royalism, and explains why the FBI shouldn't conspire against democracy and public schools shouldn't insist on lying to the parents of their students.
ThisIsCommonSense.org
https://townhall.com/columnists/pauljacob/2007/05/06/the-queen-of-england-makes-me-sick-n994848
Paul Jacob explains the ultimate political context. It's an asymmetry. Our interests are not politicians' interests. What works for us doesn't work for them. So, when the whole system seems broken, we've got a clue. Cui bono!
Paul Jacob sees the gray and the silver linings of the low estimate Americans have for their major institutions. On top? Small business. On bottom? Congress.
See ThisIsCommonSense.org.
The world's getting weirder, and those who love liberty seem less weird every day — but some are very wrong about democracy.
ThisIsCommonSense.org
Paul Jacob contemplates the width of the oceans, the depths of political perfidy, and the wisdom of philosopher Herbert Spencer.
But the stories focused on are the big ones from the past week, as published at Common Sense with Paul Jacob:
CHINA LEADS THE WAY: https://thisiscommonsense.org/2022/08/08/china-leads-the-way/
POWER THEORY: https://thisiscommonsense.org/2022/08/09/power-theory/
CANNABIS AND CARRY: https://thisiscommonsense.org/2022/08/10/cannabis-carry/
THE ACT THAT CAN'T CUT IT: https://thisiscommonsense.org/2022/08/11/the-act-that-cant-cut-it/
DO NOT REMOVE THIS TAG: https://thisiscommonsense.org/2022/08/12/do-not-remove-this-tag/
The communists have not given up. Have we?
Paul Jacob on the west in general and Americans in particular needing to get their act together — and not just to face the Chinazi threat.
You don't back down to bullies. And we mustn't with the Chinazi threat to Taiwan, says Paul Jacob.
Ripped from the headlines of ThisIsCommonSense.org.
Paul Jacob argues for the importance of anonymous political speech.
Call him Publius — but go to ThisIsCommonSense.org.
Paul Jacob looks at the de-platforming/free speech issue from three separate angles — from three stories to be found at ThisisCommonSense.org.
Paul Jacob celebrates the Fourth with clarity — and the rest of the week with passion.
Ripped from the headlines of ThisIsCommonSense.org.
Paul Jacob reports from the road — on what partisan America is arguing about, including blaming Big Oil, banning CRT, and much, much more!
From the headlines of ThisIsCommonSense.org.
Paul Jacob gives his general impression of the abortion debate today, in wake of the recent Supreme Court decision. He also discusses issues addressed this week on ThisIsCommonSense.org.
Paul Jacob talks about his mom, who passed away this week, and the big stories of the week as they have appeared on ThisIsCommonSense.org.
Karl Marx, Hugo Chavez, Governor Whitmer!
Paul Jacob is back in the office and taking on all the big stories of the week as they've appeared at ThisIsCommonSense.org:
The War Against Cash Carriers - June 6, 2022 https://thisiscommonsense.org/2022/06/06/the-war-against-cash-carriers/
Showcialism, Schmocialism - June 7, 2022 https://thisiscommonsense.org/2022/06/07/showcialism-schmocialism/
School Choice Rescued - June 8, 2022 https://thisiscommonsense.org/2022/06/08/school-choice-rescued/
FIRE the ACLU - June 9, 2022 https://thisiscommonsense.org/2022/06/09/fire-the-aclu/
The Long Road Back - June 10, 2022 https://thisiscommonsense.org/2022/06/10/the-long-road-back/
Paul Jacob is on the road, so this weekend's podcast is about another of his "road trips" — the one to Hong Kong and Taiwan.
We begin with Liu Xiaobo and end with the week's commentary at ThisIsCommonSense.org.
Paul Jacob is on the road, but finds a few moments to talk about the week's biggest story, and an even bigger story not much in the news.
From the pages of ThisIsCommonSense.org.
Paul Jacob reports from Michigan where he is coordinating a major initiative push to fight back against the schemes of dirty, lying scum of politicians.
See ThisIsCommonSense.org.
Ripped from the headlines of ThisIsCommonSense.org:
Just Sue Already: May 9 Tyranny Averted?: May 10 CDC's Covert Data Crime: May 11 A Failure of Trust: May 12 The Population Implosion: May 13
For the second week of May 2022.
Paul Jacob laughs, sighs, weeps, cheers, and jeers his way through the big stories of the week, from Shanghai (really bad news), Virginia (really good news), and the Twitterverse (good news plus a lot of gallows chortling).
See his articles every weekday at ThisIsCommonSense.org. This podcast covers the final week of April 2022.
Paul Jacob discusses the big issues of the week, including the principal whose name is and should be cursed, as well as what has been on the Common Sense politics plate this past week.
See ThisIsCommonSense.org for more!
We begin with paneling, but move on to page 2 stories that should've been on the Front Page.
Paul Jacob covers the big stories of the week from ThisIsCommonSense.org.
Paul Jacob dons new glasses to see through the political realm. The lens is liberty. The lens grinder is common sense. The website is ThisIsCommonSense.org.
Paul Jacob runs through the biggest absurdities of the week, and Timothy Virkkala offers a theory of why absurdity is necessary for leftists today.
Oh, have we lit one this time: nearly an hour and a half of conversation about the biggest stories of the day.
Ripped from the headlines . . . of ThisIsCommonSense.org!
Plus: Sam Adams didn't say it.
Ripped from the week's headlines — at ThisIsCommonSense.org!
Paul Jacob explains his foreign policy, and Timothy Virkkala wonders about the nature of social media censorship. Some relevant facts are given. It's not just opinion.
Paul Jacob tells us how to avoid World War III.
See ThisisCommonSense.org for his daily columns.
And by “the DAMNED” we mean what Charles Fort meant: what the elites have excluded — don't mention, suppress, hush up, and all that de-platforming vexation.
Paul Jacob and Timothy Virkkala argue over how to help the Ukraine.
From the pages of ThisIsCommonSense.org.
Paul Jacob talks about the biggest political issue: real democracy, where politicians aren't allowed to manhandle and tyrannize citizens.
The titles this week, from ThisIsCommonSense.org:
The Next Worst Thing (on New York Mayor Eric Adams' attack on free speech)
Virtual Private Communist (on an Olympic athlete's Marie Antoinette Moment)
GoPoundSand (on the able replacement for GoFundMe)
The Hacker Crackdown (on the criminal attack upon GiveSendGo)
Stay on Call (on the very best sort of backlash)
Peak Hubris (on the wit and wisdom of the late P.J. O'Rourke)
The big stories of the week, ripped from the headlines of ThisisCommonSense.org — Paul Jacob and Timothy Virkkala speak truth against power.
Paul Jacob surveys the biggest stories of the week, from his perch at ThisIsCommonSense.org.
Oh, and about "nincompoopery"? He's against it. But who's the nincompoop? NOT EVERYBODY. Maybe not even Neil Young.
We start with the bust of Nefertiti, chat about the Neil Young spat with Joe Rogan and Spotify, and then go into the big stories of the week as they have appeared on ThisIsCommonSense.org.
Paul Jacob finds some hopeful signs in a time of renewed totalitarian intellectualism and politics. See ThisIsCommonSense.org.
Paul Jacob wrote three pieces about election fraud in America this week, focusing on Georgia and on the Democrats' plans to nationalize the elections, and he wrote two pieces about Fauci and the pandemic cover-ups.
It's all the frank talk about fraud you can take in less than an hour!
And where did Paul write these pieces? ThisIsCommonSense.org!
Paul Jacob casts a gimlet eye upon the eyes that viewed an "insurrection" one year ago.
From the pages of ThisIsCommonSense.org.
Paul Jacob defends one of his all-time favorite movies, and covers the big stories of the week too: see ThisIsCommonSense.org for links and arguments and information and more.
Merry Christmas from Common Sense with Paul Jacob!
This week, we begin with an image and end with hope. Not a bad place to end on.
And after the end, the apt instruction: subscribe to the podcast, and go to ThisIsCommonSense.org and subscribe to the email letter, too!
Paul Jacob starts with John Adams and ends with George Washington — but in between discusses the big stories of the week in the Age of Biden, the bunko artist.
Paul Jacob looks closely at two major stories: politicians' itch to extend draft registration to young women, and Democrats scratching at their even bigger itch, the move to let non-citizens vote in American elections.
From the pages of ThisIsCommonSense.org.
Paul Jacob covers the wisdom and folly of the world, as they flash by.
See ThisIsCommonSense.org.
Paul Jacob knows what he's thankful for, and know what he's against. Here he explains all, talking about the big stories of the week as they've appeared on ThisIsCommonSense.org.
Paul Jacob makes sense of the world, one article at a time — as they appear on ThisIsCommonSense.org.
Paul Jacob isn't pretending to be on Rachel Maddow's team, or on the Democrats', generally — but he's very much a democrat.
Who loves liberty.
Ripped from the headlines of ThisIsCommonSense.org!
Scott Jensen is a family physician and a candidate for governor of Minnesota who opposes counterproductive lockdown measures.
So of course his medical license has been repeatedly attacked by regulators.
And in Virginia, a wave of support for Republicans is being noted by everyone — but not everyone is getting the reasons quite right.
Paul Jacob covers these big stories and more here on this podcast, and at ThisIsCommonSense.org.
Paul Jacob is in England this weekend. On a mission.
In this episode of This Week in Common Sense, he explains.
See thisiscommonsense.org for more information.
Paul Jacob begins with John Brown and then goes on to consider other heroes, like Glenn Greenwald and . . . Krist Novoselic.
Paul Jacob starts with Ray Bradbury's book-burning apothegms and ends with the death of two friends, one of them a former U.S. Senator.
Between these two points: the big stories of the week ending on October 15, 2021.
And as they have appeared on ThisIsCommonSense.org.
Paul Jacob quotes Thomas Sowell and covers the big stories of the week as they have appeared on ThisIsCommonSense.org.
Welcome to This Week in Common Sense for the first full week of October 2021!
Paul Jacob takes on the biggest issues of the week:
Unmasking the Mask Debate (on sense and nonsense and pure b.s. about masks) https://thisiscommonsense.org/2021/09/27/unmasking-the-mask-debate/
Catastrophic! Calamity! The Debt (on setting the b.s. artists at CNN straight about the debt) https://thisiscommonsense.org/2021/09/28/catastrophic-calamity-the-debt/
The Age of Octogenarians (on why it's not Chuck Grassley's age that is the problem with his 40-odd years as a senator) https://thisiscommonsense.org/2021/09/29/the-age-of-octos/
Stossel Sues Facebook (on the case against social media — in the courts) https://thisiscommonsense.org/2021/09/30/stossel-sues-facebook/
Biden Blames Business (on inflation and debt and b.s.): https://thisiscommonsense.org/2021/10/01/biden-blames-business/
Oh, and Ludwig von Mises to Ayn Rand: https://thisiscommonsense.org/2021/09/30/ludwig-von-mises-aynrand/
Paul Jacob reveals why academics, journalists and politicians hate the initiative process; sees hope in the unraveling of all mainstream narratives; and spies NDAs covering up UFOs.
Oh, and explores the meaning of a Lord Acton apothegm.
See ThisIsCommonSense.org. Watch the video version at https://youtu.be/Q1s33tb4SCk
Paul Jacob provides the best takeaway for the recall election — which, though not a "complete success," was definitely worth the time and money.
See ThisIsCommonSense.org for daily commentary and information on this podcast.
Where are we at, precisely?
Well, in California, amidst all the crazy, a judge gave a bad ruling about an initiative to limit the horrible, gig-economy-stomping AB5 bill that the politicians love so much. And another judge gave a good ruling protection property rights from property-stomping unions.
Paul Jacob writes a daily column at ThisIsCommonSense.org.
The video will appear on YouTube on the late evening of Friday, September 10, 2021, at this address: https://youtu.be/x9KVYeLn_Kc
Paul Jacob has an important basic point to make: "Wars that cannot be won even with victories on the battlefield shouldn't be fought."
But that doesn't mean that ending unwindable wars in really stupid ways isn't blameworthy. In this case: on the politicians, specifically Biden.
This Week in Common Sense co-host Timothy Virkkala itches to blame the military, though. In this podcast there's some debate.
Topics torn from the headlines, and the pages of ThisIsCommonSense.org.
Paul Jacob identifies the big lesson from the past year and a half.
Which you can read about more on ThisIsCommonSense.org.
Paul Jacob takes on the big stories of the week, adding the appropriate punctuation, like ... exclamation points!
See ThisIsCommonSense.org.
Paul Jacob covers the big stories of the week, as they have appeared on THISisCOMMONsense.org.
Paul Jacob interviews Joseph, a Taiwanese lawyer practicing in Norway, about his legal troubles being recognized as Taiwanese and not “Chinese” — as in a citizen of Mainland (“Communist”) China.
Paul writes a daily column for ThisIsCommonSense.org. Paul's regular podcast is This Week in Common Sense, and can be found in video format on YouTube on Paul's channel, under the This Week in Common Sense playlist. The podcast can be heard in audio via most podcatchers and at
https://soundcloud.com/thisweekincommonsense
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Taiwan Digital Diplomacy Association advocates and facilitates participatory public diplomacy. TDDA initiates multinational projects to strengthen Taiwanese partnerships with other countries — especially by creating digital content and hosting real-life events that engage Taiwanese young people and international NGOs in Taiwan.
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THE VIDEO OF THIS PODCAST: https://youtu.be/4_aW48recUM
COMMON SENSE WITH PAUL JACOB (8/5/21): https://thisiscommonsense.org/2021/08/05/say-my-name/
Paul Jacob defends the rights of the individual against the hysteria of the mob and the chicanery of the political class.
Headlines taken from the pages of ThisIsCommonSense.org.
Paul Jacob covers the big stories of the week, especially those that have appeared on ThisIsCommonSense.org.
Paul Jacob covers the big stories of the week as they have appeared on ThisIsCommonSense.org.
Paul Jacob thinks that China and Google are nothing to sneeze at.
From the pages of ThisIsCommonSense.org.
Paul Jacob covers the major institutions as they have been challenged this week in the news -- as those stories have appeared on ThisIsCommonSense.org.
Give up your obsession with race, leftists. And rightists? There are obsessions you need to give up, too.
It's been a pretty sad, vexing week in international relations this week, but Paul Jacob found some occasion to laugh. It's how we keep sane, folks.
For our leaders may not be insane, exactly, but they aren't good folks, folks.
The big stories of the week, ripped from the headlines of ThisIsCommonSense.org.
Paul Jacob covers the big stories of the week as they have appeared on ThisIsCommonSense.org.
Paul Jacob covers the biggest stories of the week as they have appeared on ThisIsCommonSense.org.
Paul Jacob confronts a world in which the major media appears to be WORSE than liars. From the pages of ThisIsCommonSense.org.
Paul Jacob feels a shiver. Something about The Force.
What happened?
Tune into This Week in Common Sense to find out! ThisIsCommonSense.org provides the clues.
Paul Jacob covers the big stories of the week . . . as they have appeared on ThisIsCommonSense.org.
Paul Jacob talks about the biggest stories of the week — and they may not be the ones you think!
See ThisIsCommonSense.org for more.
The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt our government. Paul Jacob applies this and other ancient principles to the news of the day.
The big stories of the day ripped from the headlines of . . . ThisisCommonsense.org.
Paul Jacob recaps the big stories of the week, as they have appeared on ThisIsCommonSense.org.
This podcast appears weekly, is called This Week in Common Sense, and is the audio and video echo of This Week in Common Sense.
Paul Jacob reviews the big stories of the week as they appeared on ThisIsCommonSense.org.
Paul Jacob on “Whitey Need Not Apply”; “Our Rules of Theirs?”; “Lab Rats”; “Shanghaied in Tallahassee”; “The Virus Is Power” — all from ThisIsCommonSense.org.
This episode of This Week in Common Sense covers the last days of March and the first days of April 2021.
Paul Jacob defines the theme of the week, as the week's big stories appeared on ThisIsCommonSense.org:
Monday: The Sound of Sino-Silence (Chuck Todd warns his ideological opponents not to mention China's perfidy. Might stir up trouble for Asian people.)
Tuesday: From Socialism to Fascism (Venezuela pulls back from full-on socialism, but doesn't pull away from the statist paradigm)
Wednesday: The Portlandia Problem (Portland, Oregon, is a hotbed for "anarchists" who are frustrated idealists who take their idealism to illogical but emotionally satisfying nihilistic extremes, in part because they object to common sense on principle)
Nightmare Narratives (Racism and anti-racism collide over the Atlanta and Colorado shootings)
No Culture, No Future (French actress bares all to protest the lockdowns)
All at ThisIsCommonSense.org.
Paul Jacob discusses the biggest stories for the third week of March, 2021, as they have appeared on ThisIsCommonSense.org.
Subjects include "The Incumbency Fraud": The way to get money out of politics is easier than you think, but not like anything politicians want to talk about.
Paul Jacob returns to make sense of the world, one week at a time, based on his daily commentary at ThisIsCommonSense.org.
This week centers on the pandemic, the media, and China — and the subversion of our liberties by politicians and propagandists.
The big stories?
Now Safe to Blame? (March 8, 2021)
Suspended for Dissent (March 9)
HCQ Blackout (March 10)
Not Nitpicky (March 11)
Zero Risk! (March 12)
All these articles are available at ThisIsCommonSense.org. This podcast can be found there, too, but can also be accessed via most podcatchers, and viewed on YouTube.
Paul Jacob takes on the big stories of the week, as they have appeared on ThisIsCommonSense.org.
Paul Jacob takes on the last two weeks' biggest stories — pork spending, bad weather, China tyranny — as they have appeared on ThisIsCommonSense.org.
Paul Jacob reviews life, the universe, and his columns this last week at ThisIsCommonSense.org.
Paul Jacob addresses the big stories of the week, riffing off of his commentary on ThisisCommonsense.org.
Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr., was sworn in as President of These United States, and Paul Jacob retains his position at ThisIsCommonSense.org.
Paul Jacob expands upon the big stories of the week from ThisIsCommonSense.org — and responds to reader comments.
Paul Jacob wishes you more than a Happy New Year: guess; yes, guess what he wishes for you.
If this isn't clue enough, go to ThisIsCommonSense.org.
Paul Jacob covers the biggest stories of the week, especially as covered on ThisIsCommonSense.org.
This Week in Common Sense features Paul Jacob covering the big stories this week:
Needed Theft — https://thisiscommonsense.org/2020/12/14/needed-theft/
Prognosis: Negative — https://thisiscommonsense.org/2020/12/15/prognosis-negative/
Mainstream Disinformation — https://thisiscommonsense.org/2020/12/16/mainstream-disinformation/
Democrats' Shadow Play — https://thisiscommonsense.org/2020/12/17/democrats-shadow-play/
Why We Still Live — https://thisiscommonsense.org/2020/12/18/why-we-still-live/
Watch the video on BitChute and YouTube: https://youtu.be/C50_o_daIDA
Paul Jacob on the "Signs o' the Times'!
Discussed are these articles: MAYBE NEXT YEAR — https://thisiscommonsense.org/2020/12/07/maybe-next-year/ WOLVES, CHECKS, BALANCES — https://thisiscommonsense.org/2020/12/08/wolves-checks-balances/ CANCEL FREEDOM — https://thisiscommonsense.org/2020/12/09/cancel-freedom/ TWO CONSPIRACIES UNEARTHED — https://thisiscommonsense.org/2020/12/10/two-conspiracies-unearthed/
Not discussed? https://thisiscommonsense.org/2020/12/11/signs-of-the-times/
But don't miss it!
The vlog version of this podcast can be found as hosted on YouTube, and the audio podcast can be accessed via various podcatchers, such as Apple's and Google's, Stitcher and Pocket Cast. https://youtu.be/Yr11Js_SjZ0
Paul Jacob expands upon the biggest stories of the week as covered in the pages of ThisIsCommonSense.org.
The big stories this week, from ThisIsCommonSense.org.
This Week in Common Sense for the last full week of November, 2020.
Paul Jacob considers the most humungous stories of the week as they appeared on ThisIsCommonSense.org.
Paul Jacob covers the big stories of the first full post-election-day week, 2020.
It's not so bad as you might think.
Really.
See ThisIsCommonSense.org for more.
Biden may have won, but the Democrats lost. And on ballot measures around the country, America won!
Paul Jacob covers the biggest stories of the first week of November, 2020.
See thisiscommonsense.org,
Paul Jacob clears up any ambiguities that may have been left in how he handled the big stories this week at ThisIsCommonSense.org.
Stories include Glenn Greenwald, Amy Coney Barrett, the Deep State, the Media, and P.J. O'Rourke!
Lunch First … Before Insurrection
Paul Jacob takes on the big stories of the week — without starving or committing an atrocity!
Instead of Kidnapping: https://thisiscommonsense.org/2020/10/19/instead-of-kidnapping/
Merit No More: https://thisiscommonsense.org/2020/10/20/merit-no-more/
Babylon Bee in Facebook’s Bonnet: https://thisiscommonsense.org/2020/10/21/a-babylon-bee-in-facebooks-bonnet/
For a New Normalcy: https://thisiscommonsense.org/2020/10/22/for-a-new-normalcy/
United We Term-Limit: https://thisiscommonsense.org/2020/10/23/united-we-term-limit/
Available for download on most podcatchers, and as a video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/oRKHDBmz0MY
Paul Jacob confronts Joe Biden’s evasions, Mark Cuban’s cowardice, the WHO’s surprising common sense, and much more!
See thisiscommonsense.org for Paul’s daily commentary, since 1999.
Paul Jacob makes sense of the world five days a week at ThisIsCommonSense.org, and once per weekend with this podcast.
This is the year we bury the word "unprecedented." If it gets worse, this year so far will serve as precedent.
See ThisIsCommonSense.org for Paul Jacob's weekday columns.
Paul Jacob takes on the biggest stories of the week, starting with the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg and moving on to those covered on Common Sense with Paul Jacob for the second full week of September, 2020:
Harido, Don't https://thisiscommonsense.org/2020/09/18/hairdo-dont/
Lifetime Politicians Ruin Christmas https://thisiscommonsense.org/2020/09/14/lifetime-politicians-ruin-christmas/
Down Among the Non Sequiturs https://thisiscommonsense.org/2020/09/15/down-among-the-non-sequiturs/
No Shock and Awe https://thisiscommonsense.org/2020/09/16/no-shock-and-awe/
"Despacito” Desperation https://thisiscommonsense.org/2020/09/17/despacito-desperation/
In this, the second part of Paul Jacob’s weekend's podcast, Paul covers stories from September 8 through the 11th.
He is commenting on the major stories that have appeared on ThisIsCommonSense.org:
Titanic Hits Ice Cream: https://thisiscommonsense.org/2020/09/08/titanic-hits-ice-cream/
The Foam Rubber Bullet: https://thisiscommonsense.org/2020/09/09/the-foam-rubber-bullet/
Disney's Mickey Mouse Boycott Policies: https://thisiscommonsense.org/2020/09/10/disneys-mickey-mouse-boycott-policies/
The Obvious Itch: https://thisiscommonsense.org/2020/09/11/the-obvious-itch/
His podcast sidekick, Timothy Virkkala, mentions an article on ZeroHedge, and it was the title, not Putin, that used the word "Marxist." Virkkala also yammers, at the end, about how he was going to edit the podcast, but all that is nonsense, since he hadn't yet decided to split it into two parts.
The podcast is available on YouTube and Bitchute. https://youtu.be/7MklZQ7nvR8
Paul Jacob reviews the biggest story from the second week of September, 2020, in this first part of his weekend podcast This Week in Common Sense.
See thisiscommonsense.org
Paul Jacob covers the big stories of the week, with special reference to how they appear on ThisIsCommonSense.org.
Paul Jacob looks back on the week just past, and ahead to the eerie, dangerous batch of weeks going into the election.
See: ThisIsCommonSense.org.
Paul Jacob takes on misrule by major parties, local governments, and the New York Times.
This Week in Common Sense is Paul’s weekend round-up of the big stories that have appeared on his commentary site, Common Sense with Paul Jacob (thisiscommonsense.org).
The audio version can be found on SoundCloud, and accessed via podcatchers such as Apple’s and Google’s, Pocket Cast and Stitcher. The video is hosted on YouTube:
https://youtu.be/DWZGi3sVIVE
Paul Jacob re-caps the big stories of the week as they appear on ThisIsCommonSense.org:
Corruption, an Opportunity https://thisiscommonsense.org/2020/08/03/corruption-an-opportunity/
All Together Now https://thisiscommonsense.org/2020/08/04/all-together-now/
Violence Against Objective Reporting https://thisiscommonsense.org/2020/08/05/violence-against-objective-reporting/
Hit PLAY for Transparency https://thisiscommonsense.org/2020/08/06/hit-play-for-transparency/
Racism as Health Crisis? https://thisiscommonsense.org/2020/08/07/racism-as-health-crisis/
The podcast can be seen as a video on YouTube and is hosted on SoundCloud. Subscribe and rate on podcatchers such Apple's, Google's, Pocket Cast, and Stitcher. Look Paul up on Facebook at Common Sense with Paul Jacob (@thisiscommonsense).
Paul Jacob covers the big stories this week, as major media takes multiple DESERVED hits, and as corruption gets its just rewards, and Paul finds a silver lining to the mandatory mask biz.
Paul Jacob writes a column five days a week at ThisIsCommonSense.org. This podcast covers the last week of July 2020.
Paul Jacob returns to the scene of the crime: Portland, Oregon, where riots have been entangled with protests for nearly two months.
This episode of This Week in Common Sense features Paul looking back at the big stories of the week as they have appeared on Common Sense with Paul Jacob:
THE FOUR FROMS: https://thisiscommonsense.org/2020/07/20/the-four-froms/
THE WIDE WORLD OF WOKE: https://thisiscommonsense.org/2020/07/21/the-wide-world-of-woke/
COPS vs. MOBS, TYRANNY vs. LAW? https://thisiscommonsense.org/2020/07/22/cops-vs-mobs-tyranny-vs-law/
THE THICK BLUE LINE: https://thisiscommonsense.org/2020/07/23/the-thick-blue-line/
MOBS ATTACKED AND DEFENDED: https://thisiscommonsense.org/2020/07/24/the-mobs-attacked-and-defended/
This podcast can be access by podcatchers such as Apple's, Google's, Pocket Cast, and Stitcher.
Video: https://youtu.be/72SYc2FYRRI
Paul Jacob expands on the big stories of the week that have appeared on ThisIsCommonSense.org.
This podcast is available on Apple, Google, Stitcher, and other podcatchers.
This Week in Common Sense has Paul Jacob recapping the big stories of the week that have appeared on his day “Common Sense with Paul Jacob.” The week is the second of July, 2020. The stories are biggies. And Paul expands on what you will find at ThisIsCommonSense.org:
Protest Hits the Pavement (Monday): https://thisiscommonsense.org/2020/07/06/protest-hits-the-pavement/
The Slow Bullet (Tuesday): https://thisiscommonsense.org/2020/07/07/the-slow-bullet/
Bolsonaro's Little Flu (Wednesday): https://thisiscommonsense.org/2020/07/08/bolsonaros-little-flu/
WHO Don't You Love? (Thursday): https://thisiscommonsense.org/2020/07/09/who/
A Modest Anti-Capitalism? (Friday): https://thisiscommonsense.org/2020/07/10/a-modest-anti-capitalism/
The podcast is available via podcatchers such as Apple's and Google's, and on Pocket Casts and Stitcher.
It is available as a video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/Txrgt3XxoA8
Paul Jacob has a lot to say about this July Fourth and what we are supposed to celebrate — and he begins with his refrigerator warranty.
Go to thisiscommonsense.org for the week's stories as they appear on Paul's daily commentary site, Common Sense with Paul Jacob.
This podcast is available on Apple, Google, Stitcher and other podcatchers. The video version is available on YouTube on Sunday at this address: https://youtu.be/D-8rfOanUU4 ...
Paul Jacob explains how to avoid mob rule — by democracy! Follow the logic. This makes sense.
On this podcast, Paul re-caps the big stories of the week that have appeared on ThisIsCommonSense.org.
Paul Jacob recaps the big stories of the week, from a common sense, citizens-in-charge perspective — from stories that have appeared in the third week of June, 2020, for ThisIsCommonSense.org.
As always, Paul has something to say about the kind of conversations we need to be having in this country — and says those somethings on this podcast and at his website, five days a week:
The Coming Backlash: https://thisiscommonsense.org/2020/06/15/the-coming-backlash/
A Modest Extrapolation: https://thisiscommonsense.org/2020/06/16/a-modest-extrapolation/
Unfriending the Police: https://thisiscommonsense.org/2020/06/17/unfriending-the-police/
Twelve Monkeys in Charge? https://thisiscommonsense.org/2020/06/18/twelve-monkeys-in-charge/
Happy Juneteenth!: https://thisiscommonsense.org/2020/06/19/happy-juneteenth/
Paul Jacob keeps fighting the good fight -- and there are few better fights than against totalitarianism.
Which China has, and we don't want.
But nevertheless creeps in, sometimes rushes in.
Paul starts off talking about our new Space Force and its desire for unchecked spending, and ends with George Orwell's 1984, 71 years old this week.
See thisiscommonsense.org for the columns and other site features Paul covers, and go to Paul's YouTube page for the video version of this podcast . . . it airs Sunday: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2oWtd3ao19eepEbw4M4L0w
Paul Jacob reviews the big stories of the first week of June, 2020, as they appeared on ThisIsCommonSense.org.
What is between anarchy and tyranny? We want that.
The big stories of the week: there is some hope after all.
See the articles on thisiscommonsense.org
Other references include libertyifund.org and citizensincharge.org
In this week's outing of This Week in Common Sense, Paul Jacob re-caps the big stories that have appeared on ThisIsCommonSense.org from May 18 to May 22, 2020.
Cash Machine Cachet https://thisiscommonsense.org/2020/05/18/cash-machine-cachet/
Sans Champion, Again? https://thisiscommonsense.org/2020/05/19/sans-champion-again/
Regs to the Chopping Block https://thisiscommonsense.org/2020/05/20/regs-to-the-chopping-block/
Expelling Dissent https://thisiscommonsense.org/2020/05/21/expelling-dissent/
Masks Work https://thisiscommonsense.org/2020/05/22/masks-work/
This podcast is available on Stitcher, Apple Podcasts and other pod catchers, and as a video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/Dt55wJxbMRQ
Paul begins the week talking about panic over Trumpian loose talk regarding the pandemic, and ends the week with the FDA wanting to regulate backpacks.
Yes. Backpacks.
There may be light at the end of some medical devices, but is there any at the end of this tunnel of insanity?
"Of Light and Darkness" https://thisiscommonsense.org/2020/05/11/of-light-and-darkness/
"The Rationale Has Ended" https://thisiscommonsense.org/2020/05/12/the-rationale-has-ended/
"Chuck Truth" https://thisiscommonsense.org/2020/05/13/chuck-truth/
"Cure and Consequences" https://thisiscommonsense.org/2020/05/14/cure-and-consequences-2/
"Pocket Prohibition" https://thisiscommonsense.org/2020/05/15/pocket-prohibition/
This podcast is mirrored on YouTube as a video, and available on Stitcher and other pod catchers.
Politics is getting juicy. And the establishment is freaking out.
Paul Jacob keeps his cool.
This Week in Common Sense, Paul's podcast for the first full week of May, 2020, covering stories that appear on thisiscommonsense.com:
Torch Passing in a World Afire: https://thisiscommonsense.org/2020/05/04/torch-passing-in-a-world-afire/
Beware Big Bother: https://thisiscommonsense.org/2020/05/05/beware-big-bother/
Unnatural Disaster: https://thisiscommonsense.org/2020/05/06/unnatural-disaster/
The Wisdom of Freedom: https://thisiscommonsense.org/2020/05/08/the-wisdom-of-freedom/
Believe Biden?: https://thisiscommonsense.org/2020/05/07/believe-biden/
The video version: https://youtu.be/FgAwCL-CHu8
Paul Jacob takes on the big stories of the week, centering how and why the major news media betrays us.
The stories for this podcast from May Day, 2020, can be found at thisiscommonsense.org.
Paul Jacob returns for this weekend wrap-up of the big stories that have appeared this week on ThisIsCommonSense.org — note the new address (the site’s in transition). Listen, and then go to Facebook for Common Sense with Paul Jacob to interact, and learn more.
This week Paul Jacob navigates the treacherous waters of the CCP coronavirus shutdown, while his commentary site navigates to ThisIsCommonSense.org. This week's Common Sense with Paul Jacob comments are
Tyranny Resurrected https://thisiscommonsense.org/2020/04/13/tyranny-resurrected/
Friends & Enemies https://thisiscommonsense.org/2020/04/14/friends-enemies/
WHO's Daddy https://thisiscommonsense.org/2020/04/15/whos-daddy/
Cure and Consequences https://thisiscommonsense.org/2020/04/16/cure-and-consequences/
Viral Michigan https://thisiscommonsense.org/2020/04/17/viral-michigan/
This podcast is available on iTunes, Stitcher, and other pod catchers, and as a video on YouTube, at https://youtu.be/S1y9lMGU05E.
Paul Jacob covers the big stories this week that have appeared on Common Sense with Paul Jacob, which appears weekdays at ThisIsCommonSense.com.
The titles this week:
America Unmasked http://thisiscommonsense.com/2020/04/06/america-unmasked/
Another Contagious Disease http://thisiscommonsense.com/2020/04/07/another-contagious-disease/
The Ratchet Racket http://thisiscommonsense.com/2020/04/08/the-ratchet-racket/
News, Bias & Winning http://thisiscommonsense.com/2020/04/09/tttt-2/
California Secedes? http://thisiscommonsense.com/2020/04/10/california-secedes/
The video version of this can be found on YouTube on Paul Jacob's channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2oWtd3ao19eepEbw4M4L0w
https://youtu.be/Q11d78xtWC4
Paul Jacob covers the big stories on ThisIsCommonSense.com for the week:
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to a Quorum http://thisiscommonsense.com/2020/03/30/massie/
Coburn's Terms http://thisiscommonsense.com/2020/03/31/dr-coburn/
Tulsa Shooter Stopped Dead http://thisiscommonsense.com/2020/04/01/tulsa-shooter-stopped-dead/
Dead Economists Walking http://thisiscommonsense.com/2020/04/02/dead-economists-walking/
Name Your FDA Poison http://thisiscommonsense.com/2020/04/03/name-your-fda-poison/#
No Robert A. Heinlein stories were abused in this episode - which can be found on video at: https://youtu.be/a4SXmHFkjwEh
Paul Jacob reviews the big stories this week, including
- how to fix Congress, now during the coronavirus scare, and after
- why drafting Sis and Mommy makes no sense
- where the coronavirus is being fought best
Go to ThisIsCommonSense.com to read the stories, but listen to this weekend wrap-up because you've got time on your hands (are you stuck inside, quarantined?) or because you need more info and perspective.
This episode can be viewed in video format at https://youtu.be/WumRPwjrxUk
Paul Jacob covers the biggest story of the week as seen on ThisIsCommonSense.com: not just the pandemic, but the continuing atrocities in China.
http://thisiscommonsense.com/2020/03/18/pandemics-and-something-far-worse/
Paul Jacob reviews the big stories of the week as seen on ThisIsCommonSense.com, including Putin the autocrat, the dictator ... and a specific American politician who has DONE THE EXACT SAME THING AS HE, autocratically. Paul also discusses misogyny, democracy, China, the pandemic, and much more.
Including "election interference" — from Canada!
Paul's for it.
Here are the week's stories, in short form:
Are We Graduating from Plastic? http://thisiscommonsense.com/2020/03/09/are-we-graduating-from-plastic/
Running Interference http://thisiscommonsense.com/2020/03/10/running-interference/
Mistaken Misogyny http://thisiscommonsense.com/2020/03/11/mistaken-misogyny/
Freedom's Front Lines http://thisiscommonsense.com/2020/03/12/freedoms-front-lines/
Putin (and Householder) for Life http://thisiscommonsense.com/2020/03/13/putin-and-householder-for-life/
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On the occasion of his 60th birthday, Paul Jacob takes a look back at his career in initiative-and-referendum politics, with term limits, Taxpayers Bill of Rights measures, and more.
See thisiscommonsense.com for Paul's main page, and to contribute to Paul's daily commentary, which has been running since 1999.
See also libertyifund.org and CitizensinCharge.org.
The main page referenced in this weekend's podcast is http://thisiscommonsense.com/2020/03/06/what-was-i-thinking-2/
The big stories on ThisIsCommonSense.com reflect the big stories in America and the world -- as they relate to freedom and citizen-controlled government.
In this episode of This Week in Common Sense, Paul Jacob recaps those big stories, and tries not to lose himself in the Mandella Effect ... like Joe Biden has done ... or in the enticement of "business as usual" with a totalitarian state.
Paul Jacob recaps the big stories of the week from thisiscommonsense.com.
Also, the title is prescient, for Paul admits to one factual error in this podcast. Listen, and then go to the "Common Sense with Paul Jacob" page on Facebook, or the page for this podcast on ThisIsCommonSense.com, and comment. Make a guess.
Winners will be rewarded with kudos!
And his interlocutor isn't immune to error, either, but Paul catches his errors quickly!
Paul Jacob talks about politicians, corrupt and heroic; whistleblowers, coddled and reviled; and gun control, partial and total.
This Week in Common Sense is where Paul takes the big stories that appear daily on ThisIsCommonSense.com and expands on them, uses them as jumping off points for personal history, public philosophy, and good ol' American fun!
Video version is at: https://youtu.be/VPPFW5D98gw
Paul Jacob reviews the big stories of the week (as they've appeared on ThisIsCommonSense.com), including
- how the Brits could foul up Brexit
- how nepotism has leveraged our neo-mercantilist states
- how the media's and Democrats' flirting with socialistic ideas and policies for generations now bites them in the heel
- what Thutmose III has to do with any of this!
Paul Jacob reviews the big stories of the week -- as featured on ThisIsCommonSense.com. Tulsi Gabbard DID NOT commit suicide, Hillary Clinton DID NOT behave civilly, Elizabeth Warren DID NOT embrace American principles and values.
Paul Jacob, though, is on the side of the angels.
This Week in Common Sense is Paul's weekly review of the big stories, and this episode covers the last full week of January, 2020.
From the safest place in America (Richmond, Virginia, during the gun-rights gathering) to protecting yourself from the biggest actual, immediate threat to your life (the coronavirus), with repeated stops along the campaign trail -- the "cluster yuck" of our times — Paul Jacob provides his common sense from ThisIsCommonSense.com.
This Week in Common Sense is Paul's weekend podcast.
Paul has been publishing daily commentary on ThisIsCommonSense.com since 1999.
This Week in Common Sense, Paul Jacob expands upon the big stories that appeared on ThisIsCommonSense.com for the second full week of 2020.
Big winner: Vermin Supreme.
Good show (considering): Lincoln Chafee.
Big loser: Libertarian Party.
But there was a lot more going on. Fun, freedom, force, quotations from Chairman Mao, the Twitter-in-Chief's chief power, and much, much more.
https://youtu.be/UnyEx2Pq98A
The big stories this week on ThisIsCommonSense.com get to the heart of what is so messed up in government and media and Hollywood today. They tell us government is here to help us, but how do we know?
Just because they tell us so?
Certainly not by the results!
This Week in Common Sense is Paul's weekend wrap-up of the biggest stories that relate to citizen-controlled government and liberty. See CitizensInCharge.org and Libertyifund.org, in addition to ThisIsCommonSense.com. This podcast episode is for the first full week of January 2020.
The video version of this podcast can be found at https://youtu.be/TbnWQAduQog .
For the New Year's week of 2019-2020, Paul Jacob covers the biggest stories from ThisIsCommonSense.com. And what was 2019's biggest story? Impeachment? No. New York pizza? No. The opioid epidemic? Not even that. It was Hong Kong protests, and the threat of China.
Oh, and there is one other story, one almost no respectable person talks about.
And it could be HUGE.
But from most of the media: Zip. Zilch. Nada.
Well, almost that little.
This Week in Common Sense is Paul's weekend wrap-up of the biggest stories that relate to citizen-controlled government and liberty. See CitizensInCharge.org and Libertyifund.org, in addition to ThisIsCommonSense.com.
In this weekend's wrap-up of the stories on ThisIsCommonSense.com, Paul Jacob talks about the specter of conscription, Michael Moore's betrayal of his own people, and much more.
This Week in Common Sense for Dec. 23-27, 2019.
For the third week of December, 2019: Paul Jacob talks about the meaning of impeachment and the weirdness of the current effort, now in Nancy's purse. Paul also ends by defending democracy from critics on the right and from fellow libertarians.
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Democrats and the diversity problem; vaping as a Pseudo-Problem; clogged toilets and a Congress in need of a flushing; socialism's power problem; and a county taking sides with citizens who are fighting against a state legislature — all stories covered on Common Sense with Paul Jacob this week, and so recapped here by Paul in this December 9-13 outing of This Week in Common Sense.
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Paul Jacob reviews the big stories this week from thisiscommonsense.com, in the This Is Common Sense podcast for the first week of December, 2019.
Paul Jacob covers the big stories of the week from thisiscommonsense.com, in this episode of This Week in Common Sense — as well as reminisces about Paul Harvey!
In This Week in Common Sense, Paul Jacob recaps the two biggest stories from ThisIsCommonSense.com this week: the Equal Rights Amendment (and the draft) and the War on Vaping taken to the extreme of civil asset forfeiture.
Paul has written daily commentary at ThisIsCommonSense.com since 1999, and has been an organizer of citizen-initiative campaigns for term limits, tax limitations, and constitutional issues.
Paul Jacob reviews the biggest story of the week -- no, not impeachment -- THE DRAFT! This is the first part of This Week in Common Sense for the last (partial) week of October 2019.
https://youtu.be/BpLGwjCHR2U
http://thisiscommonsense.com/2019/10/29/politicians-not-voters/
In this episode of This Week in Common Sense, Paul Jacob reviews the big stories of the first full week of November, 2019. This podcast is now a weekend feature of Paul's daily commentary at ThisIsCommonSense.com. Video version can be found at YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2oWtd3ao19eepEbw4M4L0w