James G. Lakely is a research fellow at The Heartland Institute, co-director of Heartland’s Center on the Digital Economy, and managing editor of Infotech & Telecom News. Prior to joining The Heartland Institute in 2008, Lakely spent 16 years in daily-deadline journalism.
A former White House correspondent for The Washington Times, Lakely covered Capitol Hill and the re-election campaign of George W. Bush and his fifth year as president. He has appeared on C-SPAN, the Fox News Channel, MSNBC, CNN and several local television news programs to discuss politics and policy. He’s been an editorial writer and columnist for the Tribune-Review in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; The Free Lance-Star in Fredericksburg, Virginia; and The Press-Enterprise in Riverside, California. Lakely also worked for a year as a senior business editor for a trade publication based in Los Angeles. He now lives in Pasadena, California.
In his time working for The Heartland Institute, Lakely’s writings on technology policy have appeared in The San Francisco Chronicle, The New York Post, The Chicago Sun-Times, and many other publications around the country, both in print and online. He has shared his insight on politics and the technology industry on nationally syndicated radio programs, including The Hugh Hewitt Show and the G. Gordon Liddy Show, as well as several local radio shows around the country and overseas. Lakely also produces regular podcasts and videos for the Web sites of The Heartland Institute and InfoTech & Telecom News. Lakely is also a regular contributor to the blogs Infinite Monkeys, The American Culture, and The Freedom Pub.
Born in New York City, Lakely spent his formative years in Dayton, Ohio and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He graduated from the University of Pittsburgh in 1992, and is an avid fan of the Steelers, Penguins and Mets.
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Steven Weber’s Latest HuffPost Rant More Unhinged, Ignorant Than Usual
by Jim LakelySteven Weber, who starred in “Wings,” is a contributor to that font of mainstream Hollywood liberal thought, The Huffington Post. And in keeping with almost every post on that site, Weber is dripping with rage over the way the leftist agenda is falling apart before his eyes.
Is he mad at a president and a Democratic Congress that have bungled the greatest political opportunity for liberals in nearly a century? Oh, no. Weber directs his hate towards anyone who doesn’t imbibe the (heavily spiked) pink Kool-Aid as often as he does. More specifically, he’s shaking his tiny fist at the kind of people who contribute to and read this blog.
Weber latest screed is titled: “What to Do (This Time, Sober).” We’ll have to take Weber’s word for his parenthetical clarification, because if this is a sober post, I’d hate to read Weber’s thoughts on conservatives when he’s on the sauce.
One can hardly get past the first sentence without a hearty guffaw. Weber writes: “It’s time to tear the mask from their smug, stupid faces.” Let’s just say Weber, in the role of his dreams, is pulling apart the buttons from his shirt and dashing down the street to reveal a giant blue “S” on his chest for “Smug Man.” Or is it “Stupid Man.” You can decide, as you read on: (more…)
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