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Food fight in the culture war

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Posted by    Saturday, March 3, 2012 at 11:52am

Tolerance.  The concept could be a bumper sticker.

But if so, it would not be welcome on the campus of Northeastern University, which just banned Chick-fil-A from campus.

From The Boston Glove via TaxProf (h/t Instapundit):

Northeastern University said yesterday that a Chick-fil-A fast-food restaurant will not be coming to campus, after the college’s...

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Something missing from Georgetown Law’s condemnation

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Posted by    Saturday, March 3, 2012 at 9:44am

Two hundred fifty Georgetown University Law Center (the name of the law school) faculty, staff and students signed the following statement:

The undersigned faculty members, administrators and students of Georgetown University Law Center and other law schools strongly condemn the recent personal attacks on our student, Sandra Fluke. Ms. Fluke has had the courage...

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How long until Obama says Georgetown is acting “stupidly”?

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Posted by    Friday, March 2, 2012 at 2:34pm

JWF has some background on the Georgetown Law student who is challenging Georgetown’s contraception policy.  She went to the law school knowing the university’s policy, and per JWF, intending to challenge it.

Unfortunately, Rush walked into this one without seeing...

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Hate crimes laws go both ways

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Posted by    Saturday, February 25, 2012 at 9:42am

Can lesbians be charged with a hate crime for beating up a gay man?

Why not? Once we make motive an element of a crime, it goes both ways, and all ways.

So a Jew can be guilty of an anti-Jewish hate crime, a black of an anti-black hate crime, and in this case in...

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“I have spiritual reasons to support Israel, but it goes beyond that”

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Posted by    Thursday, February 23, 2012 at 10:00am

I am really liking The Times of Israel, the new online publication I posted about a week ago.

This story is one of the reasons, Onward Christian Soldiers:

Think North American campus activism for Israel and chances are you won’t think of a Hispanic C...

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Idioms need not apply

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Posted by    Monday, February 20, 2012 at 12:07pm

“Chink in the armor” is a non-racial idiom, not a single word, denoting:

A vulnerable area, as in Putting things off to the last minute is the chink in Pat’s arm...

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Pat Buchanan is correct

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Posted by    Friday, February 17, 2012 at 10:00am

I don’t necessarily agree with everything Pat Buchanan says or writes, but his purge from MSNBC is a sign of the times, and his characterization is correct:

The modus operandi of these thought police at Color of Change and ADL is to brand as racists and anti-Semites any writer who dares to...

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The Museum Fairness Act of 2012

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Posted by    Wednesday, February 15, 2012 at 3:10pm

I propose that the House and Senate pass, and the President sign into law with the simultaneous appointment of a Museum Czar, The Museum Fairness Act of 2012, to address the concerns of a severely museum-deprived minority<...

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Widener Law settles with Prof. Lawrence Connell

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Posted by    Wednesday, February 8, 2012 at 11:15am

I have posted numerous times before about the case of Lawrence Connell, the Widener Law School Professor who was placed on one-year unpaid leave and forced to undergo a psychiatric examination as a condition of return.

The sanctions imposed by Dean Linda Ammons were so controversial that a high profile alumnus and...

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Some say it (*) looked like a gun

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Posted by    Wednesday, December 21, 2011 at 9:32am

* a piece of pizza shaped like a gun.

This is from the “you can’t make this stuff up” file (h/t @SteveEgg via @SykesCharlie):

For the rest of the semester, a Rutherford County elementary student has to eat lunch at the “silent table” for allegedly waving around a slice of pizza some say...

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Bibi sends Christmas Greetings

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Posted by    Saturday, December 17, 2011 at 2:00pm

Take one Bibi a Day and you will feel better.

The Prime Minister of the Jewish State doesn’t seem to feel the need to stick to Happy Generic Holiday which happens to arrive in late December every ye...

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Redistricting loss in Colorado

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Posted by    Friday, November 11, 2011 at 10:00am

There are three branches of government, and one of the branches gets to decide who gets to be in one of the other branches.  Via The Denver Post:

In a blow to Colorado Republicans that could affect election outcomes for the next decade, a judge has ruled in favor of a Democratic...

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Should anti-Semitic Occupy LA woman have been fired? (Reader poll)

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Posted by    Thursday, October 20, 2011 at 2:25pm

An employee of the L.A. School District and active Occupy Los Angleles supporter was fired for her anti-Semitic comments which have garnered a lot of attention.

Here’s the video of her reaction to the firing, where she doubles down (h/t IsraellyCool):

The easy answer would be sure, fire her, she’s a despicable person.

But, her comments...

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Another Occupy Wall Street poster child who is not (Update: He responds)

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Posted by    Sunday, October 16, 2011 at 10:12am

Scrolling through The Daily News’ live blog of the Occupy Wall Street protest in Times Square yesterday, this photo and caption jumped out at me:

Student loan debt a hot topic among Times Sq. crowd. “Student loans screwed up my credit!” one protester screamed while Shakina Nayfack, 30, of Washington Heights explained his...

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What was that Shakespeare line about political scientists?

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Posted by    Thursday, October 13, 2011 at 8:30am

Florida Governor Rick Scott is proposing refocusing funding away from liberal arts programs at state universities and colleges, which has various groups accusing Scott of being anti-anthropology, or something like that.  Instapundit has the story and lots of reader comments.

Let me suggest that Scott is not going far enough, and should follow the...

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