September 2024

Report Suggests ‘Faculty for Justice in Palestine’ has Crucial Role in Rise of Campus Antisemitism

Posted by Mike LaChance on September 27, 2024 1 Comment

“were directly involved with anti-Zionist student organizations and academic departments in organizing events and authoring statements”...

Dame Maggie Smith Passes Away at 89

Posted by Mary Chastain on September 27, 2024 14 Comments

Everyone mentions Harry Potter and Downton Abbey, but she nailed the role as Mother Superior in Sister Act!...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8KLnvgk6Mw

Cornell First-Year Enrollment of Blacks, Hispanics, and Native Americans Drops Following Affirmative Action Ban

Posted by Mike LaChance on September 27, 2024 3 Comments

"This year’s class of first-years is the first to be admitted after the Supreme Court banned race-conscious affirmative action in higher education last year."...

NYC Mayor Eric Adams Pleads Not Guilty to Corruption Charges

Posted by Mary Chastain on September 27, 2024 9 Comments

The mayor faces five federal charges, including bribery and fraud....

Death Toll from Boar’s Head Listeria Outbreak Hits 10

Posted by Leslie Eastman on September 27, 2024 13 Comments

A former sanitation manager at the firm's Virginia plant claims he was fired after he warned about lax health and safety standards....

Law Professors Lead the Assault on the United States Constitution

Posted by Mike LaChance on September 27, 2024 5 Comments

"The attacks on the court are part of a growing counterconstitutional movement that began in higher education and seems recently to have reached a critical mass in the media and politics."...

France: Illegal Alien, Previously Convicted of Rape, Arrested for Allegedly Murdering Student

Posted by Vijeta Uniyal on September 27, 2024 21 Comments

UK newspaper Guardian: "In early September, a judge freed him on condition he reported regularly to the authorities."...

U. Arkansas-Walmart Joint BIPOC-Only Mentor Program Challenged By Equal Protection Project

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 26, 2024 10 Comments

"[B]ased on the requirement that participating students be BIPOC, the campus meetings would be de facto segregated by race, skin color, and ethnicity. Any reasonable student viewing the information on the U of A website would understand the racially exclusionary basis of the program, and...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1yj0NKSsuU

‘Troubling’: NY Appeals Court Seems Skeptical of Trump’s $454 Million Fine in Civil Fraud Case

Posted by Elizabeth Stauffer on September 26, 2024 88 Comments

Justice David Friedman said, "You have two really sophisticated players in which no one lost any money.” Vale replied that the statute doesn’t require anyone to lose money....

Biden Screams About 2nd Amendment, Repeats Lie About Vance Saying ‘Facts of Life’

Posted by Mary Chastain on September 26, 2024 34 Comments

So many lies in less than a minute....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdrnyDDSSbM

LA Business Owners Use Dumpsters, Concrete Blocks to Deter Homeless Encampments

Posted by Stacey Matthews on September 26, 2024 19 Comments

"We got tired of begging the city to enforce no parking or camping ordinances."...

Trump Assassination Attempt Hearing: Local Police Blame Secret Service for Security Failures

Posted by Mary Chastain on September 26, 2024 9 Comments

No one told local law enforcement to put a sniper team on the roof....

‘Important Truth’: Hillary Defends Calling Trump Supporters ‘Deplorables’

Posted by Mary Chastain on September 26, 2024 50 Comments

Hillary's lack of self-awareness is something to behold. Seriously. ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gV_j4Dh9koA

Wesleyan U. Rejects Demands From Student Activists to Divest From Israel

Posted by Mike LaChance on September 26, 2024 3 Comments

“Our demand remains clear: the Wesleyan Board of Trustees must approve the CIR’s divestment proposal, which acknowledges the severe ethical concerns surrounding the Israeli occupation”...