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Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 30, 2013 4 Comments
In a campus culture devoted to giving everyone a trophy: The most common grade at many schools? “A” of course! Ignoring Failure in Higher Education LA Times Report: Getting into College is Easier Except for white males, whose Trophy Privilege has gone on long enough:...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 02, 2013 10 Comments
Save the Bear’s Dudeness, Dudes: Cornell students demand end to “male heterosexual” Big Red Bear mascot The Tigress Insurrection: A Princeton Alumna Explains Why She Won’t Donate Anymore: “The notion of academic freedom is also false, as faculty stifle and ostracize those who produce scholarship...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 17, 2013 33 Comments
It happens in just about every mass shooting or terrorist event.  The initial media reports are inaccurate, yet those hurried inaccuracies feed a political narrative that is hard to break even after the facts are “corrected.” In the Newtown shooting, the wrong person was identified...

Posted by Andrew Branca on June 14, 2013 7 Comments
Today the Court continued its preliminary questioning of prospective jurors, moving through seven candidates by the end of the day.  As was the case yesterday, questions were limited to how much exposure the prospective juror had to the case through the media and other channels,...

Posted by Andrew Branca on June 13, 2013 13 Comments
Today the Court continued its preliminary questioning of prospective jurors, moving through 10 candidates by the end of the day.  As was the case yesterday, questions were limited to how much exposure the prospective juror had to the case through the media and other channels,...

Posted by Andrew Branca on June 11, 2013 16 Comments
CLICK HERE FOR LIVE COVERAGE OF THE ZIMMERMAN TRIAL FOR WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12 (Note: Link goes live when Court goes into session.) Today the Court continued its preliminary voir dire of prospective jurors, moving through 11 candidates before recessing right at 5PM.  As was the...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 08, 2013 2 Comments
Everything is harassment: The federal government has overreached on campus sexual harassment rules Literature Prof lampoons new federal government sexual harassment policy Such as: Cambridge Univ. law students stunned by graphic sexual questions on exam Co-eds filmed naked in shower in co-ed dorm at Middle...

Posted by Joel Engel on December 21, 2012 22 Comments
In the immortal words of Speaker John Boehner (via the New York Times): “God only knows” how Washington is going to get control of its finances. Unlikely as it seems, there may have been more feckless Speakers of the House than John Boehner.  But if...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 19, 2012 23 Comments
Mary Jo Kopechne could not be reached for comment.

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 18, 2012 16 Comments
It’s bad enough that people already are talking about Elizabeth Warren being a serious candidate for President in 2016, President Elizabeth Warren: Few people have a better and more appealing story and background to seize that opportunity than Elizabeth Warren. Which “more appealing story and...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 14, 2012 70 Comments
I’ve been out of pocket pretty much since the first sketchy reports this morning about a possible school shooting.  A meeting, a luncheon and then 6 hours in the car. The car ride was enlightening because I followed the details of the Connecticut school shooting...
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