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Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 15, 2011 6 Comments
… “You don’t know how lucky you are, boy Back in the USSR, yeah” It was just a song.  But to Brian Leiter, a law and philosophy professor at the University of Chicago who frequently takes swipes and swings at conservatives, it had a ring...

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on January 30, 2011 2 Comments
One of my friends at Cornell is keeping a blog as he studies abroad in Syria. Jonathan Panter is a conservative in support of Bush foreign policy, as well as a junior government major at Cornell. He speaks Arabic and has traveled extensively in the...

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on January 27, 2011 4 Comments
It is quite common to find naysayers and doomers. They’re ubiquitous on the internet, in politics, the news, etc. A rarer find is someone who sees the dismal state of things and puts forth a creative way to solve a problem. Among these few positive...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 14, 2011 16 Comments
And does not immunize you from criticism when you do. From Democracy Now, Tuscon shooting victim Eric Fuller says: It looks like Palin, Beck, Sharron Angle and the rest got their first target. Their wish for Second Amendment activism has been fulfilled—senseless hatred leading to...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 14, 2011 67 Comments
Obama’s speech at the Tucson memorial was an opportunity thrust upon him, not one of choice. But the tone of the speech was consistent in many ways with the Obama 2.0 we saw during the lame duck session when Obama struck a tax deal with...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 12, 2011 16 Comments
With each passing day, the evidence accumulates that Jared Loughner suffered from a mental illness completely disconnected from the political world, putting in context just how despicable the accusations were that a 10-month old electorcal map published on a Sarah Palin website contributed to the...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 11, 2011 25 Comments
Best headline of the day, via The Daily Mail in Britain: How America’s elite hijacked a massacre to take revenge on Sarah Palin The substance of the article makes points you have heard before regarding the murderous rampage by Jared Loughner: Rahm Emanuel, Mr Obama’s...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 10, 2011 18 Comments
Here we go, from Democratic House Rep. Chellie Pingree of Maine, writing at HuffPo (emphasis mine), who claims that the Obamacare repeal bill must be renamed in the wake for the Gabrielle Giffords shooting: As I write this, the motivation behind the shooting of my friend...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 05, 2011 10 Comments
Ms. Speaker, tear down that nameplate: Here is an image of the doorway in happier (for Pelosi) days. ——————————————–Related Posts:Bumper Stickers – The Series Follow me on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTubeVisit the Legal Insurrection Shop on CafePress!

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 03, 2011 4 Comments
Thanks to reader Jeanne from Fort Worth, TX, who traveled to root for TCU in the Rose Bowl, and who snapped this photo of the Reagan Float in the Rose Bowl Parade.  I’ve seen other photos of the float, but I think this side shot...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 28, 2010 4 Comments
Alfred Kahn has passed away.  As you travel during the holidays, shopping around for cheap airfares, you have Kahn to thank.  Kahn, a Professor at Cornell, was responsible for deregulating the airline industry. I realize all you kids think airfare competition always has been a...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 16, 2010 47 Comments
I traveled extensively throughout the Soviet Union during the early 1980s, both with groups and on my own approved itineraries.  I also lived in Moscow, and had a chance to slip out of the ring road with Soviet friends into the countryside, which was not permitted...

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on November 27, 2010 3 Comments
Friday evening, a Somali-born teen was arrested in Oregon for attempting to blow up a car bomb at a Christmas tree lighting. Predictably, he screamed “Allahu Akhbar” before his plan was foiled. Fox News reports: According to a federal complaint, Mohamud was in regular email...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 26, 2010 16 Comments
I have written many times before about the risks of organizing a boycott, and I have detailed the many boycotts which have failed in the last two years. The “National Opt-Out Day” protest, in which air travelers were to opt out of the full body...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 24, 2010 4 Comments
I’m posting this from my phone while traveling so I’ll be quick. HarperCollins has settled with Gawker. While not all the terms are clear yet, it does appear that Sarah Palin will not get to give Gawker the full TSA screening and junk fondling. That’s...
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