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Posted by Anne Segal on February 11, 2013 27 Comments

The New York Times has now mapped all the ways Chicagoans, who arguably have some of the most restrictive gun laws in the country and only recently were allowed to possess them, get their guns. The maps and accompanying article are an attempt to spin the...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 11, 2013 20 Comments

I've written about Harvard Law School Professor Alan Dershowitz before, Alan Dershowitz, Praised: Charles C. Johnson (no, not that that CJ) has a post at Big Government, In Praise of Alan Dershowitz.  It’s worth the read, but hardly does justice to someone who for generations has...

Posted by A.F. Branco on February 11, 2013 6 Comments

Note: You may reprint this cartoon provided you link back to this source. To see more Legal Insurrection Branco cartoons, click here.  Branco’s  page Cartoonist A.F.Branco ...

Posted by Leslie Eastman on February 11, 2013 34 Comments

I became a Catholic in 2010, in part as a response to my involvement in the Tea Party movement. So, I was very excited about the news that Pope Benedict XVI is resigning: He will be the first head of the Roman Catholic Church to resign in...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 11, 2013 21 Comments

Now they tell them! President Obama's enemies often accuse him, in the starkest political terms, of crudely acting to shift resources toward his political base: Green energy donors; single women; Latinos; African-Americans. But the next 12 months are likely to reveal the opposite. Imminent elements of Obama's...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 11, 2013 11 Comments

It's not just about Dominican prostitutes (which he still denies). It's about questionable business connections, as reported by Michael Patrick Leahy at Breitbart.com, The Corrupt Origins of the Melgen-Menendez Dominican Port Security Deal: The saga of the Dominician port security deal that has embroiled Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ)...

Posted by Leslie Eastman on February 11, 2013 22 Comments

People have been very interested in recent reports that highlight studies confirming the theory that an asteroid impact killed off the dinosaurs: [A]n international team of researchers, using the most precise dating methods currently available, have determined that while the asteroid impact wasn’t the only thing...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 11, 2013 7 Comments

I wonder why the owner doesn't have that bumper sticker? Oh, right. From Max in At least they have a flag in the back window That's saying something, for Manhattan. ...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 10, 2013 2 Comments

In early January I wrote about the lawfare being waged against Blazing Cat Fur, the Canadian blog, Support Blazing Cat Fur. The litigation is over, but the substantial legal bills remain. You would be doing a good thing if you lent them a hand. Contribute to the Blazing Cat...

Posted by Joel Engel on February 10, 2013 19 Comments

On the syllabus of my Econ 101 class was Paul Ehrlich’s The Population Bomb.  This being a year or two after the book’s publication, our class discussions weren’t debates about the veracity of the book’s thesis: In the 1970's the world will undergo famines—hundreds of millions...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 10, 2013 38 Comments

On Friday we featured the Stand Up and Cheer speech by Dr. Benjamin Carson, Sr. The speech has received widespread coverage in the right-media, but I've notice the left-media, which normally will viciously attack black conservatives, is relatively silent.  (I could only find one fourth-tier bottom...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 10, 2013 33 Comments

In  Heller v. D.C. and McDonald v. Chicago, the Supreme Court made clear that sweeping gun bans are unconstitutional. In response, we are seeing a new trend -- don't "ban" guns, but make it so costly, burdensome, and fraught with legal risk of an innocent mistake...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 10, 2013 13 Comments

Aleister at American Glob, who helps at College Insurrection, posted the video below in honor of College Insurrection's 1000th post.  The video is via CampusReform.org. You see, Obamaphones is a life philosophy, not a thing. And it's not just in Cleveland. (language warning) ...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 10, 2013 9 Comments

Because if I had, I would have seen the Dodge "So God Made A Farmer" commercial, and this parody by the very hot (as in doing good work and getting attention, not as in "hot" hot) SooperMexican would have made me laugh even harder the...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 10, 2013 8 Comments

From reader J, spotted in Charlottesville, VA: From the Berkeley of the Blue Ridge, along comes a person who really "gets it...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 09, 2013 36 Comments

Much of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations is without power as the result of the Snowzilla/Snowmaggedon/Blizzapocalypse of 2013. Including my house. Pray for our water pipes. Update 2-10-2013 9 a.m. -- They're still dripping.  One of the few times a drip is a good thing. and...

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