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Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 01, 2013 23 Comments

Those are the reports. Via Ynet: Just four days after Iran proudly announced it had successfully launched a monkey into space – a move seen as proof of a technological breakthrough which may help the Islamic Republic advance its nuclear program, London's Times newspaper is questioning the...

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Posted by Anne Segal on February 01, 2013 19 Comments

Today would have been Andrew Breitbart's 44th birthday; he passed away last year on March 1, 2012. I think there's another facet of his experience that we ought to appreciate on his birthday. Andrew spoke often of his conversion from living a life outside of the political...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 01, 2013 21 Comments

So says Howie Carr writing in The Boston Herald (h/t Hot Air) in a scoop. Scott Brown will not run for the U.S. Senate seat vacated by John Kerry, a source close to the senator tells the Herald. Update: The campaign just issued this statement: SCOTT BROWN STATEMENT...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 01, 2013 12 Comments

I'm interviewed in The Washington Times Communities section, with a fairly nice description and graphic: Since it went online during late 2008, Legal Insurrection has established  itself as a unique legal blog. With a focus on current events, and analyzation  of these from a distinctively center-right...

Posted by Anne Segal on February 01, 2013 26 Comments

Last Sunday, I attended a candidate forum with those seeking to replace Cong. Jesse Jackson, Jr. at Reverend Wright's former church (he's still Pastor Emeritus), Trinity United Church of Christ. 22 candidates have filed to replace the mentally ill congressman, 17 Democrats and 5 Republicans....

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 01, 2013 35 Comments

Chuck Hagel was an embarrassment yesterday at this confirmation hearing.  John Podhoretz has it right: Well, as a result of this confirmation hearing — the most disastrous of its kind since another veteran senator, John Tower, blew himself up in his pursuit of the same post...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 01, 2013 22 Comments

He died this morning at age 88. I didn't always agree with him, but he was a unique character and a fierce defender of our quality of life, the law, and Israel. There are few people who established such a force of personality. Update -- via Twitchy: https://twitter.com/laichungleung/status/297310471818735616 ...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 31, 2013 29 Comments

There are Times that we need to stick up for The NY Times. Whatever we have said about The Times, we don't regret. But we stand with The Times when it gets hacked by China: For the last four months, Chinese hackers have persistently attacked The New York...

Posted by Anne Segal on January 31, 2013 7 Comments

A study entitled "In the Land of the Free, Interdependent Action Undermines Motivation" published this month from Stanford University researcher MarYam Hamedani concludes that appeals to community motivation, what they call "interdependence," are less compelling than independent behaviors when addressing social challenges. In other words, if you're...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 31, 2013 43 Comments

From a highly informative post, Obama, Romney, and GOP Technology: A Chilling Analysis at Red Mass Group: This post is about technology, but is written for a non-technical audience. You may think you know what happened with the technology of the Obama and Romney campaigns because of what...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 31, 2013 4 Comments

David Gerstman a/k/a SoccerDad has a Mideast Media Sampler he circulates by email which is very informative and used by many bloggers. With his permission, I'm posting today's sampler about the anti-Israel lawfare being conducted by the U.N. Human Rights Council cheered on by The New York Times and law professor George Bisharat (who...

Posted by Leslie Eastman on January 31, 2013 1 Comment

I am delighted to let Legal Insurrection readers know that my College Insurrection compatriot, Aleister of American Glob, will be on BlogTalkRadio.com's Canto Talk program tonight (Thursday, Jan. 31st) at 7 pm Pacific/9 pm Central/10 pm Eastern Standard Time (click here for link). It is my...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 31, 2013 25 Comments

I wonder what the three masked intruders planned on using the duct tape for with this woman they found alone at home.  And note that they brought the duct tape with them. She pulled out her gun and shot one of the three masked intruders and...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 30, 2013 37 Comments

On January 29, 2013, I attended a discussion between Alan Gura, the attorney who successfully argued the Heller v. D.C. and McDonald v. Chicago 2nd Amendment cases in the Supreme Court, and Cornell Law Professor Michael Dorf.  Gura was invited by the Cornell Law Federalist...

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