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Democrats Think They're Winning Back Men and Rural Voters in 2026

MTG's Exit Interview with The NY Times: Scorn, Self-Pity, and a Rewrite of History

MIT "Womxn" Only Physics and Bio Grad Programs Challenged by Equal Protection Project

Turkish gov’t again proves how far it has slipped

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 02, 2013 11 Comments

We don't know what or why Israel carried out a secretive bombing mission in Syria earlier this week. Speculation runs from hitting advanced anti-aircraft missiles on their way to Hezbollah, to a biological or chemicals weapons institute, to other unnamed but sufficiently important targets. One thing we...

Scott Brown’s important place in history

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 02, 2013 26 Comments

Scott Brown never misrepresented himself or his intentions....

“Leading By Example” Week at College Insurrection

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 02, 2013 2 Comments

Fine example you're setting College President Personally Smacked with $50,000 Bill for Violating Constitution Bucknell misreported test scores to US News for 6 years Loyola University Prof. Forces Students to Attend Lecture by Van Jones U. of Michigan removes Christian campus group for not allowing gays/lesbians in leadership Prof Big...

All in

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 02, 2013 6 Comments

That was the subject line in the email from reader R. This "all in" bumper was spotted in Boise, ID: ...

Iran monkey space launch fake?

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...

Police Investigating Antisemitic Incidents at Michigan State U.

The Teaching of Western Civilization is Being Neglected at Harvard

New Legislation Would Require Students in New York State to Learn About January 6th

Judge Orders Secret Hearing of Alleged Charlie Kirk Killer to be Made Public

Brown University Implements Campus Security Overhaul in Wake of Shooting

Nikole Hannah-Jones Writes Tribute to Cop Killer Assata Shakur

Happy Birthday, Andrew Breitbart

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...

Scott Brown not running? Update — confirmed, campaign issues statement

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...

The Insurrection’s all over the place

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...

Is Rahm losing his grip on the city of Chicago?

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....

Ted Cruz’s not “bogus attack” on Hagel

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...

R.I.P. — Mayor Ed Koch

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 ...

I don’t know how much more of this Utopia I can take

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 01, 2013 15 Comments

From John: Found this gem whilst delivering mail in a large Democrat-run city in Connecticut. I guess if you're always on the road to Utopia, technically there's still hope. ...

Hey China, only we can attack The NY Times

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...

Me or We: Stanford study concludes self-interest wins out over society’s

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...

How Republicans got clobbered in tech in two images and a few links

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...

Exhibit A as to why we needed Ted Cruz in the Senate (Update: Exhibit B — Chuck Hagel)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 31, 2013 38 Comments

One of the great frustrations the past several months (years) is completely inarticulate leadership on the Republican side. The "fiscal cliff" was just another typical debacle in failed ability to explain ourselves. Compare almost any press conference or speech or other communication by almost any Republican...

This week in anti-Israel lawfare

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...