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Argument of Girls Sports "Trans" Cases at SCOTUS was "Otherworldly"

Hawley Stumps Doctor With Simple Question: 'Can Men Get Pregnant?'

Mamdani Housing Czar: ‘White, Middle-Class Homeowners are a Huge Problem’

Hurry, Curt Schilling’s bloody sock up for auction

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 18, 2013 9 Comments

Disgusting. And probably will sell for a lot, because it's history. From ProJo: Bidding is under way for the bloody sock worn by former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling in the 2004 World Series, which he put up for sale after the collapse of his Providence-based video game...

Is there a way for them both to lose?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 18, 2013 11 Comments

From The Daily Star in Lebanon, one of the best websites for news about what's happening there and in Syria, Three Hezbollah fighters, 12 Syrian rebels killed in clashes: Three Hezbollah fighters and 12 Syrian rebels were killed in fierce battles near Syria’s border with Lebanon,...

In case you missed them

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 18, 2013 0 Comments

Some posts from the weekend, which was busier than usual: “Submit We Much” Week at College Insurrection Elizabeth Warren’s heroic Senate demagoguery American Women, not Koch Brothers, birthed the Tea Party Movement Colorlines and The Root accuse Marco Rubio of promoting racism A changing of the tech guard at Legal...

Just say No

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 18, 2013 17 Comments

Or as they say on the internet, NOOOO!!!! Via Byron York: South Carolinians: What is your reaction to this? ow.ly/hOgon — Byron York (@ByronYork) February 18, 2013 Update: Ugh. Erick Erickson, I Endorse Mark Sanford for Congress. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!...

I’m a (parts of the) Constitution (I like) Voter

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 18, 2013 12 Comments

From John: Living in New England I'm used to being surrounded by those on the opposite end of the political spectrum from myself. Liberals, more often than Conservatives, like to advertize their liberalism in the form of bumper stickers. Here's one such self-congratulating Liberal I found...

Zero Political Donations From Yale Professors Went to Republicans in 2025

Judicial Watch Sues MA School System for Violating Free Speech Rights of Fired Administrator

American Historical Association Leadership Vetoes Anti-Israel Resolutions Brought by Members

Chicago Teachers Union Forced to Delete Tweet With Embarrassing Typo

Texas Launches Website to Field Complaints About State Colleges and Universities

Trump State Department has Revoked 8,000 Student Visas

Sunday Night Open — Maker’s Mark Surrenders

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 17, 2013 20 Comments

I don't claim to be a marketing genius, and I don't drink much (at which point you collectively say, "that explains a lot"), but it truly made no sense to me when Maker's Mark decided to dilute its bourbon. It has surrendered to the outcry: You spoke....

Bill Maher, white supremacists, and Ahmadinejad all agree on Israel

Posted by Joel Engel on February 17, 2013 10 Comments

It’s a good thing for anti-Semites that Israel exists. If it weren’t for the Jewish state, they’d have no place to hide their “socialism of fools.” What used to be considered déclassé—“Jews run the world,”etc.—can now be safely repackaged with little or no criticism as...

And then there were 2 (well, 15) running in Dem primary for #IL02

Posted by Anne Segal on February 17, 2013 11 Comments

News this morning that one of the three leading contenders for the Democratic nomination in the special election to replace Jesse Jackson, Jr., Toi Hutchinson, has dropped out of the race and endorsed Machine-pick Robin Kelly. This may or may not be related to news recently surfacing...

This will be dealt with

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 17, 2013 103 Comments

The nature of the hostility directed at me has changed over the years. In 2008-2010, it was mostly Obama supporters upset that someone who taught at an Ivy League law school would dissent. I guess they figured their love letters weren't working, so that has mostly...

Upworthy — or, How we are losing the internet to lowest of low information young liberals

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 17, 2013 83 Comments

I previously wrote about how BuzzFeed Politics has combined "the culture" and savvy crafting into a highly effective tool for undermining Republicans with subtle and not-so-subtle mockery. "Look at the goofy cat, look at the goofy celeb, look at the goofy Republican" is more dangerous...

A changing of the tech guard at Legal Insurrection

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 17, 2013 7 Comments

As many of you know, Ed Burns implemented a custom design for the blog, including many custom features both in front and behind the scenes, and also transferred all of our posts and comments from Blogger when we moved in June 2011. Ed also helped us roll out...

Russia’s meteor strike is followed by California sky show

Posted by Leslie Eastman on February 17, 2013 12 Comments

As my San Diego compatriot Dean Riehm notes: Russia has become to meteors/meteorites what trailer parks have been to tornadoes. Yesterday, a space object thought to be a "tiny asteroid" exploded over the Russia. The ensuing shock wave shattered glass throughout the region, injuring over 1000...

Saturday Night Card Game (Colorlines and The Root accuse Marco Rubio of promoting racism)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 16, 2013 41 Comments

How low will left-wing organizations go in demonizing Marco Rubio? Don't tell me WATER. WATER is nothing compared to this hit on Rubio at Colorlines, the left-wing activist group previously featured on the Saturday Night Card Game for its claims that the term "illegal alien" was racist. An author at...

Prisoner pikuach nefesh

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 16, 2013 14 Comments

More hmmm ...

American Women, not Koch Brothers, birthed the Tea Party Movement

Posted by Leslie Eastman on February 16, 2013 35 Comments

When Professor Jacobson reported that cancer funding research had been used to smear the Tea Party, calling it a tool of a big tobacco and the Koch brothers based on plans hatched over a decade ago, I had one thought: Anti-Tea Party advocates suffer from the single...

NASTY WATER carriers

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 16, 2013 58 Comments

Ted Cruz is making all the right enemies, and they are out for him often and early. For Marco Rubio the meme is WATER, for Cruz it's NASTY. The title of this NY Times article originally was Ted Cruz Runs Counter To The Senate's Courtly Ways, but...

Elizabeth Warren’s heroic Senate demagoguery

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 16, 2013 31 Comments

In her debut on the Senate Banking Committee, Elizabeth Warren once again became the hero of the left because she embarrassed Hapless Bank Regulators, as the Huffington Post put it: Bank regulators got a sense Thursday of how their lives will be slightly different now that Elizabeth...