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Iran’s De Facto Leader Ali Larijani Eliminated in Israeli Strike

Lawyer Among Three Arrested in Violent Restaurant Attack on Hebrew-Speaking Diners

Replacing History With Wildlife: The Suicidal Insanity of Anti-Western Ideology

The Benghazi open wound

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 29, 2013 20 Comments

Some developments today. And as usual, Fox News is driving the media investigations. Obama administration officials threatened whistle-blowers on Benghazi, lawyer says At least four career officials at the State Department and the Central Intelligence Agency have retained lawyers or are in the process of doing so, as ...

Australian PM denounces anti-Israel academic boycott movement

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 29, 2013 4 Comments

Similar to the resolution passed by the Association for Asian American Studies...

Does not fit the BDS Jerusalem narrative

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 29, 2013 3 Comments

French court: Jerusalem light rail project legal A French court ruled that Israel did not violate international law by building a light rail line in eastern Jerusalem. The ruling on March 22 by the Versailles Court of Appeals came in response to a lawsuit filed in 2007...

If not for prior #Gosnell Twitter campaign, would MSM be covering Bronx and D.C. revelations?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 29, 2013 24 Comments

We previously noted how an active Twitter movement forced the mainstream media into covering the Gosnell trial, Infographic — Conservative Tweets Force MSM Coverage of #Gosnell. Another pro-life group has released videos of clinics in the Bronx and District of Columbia, and it is getting mainstream newspaper...

Mideast Media Sampler – 04/29/2013 – Chemical weapons used by Syria, or not

Posted by David Gerstman on April 29, 2013 7 Comments

1) The New York Times, Syria, Chemical Weapons and the Obama Administration Last week the editors of the New York Times asked Were Chemical Weapons Used in Syria? It would be alarming if Mr. Assad crossed a line few others have crossed. Within one minute, nerve agents...

Education Secretary McMahon Threatens SJSU Federal Funding for Title IX Violations

Vanderbilt Law Prof Explains the Challenge of Getting More Conservatives Into Higher Ed

Federal Probe Finds Faculty Members are Fueling Antisemitism on College Campuses

Emails Show Qatar Coordinated Messaging About October 7th Attacks With American Universities in Doha

UC-Berkeley Prof Claims Anti-DEI Efforts Rooted in ‘White Male Christian Supremacy’

U. Alabama Student Accidentally Emails Thousands of People, Boosting His Pet-Sitting Business

Pigford payoffs

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 29, 2013 6 Comments

The Editors of National Review have an excellent entry today in which the Pigford scandal is explained, Pigford Forever. Here is a key point which is not often understood, that the payments were tied to Obama's political maneuvering (emphasis mine): But as the Times reports in great...

Boston Bombings 2 Weeks Later – What We Do and Still Don’t Know

Posted by Mandy Nagy on April 29, 2013 8 Comments

Previously, we brought you reports on the Boston Marathon bombings investigation and details into the lives of the suspects, first in The Lives of the Boston Bombers: What We Do and Don’t Know and then in a follow-up, New Developments in the Boston Marathon Bombings...

Collaborators no more in the conservative blogosphere

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 28, 2013 30 Comments

I previously have posted about doom and gloom for the small conservative blogosphere, first in response to a post by John Hawkins about how bloggers need to go big or go home, Is there a place for me? Later as to what I was sensing leading up to and...

Branco’s Chris Matthews cartoon on Fox News

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 28, 2013 3 Comments

Once again Fox News has picked up on one of A.F. Branco's cartoons. This time it was the Chris Matthews cartoon run last week, Hard Boiled. Here's the screen shot: Here's the full segment, it appears and is mentioned at the 4:00 mark: Watch the latest video at...

Politico home page becomes living self-parody of self-absorbed media

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 28, 2013 19 Comments

Politico hasn't been this excited since Herman Cain. Looking at the tweets from attendees at the White House Correspondents' Dinner was nauseating enough. Obama's speech was fine, he had some good one liners and some cheap shots, but it certainly wasn't the funniest speech ever: I just witnessed...

Rain tax, Rain tax, go away …

Posted by David Gerstman on April 28, 2013 12 Comments

Not in Maryland where it's just starting Former senate candidate, Dan Bongino, discussed the "rain tax" on Fox and Friends. One of our blessings in Maryland is that the legislature is only in session for three months. It limits the amount of damage our legislators can do....

SPLC doesn’t have the guts to put Bill Maher on its “Anti-Muslim” Hate Watch list

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 28, 2013 6 Comments

Mark Steyn observes in The Collapsing of the American Skull: One of the most ingenious and effective strategies of the Left on any number of topics is to frame the debate and co-opt the language so effectively that it becomes all but impossible even to discuss...

“NO” is an extremely powerful choice option

Posted by Leslie Eastman on April 28, 2013 7 Comments

Recently, I have been reflecting on the power of choice. As a citizen activist, I work to ensure that Americans make fully informed voting choices. This attitude carries over to my selection of post topics. For example, when one disgraceful businesswoman attempts to persuade college students to...

AAAS anti-Israel academic boycott resolution 1st outside Arab world

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 28, 2013 11 Comments

American academics pass their version of "Zionism is Racism"...

Does anyone speak Canadian?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 28, 2013 7 Comments

Because I need some help with these. From Linda in Tennessee: Professor, I was riding shotgun along I-65 North Saturday, when I saw a truck bumper full of stickers. I couldn't read them, but experience has taught me to snap away and then try to read them...

Saturday Night Card Game (Is that a gun in your pocket, or are you happy see that blathering progressive guy?)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 27, 2013 28 Comments

I knew I had seen that name before, I just couldn't place it. Mark Karlin of Truth-Out, the John Corzine look-alike, who was blathering on about Bush, Slave Labor and Arizona He's back, causing a ruckus two weeks ago, blathering about guns and penises. How do they think...

Obama and the 7%

Posted by David Gerstman on April 27, 2013 15 Comments

The Rich get Richer When the Washington Post endorsed President Obama for his first term in office, part of the paper's pitch was economic: OF COURSE, Mr. Obama offers a great deal more than being not a Republican. There are two sets of issues that matter most...