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Feds should bring "a good, strong case against a mayor or a governor interfering with ICE operations"

Kamala Harris Rebrands Headquarters as a 'Gen-Z Progressive Content Hub'

Tongva Tribe Reminds Billie Eilish That Her Mansion Sits on Its Land

Al Gore: sale of network to Al Jazeera will “raise the game for television journalism”

Posted by Anne Segal on March 10, 2013 30 Comments

Al Gore was questioned Saturday at the SXSW festival about the sale of his Current TV to Al Jazeera, which as the interviewer noted, is owned by Qatar--a government largely funded by oil money. Gore replied that he placed the desire to make a "disruptive move"...

Chinese bureaucrats disloyal to government vehicles, choose Audis instead

Posted by Anne Segal on March 10, 2013 5 Comments

Chinese bureaucrats are under increased pressure to support Chinese-made car brands instead of the preferred luxury brands such as Audi, BMW, and Mercedes-Benz. Advertising Age reports: The combined market share for Chinese sedans and compact cars fell to a four-year low of 28% in 2012, according...

“It’s not as though the twelve Republicans on this campus pose much of a threat to the tenured bully pulpit”

Posted by 0387erp on March 10, 2013 9 Comments

UW-Madison grad student defends student fees for CPAC attendance...

I don’t know why readers sent me tweets about Bobby Jindal, Elizabeth Warren and Indians

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 10, 2013 17 Comments

Via Twitchy, apparently Bobby Jindal made funny at the Gridiron dinner last night. Several readers sent me links to tweets about how Jindal made some joke about himself, Elizabeth Warren and Indians. I don't get it. Is Bobby Jindal Cherokee too? Is that supposed to be funny,...

Wolfpack Pride

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 10, 2013 4 Comments

Hi Professor, Apologies for not sending more frequently, but this one was too good to pass up. She's proud, but I'm ashamed...

Pro-Palestinian Activism on College Campuses is Based on a Muslim Brotherhood Blueprint

Zohran Mamdani Wants to Scale Back Gifted Programs in NYC Schools

Diversity Hiring Has Backfired on Higher Education

San Francisco Schools Anticipate Closure Due to Possible Teachers Strike

Under the Big Beautiful Bill, Colleges With Low-Earning Grads Could Lose Access to Student Loans

Professor Likely to Become Harvard's New History Chair Has History of Hating Trump, Israel

The Great Obama Failed Recovery, in graphs

Posted by Anne Segal on March 09, 2013 16 Comments

A series of graphs demonstrate just how disastrous the Obama (failed) Recovery has been for our country, made all the more stark when compared to prior post-war "recoveries." Jacob Goldstein writes on the NPR blog that while this first chart, produced by the blog Calculated Risk,...

Saturday Night Card Game (What you see is not always what you get)

Posted by Leslie Eastman on March 09, 2013 15 Comments

Oberlin College cancelled classes based on a report that an individual was seen wearing a KKK-hood. It turned out that the mystery figure likely was a woman in a blanket. As we wait for further details as to who was behind hate-graffiti in the weeks prior to the dramatic...

Liberals v Reality, take two

Posted by Joel Engel on March 09, 2013 14 Comments

The other day I was moved to reflect that the world liberals believe in—a Utopia where bad guys are just one tax hike on “the rich” away from being good guys—exists only on car bumpers. Anodyne, nonsensical phrases seem to be the exclusive province of the...

The statist impulse at the Washington Post

Posted by David Gerstman on March 09, 2013 7 Comments

In late February, the Washington Post ran an editorial Solution Politics in Virginia that began: IN VIRGINIA, A REPUBLICAN governor and a GOP-dominated legislature have joined forces with Democrats to enact the first long-term increase in transportation funding since the Reagan administration — and the state’s...

California’s New GOP Chair Donates $1300 to Democratic LA Mayoral Candidate

Posted by Leslie Eastman on March 09, 2013 14 Comments

As a Democrat, I am often grateful to the support shown to me by Republican friends. However, California's new Republican Party chairman may have taken support for a Democrat one step too far for the comfort of his party's membership and the GOP contender in a...

It’s official: McKinley GOP nominee to face gun-banner Robin Kelly

Posted by Anne Segal on March 09, 2013 12 Comments

Paul McKinley, who had been the presumed winner in the Illinois special election to replace Congressman Jesse Jackson, Jr., has been confirmed as the GOP nominee by the state board of elections. There had been a few outstanding provisional ballots that precluded the runner-up, Republican...

Rand-mentum Week at College Insurrection

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 09, 2013 2 Comments

One man took a stand, and libertarianism broke out: Young Libertarians Defend Rand Paul From Establishment GOP Cal State Student: Give Me Liberty Or Death By Drones Knox College Student — Rand Paul is a Constitutional Realist Are Millennials going to become the great Libertarian generation? UNC Student: “Do Libertarians...

Dead End Street

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 09, 2013 21 Comments

Dear Professor, Greetings from Seaside CA and its "Obama Way". First civic homage I've seen to the potus and regrettably I didn't have any rolaids handy. Aurgh. Best, "Cheerful in Marin" ...

Leftist DC coffee shop attacks pro-Israel customer, Al Jazeera jumps on board

Posted by Anne Segal on March 08, 2013 39 Comments

Progressive and proud DC coffee shop Busboys and Poets, housed in a modern McDevelopment on the city's NW side, turns out to be pretty thin-skinned when its customers balk at their politics. Server Nuria Kalifa-Jackson, wearing an anti-Israel shirt produced by CodePink, received a 10% tip...

“We have to pass the bill so you can find out what is in it” part 3,031,469

Posted by David Gerstman on March 08, 2013 9 Comments

February 21, 2013 - Insurer with NY's 'worst' record of complaints gets $340M Obamacare loan (via Instapundit) A health insurance company headed by an old friend from when President Obama was an Illinois state senator got a $340 million federal loan to establish Obamacare co-ops in...

Hamilton College student speaks out against the real diversity problem on campus

Posted by Leslie Eastman on March 08, 2013 10 Comments

The school that kicked Western Civilization off campus is blind to its own lack of intellectual diversity...

Elizabeth Warren’s Banking Committee methodology — ask questions of the wrong witnesses

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 08, 2013 8 Comments

More headlines for Elizabeth Warren demanding that someone be prosecuted for something. But there's a catch. She's making headlines, once again, by asking questions of witnesses who cannot possibly answer them because they have no jurisdiction to implement criminal prosecutions, Warren starts taking on banks and regulators (emphasis...