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Why have universities become the least free places when they should be the most free?

Scenes of Communist Flags, Riots, and Violent Clashes With DHS During 'No Kings' Protests

Chicago Mayor Pushes Reparations Amid $1B Budget Gap

There’s no such thing as a free immigration amnesty

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 06, 2013 18 Comments

Amnesty, and particularly citizenship, for people who broke the law to get here is bad policy because it rewards law breakers and advantages them over law abiders. It's also very costly, as a study released by the Heritage Foundation demonstrates, The Fiscal Cost of Unlawful Immigrants...

Mideast Media Sampler – 05/06/2013 – Mixed Messaging on #Syria

Posted by David Gerstman on May 06, 2013 4 Comments

1) The Israeli "message" Why is it that threats against Israel are regularly downplayed by the media? 'Everywhere an #Iranian embassy exists, they plan terror on #Jews, #Israelis' ow.ly/kJZlH— Israel Hayom English (@IsraelHayomEng) May 6, 2013 Typical of this phenomenon is the headline Airstrikes Tied to Israel May...

Flashback — Ed Markey called Benghazi talking-point concerns “bogus”

Posted by Mandy Nagy on May 06, 2013 10 Comments

On Benghazi Ed Markey had the chance to be loyal Democratic politician or truth-seeker, he chose politician...

Patriot’s Day

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 06, 2013 3 Comments

From LukeHandCool: This van was heading west towards the beach down Wilshire Boulevard in the Peeps Progressive Republic of Santa Monica, California. Only kind of bumper sticker mentioning the troops you'll usually see here on the Westside of L.A. is the disingenuous, "Support Our Troops, Bring Them...

“both of the candidates in South Carolina’s congressional race are crazy, but only one of them hides it”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 05, 2013 12 Comments

End time, strangest possibly "best" campaign ad ever...

Political Donations From Faculty at U. Idaho Favor Democrats by Margin of 419 to 1

Family of College Student Killed by Illegal Alien in Chicago Speaks Out at Vigil

Hundreds of College DEI Officers Attend Conference to Complain About ‘Chaos’ Caused by Trump

LA United School District Engulfed in $22 Million Fraud Scandal

Student Leader at CSU-Fresno Speaks Out Against Petitioners on Campus

Student Newspaper at Chicago School Launches ‘ICE Tracker’ After Illegal Charged With Murdering Student

WaPo Suffers Major Earnings Decrease as Newspaper Industry Struggles

Posted by Mandy Nagy on May 05, 2013 19 Comments

The Koch Brothers are the least of the MSM's problems...

James Carville hearts Ted Cruz

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 05, 2013 16 Comments

I think Carville is sincere here. Via Mediaite: “I think he is the most talented and fearless Republican politician I’ve seen in the last 30 years,” Carville asserted emphatically, as the panel discussed Cruz’s reported presidential aspirations. “I further think that he is going to run for...

Tea Party Caucus not quite as dead as Rachel Maddow hoped

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 05, 2013 12 Comments

The death of the Tea Party movement has been greatly exaggerated. It wasn't that long ago that the death of the Tea Party Caucus in Congress, a sure sign that the movement had fallen apart, was celebrated by the great intellect of MSNBC: The death of the Tea...

Judge Jeanine Pirro on Boston lockdown: “You want me to believe I’m safer without a gun?”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 05, 2013 8 Comments

At the time of the lockdown of Boston after the bombing, I noted that the Boston lock-down exposes gun culture divide over the issue of whether citizens hold up in their homes would be safer if armed. That suggestion caused a vehement reaction from liberals on Twitter, including...

Mideast Media Sampler – 05/05/2013 – Reaction to Israel bombing Syria

Posted by David Gerstman on May 05, 2013 8 Comments

Syria Explodes Professor Jacobson has previously reported on two Israeli strikes: one against Hezbollah and one against Syria. What's going on? Classic thing about the strike on Damascus is how it will be spun by Assad. He'll argue it's "PROOF" he's facing a takfiri-Zionist alliance.— Phillip Smyth (@PhillipSmyth)...

Israel bombs Syria — what we know and don’t know

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 05, 2013 4 Comments

For the details at the start of the bombing, take a look at last night's post, Reports – large explosions in Damascus (Update – Syria blames Israel), which has embedded videos and Twitter accounts. The Twitter feed now is at the bottom of this post. This...

Syrian Electronic Army hack of E!Online Twitter account nothing to laugh about

Posted by Mandy Nagy on May 05, 2013 6 Comments

Why E!Online? The latest hacking incident on Twitter could be used to spread malicious code in links...

Reports – large explosions in Damascus (Update – Syria blames Israel)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 04, 2013 12 Comments

UPDATE 5-5-2013 7 a.m.-- The attacks are confirmed by various sources and appear to have been Israeli air strikes against several targets in the Damascus area including a storage facility for Iranian missiles bound for Hezbollah and other Iranian-Hezbollah linked facilities. We will have...

Saturday Night Card Game (For Chris Matthews, the race card keeps on paying, and paying, and …)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 04, 2013 10 Comments

Chris Matthews loves to hate on the Tea Party and "right-wing" for supposed racism and other isms and phobias. Matthews claims to be opposing hate but exposes his own hate by inventing a reality which exists mostly in his own mind. His ability to see racism is...

Video — aftermath of Israeli air strike at Damascus airport?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 04, 2013 3 Comments

The video below is linked at The Washington Post (h/t Dan Riehl) as showing a large fire on the outskirts of the Damascus airport around the time Israel reportedly attacked a missile shipment destined for Hezbollah: The strike took place about 4 a.m. Friday at an air defense...

And now for a breath of fresh air

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 04, 2013 5 Comments

How lucky are we to have Tim Scott in the Senate? This weekly address was delivered on April 20 (h/t Hot Air): ...

Futile immigration folly

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 04, 2013 43 Comments

Rewarding law breakers is not a good idea, whether we're talking about the securities laws or the immigration laws. The Gang of 8 plan rewards law breakers. We're told that we need to legalize law breakers because it's the humane thing to do. But in so...