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"We view ourselves as the cop on the beat" to get DEI discrimination out of higher ed

Crybully Tucker Carlson Claims Detained At Ben Gurion Airport - US Embassy and Israelis Deny

Democrats to Defy Leadership With Protests for Trump's State of the Union

Democrat-cy — Rhode Island city’s economic life timed to food stamp cycle

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 21, 2013 28 Comments

Rhode Island has the highest unemployment rate in the country, it's crushed by unsustainable public sector salaries and pensions which are protected by union control of the legislature and politicians at every level, it is one of only two states losing population and may lose one...

Mideast Media Sampler 03/21/2013 – Obama in Israel, can you feel the spin tonight?

Posted by David Gerstman on March 21, 2013 6 Comments

1) Barack and Bibi The Algemeiner has transcripts of President Obama's and PM Netanayahu's remarks at their joint press conference yesterday. Writing in Tablet, Lee Smith covers the three issues that President Obama and PM Netanyau would be discussing: the Palestinians, Syria and Iran. (via memeorandum) However,...

Robin Kelly #IL02 — Candidate of Chicago Machine and Big Out-of-State Money

Posted by Mandy Nagy on March 21, 2013 10 Comments

As the special election heats up in Illinois’ 2nd district, issues such as gun control have elevated the race to one of national significance. Since her primary win, Democratic candidate Robin Kelly’s been MIA, no doubt assuming she’s got this race in the bag. Paul McKinley,...

Kaliforniya reflux disease

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 21, 2013 6 Comments

A follow up to Kaliforniya. From R: I took this photo in the San Joaquin Valley: As can be seen, it is a farmers' sign attacking politicians who created a legislated agricultural crisis. Further up I-5 I saw a vast dead orchard that I couldn't get a shot...

NY to ease 7-round magazine limit

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 20, 2013 18 Comments

The NY Gun law effectively banned the purchase of new pistols because pistols are not generally made to hold 7-round magazines, and even if some manufacturers would produce such magazines for the NY market, it still presented a constitutional problem: Under the Heller and McDonald...

Caltech Astrophysicist Gunned Down on His Front Porch

UC-Davis Holds ‘Know Your Rights’ Workshop on Encounters With ICE

Stanford Newspaper Sues State Dept. Over Free Speech Rights for International Students

UCLA Cancels Campus Talk by Bari Weiss After Students Petition Against It

UC-Davis Hosting Workshop on How Microaggressions 'Perpetuate Stereotypes'

Lewis University Cancels In-Person Classes Because ICE Worked Nearby

Obamacare harms colleges, jobs and wages

Posted by 0387erp on March 20, 2013 22 Comments

The University of Virginia expects to incur a $7 million bill from Obamacare’s employer penalties, said Susan Carkeek, the University’s vice president and chief human resources officer. “We’re expecting fairly significant cost implications from the Affordable Care Act that pass on new penalties and charges,...

Chuck Todd, safe on foreign soil, launches barrage of questions aimed at Our President

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 20, 2013 15 Comments

And now we rise up against one Charles David Todd. Safe on Israeli soil, protected by the Iron Dome system from drone attack, Chuck rose up to challenge Obama: How dare he! This is Our President you are talking about. The defenders of the realm have started...

My question for @Reince

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 20, 2013 14 Comments

I sent a similar question via the Contact page at the RNC website. I'll let you know if I hear back. @reinceWhy no mention of conservative bloggers? legalinsurrection.com/2013/03/rnc-re…— Legal Insurrection (@LegInsurrection) March 20, 2013 ...

Elizabeth Warren already planning to cash in

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 20, 2013 15 Comments

It's not like you didn't see this coming. Those inane and made-for-YouTube moments, lacking in substance and confusing the gullible media, are the pre-publicity. Anyone familiar with Elizabeth Warren's history knows that she knows how to turn the "rigged" schtick into a buck. (Off topic, there's this...

Obama’s Israel trip a peacekeeping mission — with Netanyahu

Posted by Anne Segal on March 20, 2013 9 Comments

Remember when this exchange was overheard by journalists about Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu? Sarkozy: "I can't stand him. He's a liar." Obama: "You're tired of him -- what about me? I have to deal with him every day." After four years of snubbing Israel's Prime Minister, including grabbing dinner...

#Journalism — Boston Globe columnist fights with The Onion over whether Boston’s a world class city

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 20, 2013 13 Comments

The Onion had a typically funny post, Pretty Cute Watching Boston Residents Play Daily Game Of ‘Big City’. Boston Globe columnist Tom Keane took umbrage, and responded with a spirited defense of Beantown, Boston’s big city game: ‘Pretty Cute Watching Boston Residents Play Daily Game Of ‘Big City’ ”...

San Francisco pol delivers 25-ft buffer legislation to abortionist supporters

Posted by Anne Segal on March 20, 2013 17 Comments

San Francisco city supervisor David Campos is making good on his campaign promise to go after "right-wing extremists," reportedly proposing legislation Tuesday to increase the anti-free speech "bubble zone" around Planned Parenthood to 25 feet. Campos's website describes exactly who he is trying to attack: "right-wing extremists": David...

Mideast Media Sampler – The anti-Zionist DNA of the New York Times

Posted by David Gerstman on March 20, 2013 3 Comments

The New York Times, the American Council for Judaism and Israel Last year a former New York Times reporter, Neil Lewis wrote a defense of the New York Times' coverage of Israel. (.pdf) Lewis writes of Arthur Hays Sulzberger: Whatever complicated personal themes may have floated in...

What, no whirled peas?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 20, 2013 9 Comments

From J: A self-admitted bedwetting liberal in Charlottesville. OK, the bumper sticker is actually for a rainwater falloff service, but I couldn't help but chuckle at the irony. ...

#SC01

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 19, 2013 20 Comments

Is this really happening. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! CNN projects Elizabeth @colbertbuschsc, sister of @stephenathome, wins Dem primary in #SC01 special election. GOP primary too early to call— Robert Yoon (@yoonCNN) March 20, 2013 Not that, this: Per AP, former SC Gov. Mark Sanford has clinched a spot in the GOP runoff....

Being a bridesmaid isn’t that bad

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 19, 2013 33 Comments

The soft-bigotry of low expectations...

RNC Report — 100 pages and not a single word about bloggers

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 19, 2013 43 Comments

The RNC rolled out its 100-page report on what went wrong in 2012 and what could be done better. The report has 39,136 words in it. One word is missing. Tells you everything you need to know. Contrast: with this: Even when the report does mention "social media," it's in the context...