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Marco Rubio Makes 'Times New Roman' Font Great Again

Supreme Court Rejects Bid to Overturn Texas "Book Bans," Library May Remove LGBTQ Books

Harvard Paid Internship For "Students of Color" Challenged by Equal Protection Project

I would never be so insulting as to accuse the U. Penn Political Science Department of tokenism

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 20, 2012 41 Comments

This is a follow up to my post, I would never be so insulting as to accuse the NY Times of tokenism, regarding the demeaning accusation by University of Pennsylvania Political Science Professor Adolf L. Reed Jr. calling Tim Scott and other Republicans who are...

Oppose Plan B, Support Plan C

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 20, 2012 15 Comments

I agree with this assessment by Erick Erickson: Republicans in Congress intend to vote today on Plan B, John Boehner’s fall back plan on the fiscal cliff. The President says he will veto it. In other words, the Republicans are going to go on record that they will...

Remembering Mike Spann and others

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 20, 2012 2 Comments

The first American killed in the Afghan war, on November 25, 2001. I’ve told his story before (also here), but it is worth remembering every year. As we just finished Hanukkah and approach Christmas, we also remember the others featured previously at Legal Insurrection, Jonathan Daniel Porto, U.S....

It worked

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 20, 2012 8 Comments

I'm overwhelmed. I can't zero in on any one bumper sticker. It worked. From Jon, taken at the Perimeter Mall in Atlanta/Dunwoody, Georgia, with images of the other sides of the vehicle to follow: Here is a mini-van tesselated with bumper stickers. Methinks these stickers may be serving a functional...

Free speech academics rally around academic who wanted to shut down NRA free speech

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 19, 2012 50 Comments

You've heard about Erik Loomis, the University of Rhode Island assistant professor of history who launched an almost psychotic, foul-mouthed Twitter tirade against the NRA, accusing it of being a terrorist organization, of complicity in and criminal culpability for murder, and a host of other invectives...

Florida Bill Would Limit Number of Foreign Students at State Universities

Orientation at Amherst College Allegedly Included Students Mimicking Sex Acts

Trump Education Dept. Announces They've Prevented More Than a Billion in Student Aid Fraud

Arizona State Board of Education Votes to Cut DEI Standards in Compliance With Trump Executive Order

Seton Hall University Approves Democrat Club But Denies Turning Point USA

UC-Berkeley Suspends Lecturer for Bringing His Anti-Israel Politics Into the Classroom

I would never be so insulting as to accuse the NY Times of tokenism

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 19, 2012 54 Comments

The New York Times today ran a demeaning Op-Ed about Tim Scott, the Republican Congressman from South Carolina who was just appointed to the seat being vacated by Jim DeMint. The Op-Ed was written by U. Penn. Political Science Professor Adolf L. Reed Jr., The Puzzle of Black...

So Plan B is it, no Plan C?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 19, 2012 17 Comments

Obama held a press conference today about gun legislation, but almost all of the press questions were about the "fiscal cliff." Obama's responses were truly amazing, a spiking-of-the-football approach in which he pocketed Boehner's concession on tax rates for those making over $1 million, then moved...

It being necessary to cut through the blather about the Second Amendment before we lose our rights…

Posted by Joel Engel on December 19, 2012 41 Comments

The president has just promised to submit gun-control legislation (though not a budget) to Congress in a matter of weeks. So now is a good time to point out that our national debate over a citizens’ ownership of guns wouldn’t be necessary—nor would the kinds...

And the Award for the most snide and offensive NY Times Op-Ed of 2012 goes to …

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 19, 2012 31 Comments

This reprehensible column about Tim Scott by Adolf L. Reed, Jr., a U. Penn. Political Science Professor, The Puzzle of Black Republicans: ...

Robert Bork, R.I.P.

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 19, 2012 23 Comments

Mary Jo Kopechne could not be reached for comment....

A priest and a rabbi walked into a gun shop

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 19, 2012 28 Comments

If this didn't come from long-time correspondent, photographer, reporter, bumper sticker aficionado, and music impresario Danelle, I wouldn't believe it. Made a quick stop at my favorite firearms shop today just to see what was in stock. The store was fully staffed, with a help wanted sign...

Which is more offensive?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 19, 2012 7 Comments

Using a sports team name which may be offensive to Native Americans, or ripping off their heritage and identity for your own professional gain? The team bus of the Liberal High School (KS) Redskins, in a photo take in early November: Professor, On my way home this evening, I...

Benghazi Report — No protest, deteriorating security conditions ignored

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 18, 2012 21 Comments

The State Department has released the independent review board report, available here. It provides many details, but ignores the big issue, which is the White House response once the attacks started. I'm not sure if that was outside the scope of the investigation, but there's...

Cultural shift — McDonald’s urges stores to stay open on Christmas

Posted by Anne Segal on December 18, 2012 34 Comments

After a greater number of McDonald's stores stayed open on Thanksgiving, resulting in an estimated $36 million additional sales this year, an internal memo from the company is urging franchisees to remain open on Christmas. According to an analysis in Advertising Age, that one day accounted...

Does the cultural War on Young Men contribute to mass murders?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 18, 2012 74 Comments

Via @RightInAcademia, 22 Stats That Prove That There Is Something Seriously Wrong With Young Men In America: When are we finally going to admit that we have a very serious problem with this generation of young men in America? We have failed them so dramatically that it...

Elizabeth Warren to be first Native American in White House since …

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 18, 2012 16 Comments

It's bad enough that people already are talking about Elizabeth Warren being a serious candidate for President in 2016, President Elizabeth Warren: Few people have a better and more appealing story and background to seize that opportunity than Elizabeth Warren. Which "more appealing story and background" would...

Dear @SpeakerBoehner, it’s time for Plan C — The Christmas Strategy