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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

Mideast Media Sampler 03/15/2013

Posted by David Gerstman on March 15, 2013 7 Comments

1) Why is this debate a virtue? Yesterday, I wrote about Joseph Levine's outrageous article at the New York Times arguing that Israel is not a legitimate secular democratic state. At the Daily Beast, Ralph Seliger writes: I think it's odd that we should still be arguing the...

Explanation … because it’s still Massachusetts

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 15, 2013 11 Comments

A bit of an odd combination. Alternative post title: Gun-lover Still Loves Gun-grabber Because It's Still Massachusetts. Sent to me via Twitter by Jack Gately, who took this photo of a door in Boston. Be sure to check out Jack's blog, GatelyWire.com, for Massachusetts...

Hundreds of CPAC Attendees #StandWithRand

Posted by Leslie Eastman on March 14, 2013 43 Comments

At College Insurrection we reported that, in honor of Rand Paul’s historic filibuster, the head of the Hillsdale College Republicans wanted CPAC attendees standing during the senator's convention speech. It looks like Ryan Bolyard got his wish, as hundred of students chose to #StandWithRand. Josiah Ryan contributed...

The “reality-based community” meets Fiscal Reality on entitlements

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 14, 2013 11 Comments

So tell me again, which party is being ripped apart by internal divisions?...

Three years ago today — Cpl Jonathan Daniel Porto

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 14, 2013 4 Comments

Today is the third anniversary of the death of Cpl. Jonathan Daniel Porto in Afghanistan, as noted here before: Cpl Jonathan Daniel Porto Promises a Marine Widow Cannot Bear to Hear Cpl Jonathan Daniel Porto, Remembered Cpl Jonathan Daniel Porto, March 14, 2010 His wife’s original blog post, I Will Always...

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

Glossary at Boston U. Teaching Hospital Says ‘Biology’ Doesn’t Define Sex

Ted Cruz versus DiFi on 2nd Amendment

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 14, 2013 48 Comments

Via Mediaite: On Thursday, during a committee hearing in the U.S. Senate on gun control legislation, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) engaged in a heated exchange over the constitutionality of her support for stricter gun control laws. In posing a question regarding...

It’s always around this time when I start to think, maybe I should have gone …

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 14, 2013 10 Comments

to CPAC, or whatever the conference happens to be. Of course, if I went I might have been chased down the hallway by gaggles of college kids seeking to get their photos taken with me, either that, or I would have stood alone in a corner...

Mideast Media Sampler 03/14/2013

Posted by David Gerstman on March 14, 2013 3 Comments

The Ranting of Levine Last week the New York Times published an essay by a philosophy professor, James Levine On Questioning the Jewish State. I won't quote from the essay, but here are some of the responses. Elder of Ziyon argues: In fact, if you follow his bizarre...

Repeat after me again and again: “The Shirley Sherrod tape was not misleading”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 14, 2013 19 Comments

I just saw a movie review in The Washington Post from last fall regarding Hating Breitbart. I haven't seen the film (but Anne did, her review is here), so I can't comment on the review itself, although it does bear an unmistakably snide tone to it, as...

Say what you will about @BuzzfeedPol, they’ve got me pegged

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 14, 2013 30 Comments

And they have a very well done post, luring the likes of me into their lair: What Kind Of Conservative Are You? This scientific quiz is the only way to be sure. Just in time for CPAC! Okay, I took the quiz, and this was the result: ...

TRITE

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 14, 2013 10 Comments

From Nick: A little diversity for ya professor...

Branco Cartoon – Justice Served

Posted by A.F. Branco on March 13, 2013 8 Comments

Note: You may reprint this cartoon provided you link back to this source. To see more Legal Insurrection Branco cartoons, click here. ...

Patriot PAC’s Operation Black Storm endorses Paul McKinley in #IL02

Posted by Anne Segal on March 13, 2013 12 Comments

Prior endorsements included Ted Cruz, Allen West, Mia Love, and Tim Scott...

Argentina’s Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio becomes Pope Francis – Updated

Posted by Leslie Eastman on March 13, 2013 27 Comments

I came back from an appointment to find that white smoke was wafting from the Vatican Chimney. From the Globe and Mail: Argentine cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio will be known as Francis. At 7:07 p.m., local time, white smoke billowed from the Sistine Chapel, signalling that a new...

White Smoke (Update — Pope Francis f/k/a Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Buenos Aires)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 13, 2013 11 Comments

I guess there's a new Pope. Not being Catholic, I'll leave it to readers to assess after the identity is known. twitter.com/seanhannity/st…— Sean Hannity (@seanhannity) March 13, 2013 PHOTO: White smoke billows out of the Sistine Chapel chimney huff.to/10NK07c twitter.com/HuffingtonPost…— Huffington Post (@HuffingtonPost) March 13, 2013 #HabemusPapam I love...

Everything you always wanted to know about kill-lists, but were afraid to (duck, there’s a drone overhead) ask

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

"America's bureaucrats kill with amazing efficiency"...

The good news: 7 Saudi men spared death by firing squad and crucifixion

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 13, 2013 12 Comments

The bad news? Saudi Arabia beheads 7 men after appeals rejected: Seven Saudi men convicted of theft, looting and armed robbery were beheaded on Wednesday, according to the country’s official news agency, more than a week after their families and rights group appealed to the king for...