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Radical Anti-American, Anti-Israel Profs Are Ruining Funding For Non-Political Scientists

Rubio Repeats Student Deportation Policy at Trump Cabinet Meeting: 'No One's Entitled to a Student Visa'

Trump Fires Insubordinate Space Force Commander; Military Officer Adherence to the U.S. Constitution in Question

If we’re so sure to lose playing it safe, why not shoot for the moon?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 02, 2012 93 Comments

George Will and Erick Erickson predict near certain loss in the presidential election. George Will: “[T]here would come a point when… conservatives turn their energies to a goal much more attainable than… electing Romney or Santorum president. It is the goal of retaining control of the House...

David Frum’s ghoulish attack on Breitbart

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 02, 2012 22 Comments

Upon hearing of the death of Andrew Breitbart, Breitbart's Twitter nemesis Eric Boehlert of Media Matters sent a respectful and classy tweet: Even Media Matters itself, with whom Breitbart sparred almost daily, issued a respectful statement: Media Matters has a long history with Andrew Breitbart. We've disagreed more...

Time to get going

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 02, 2012 4 Comments

Another one from reader Bruce, taken in Manhasset, NY: ...

Man against the mob

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 01, 2012 31 Comments

This is a classic. The story and a longer video are here. On Saturday, September 18th, Glenn Beck and Andrew Breitbart headlined an event entitled “Right Nation 2010,” held just outside of Chicago, Illinois. As you will see in our video report from the scene, when Andrew Breitbart...

Elsewhere

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 01, 2012 23 Comments

Koch brothers accuse Obama campaign of intimidation tactics Delegate dispute in Michigan Gay marriage signed into law in Maryland Thomas Sowell again points to Newt: "Newt Gingrich is the only candidate still in the field who can clearly take on Barack Obama in one-on-one debate and cut through...

Harvard Dean of Students Says College Diversity Offices Have No Plans to Cut Programming

Poll Finds Most Americans Support Trump's Efforts to Stop Antisemitism on Campus

The 'Tesla Takedown' Campaign is More Astroturf From the Left

Student Govt. at Georgetown to Hold Vote on Israel Divestment During Passover

NYU Tells Foreign Students to Avoid Spring Break Travel Amid Trump Policy Concerns

Twelve Stanford U. Students Charged With Felony Vandalism for Building Takeover

A personal note on the death of Andrew Breitbart

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 01, 2012 112 Comments

I only spoke once with Andrew Breitbart. He reached out to me, and we spoke by phone. The topic is not important, but I was shocked that he even knew who I was; but as I've come to learn, Andrew seemed to know who everyone...

Andrew Breitbart dead

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 01, 2012 101 Comments

Very sad news to report, just breaking. Andrew Breitbart is dead. Via Big Journalism: Andrew passed away unexpectedly from natural causes shortly after midnight this morning in Los Angeles. We have lost a husband, a father, a son, a brother, a dear friend, a patriot and a happy...

Look Drudge’s gift horse in the mouth

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 01, 2012 35 Comments

When it mattered in the period between the South Carolina and Florida primaries, Drudge was all anti-Newt all the time, promoting falsehoods about Newt's history with Ronald Reagan and assorted other Romney campaign themes. Now Drudge is being nice to Newt, with this banner linking to...

There’s no such thing as a free health care

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 01, 2012 6 Comments

If free health care costs so much, maybe it's not free. Just don't tell it to the yutes. I'm guessing this is from a doc's car. From Linda, who e-mailed this photo with the subject line "nothing extra special ...

Who you calling parody?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 29, 2012 25 Comments

This video explaining how free contraception is a law student human right apparently was not parody. This video of law students warning 16-year-olds not to go to law school is a parody, a take off on this 16-year-old me video. (h/t @GabrielMalor) [Update: Strange, the video now redirects to...

Taking the readership’s political temperature

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 29, 2012 95 Comments

What is your political mood right now? 1-10, worst-to-best. Poll open until 10 a.m. Eastern, Thursday, March 1, 2012. What is your political mood right now? (1-10, worst-best)...

NBC: The new Mayor of Ithaca sure reminds us of Obama

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 29, 2012 12 Comments

I guess the comparison to Obama was inevitable, and NBC goes full "deja vu" on the new Mayor of Ithaca, Svante Myrick. I wouldn't pigeonhole him yet; he ran an insurgent campaign against the entrenched Ithaca Democratic political establishment and also defeated the designated Progressive candidate. He won with...

R.I.P., Davy Jones

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 29, 2012 28 Comments

Lead singer of The Monkees has died at age 66: A rep for the singer tells us Jones suffered a heart attack at his home this morning ...

Conspiracy is in the eye of the beholder

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 29, 2012 23 Comments

"Some people are much more into conspiracies" ...

The Ocean State Current

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 29, 2012 3 Comments

Long-time Rhode Island blogger Justin Katz, formerly of Anchor Rising, is heading up a new blog, The Ocean State Current: Managing Editor Justin Katz attracted national attention when he joined an early wave of bloggers with his site DustintheLight.com in 2002 — back when one frequently...

Imagine Obama unrestrained by another election

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 29, 2012 53 Comments

Mitt Romney had a very good line in his victory speech last night (emphasis mine): Weve seen enough of this President over the last three years to know that we dont need another four. President Obama believes he is unchecked by our Constitution. He is unresponsive...

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