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Video Released of ICE Agent's Perspective of Minneapolis Shooting

Kathy Hochul, Zohran Mamdani Announce Billions in New Spending on 'Free' Childcare Program

Mamdani and the “Woke Jihad”

Reporting on incitement against Israel and Jews rarely is fit to print at The NY Times

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 23, 2013 5 Comments

Gilead Ini of Camera writes how The NY Times finally reporting on anti-Semitic and anti-Israel incitement by Egyptian President Morsi stands in contrast with near silence about similar incitement in Palestinian society, Why Egyptian hate speech, and ‘NYT’ reporting on it, matter: Would it be a problem...

Forbes is a case study on how conservatives lose institutions

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 23, 2013 51 Comments

The minnow eats the whale, again...

Bibi defeats Obama (barely)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 23, 2013 9 Comments

It's no secret that Obama doesn't like Bibi Netanyahu, and the feeling seems to be mutual. It's been a virtual warfare of insults since Bibi took Obama to school on the 1967 borders: and then got a more rousing welcome in Congress than Obama ever has,...

Forward, that’s where

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 23, 2013 4 Comments

From Sandy, spotted on a car with Virginia plates: Meant to send these to you earlier, saw the sticker on a car in a local parking lot (post election, during the holidays). Sums my belief precisely. Stay strong, keep the faith. Fire in the Hole ! ...

Most brilliant speech writer ever uses “peace in our time” in his historic world-changing speech

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 22, 2013 51 Comments

I missed this when reading Obama's inaugural speech (still haven't listened to it). I just heard Jonah Goldberg make reference to it on Special Report with Bret Baier. Via Tom Ricks at Foreign Policy Blog, Obama’s 2nd inaugural address: 'Peace in our time'? Really, Mr. President? The WTF moment...

Texas Launches Website to Field Complaints About State Colleges and Universities

Trump State Department has Revoked 8,000 Student Visas

U. Washington Researcher Appears to Wish Death on Conservatives: ‘May There be Tyler Robinsons for You All’

Jewish Students Locked in Cooper Union Library During Anti-Israel Protest Settle With College

Georgetown U. Hires Hamas Apologist Mehdi Hasan as Visiting Fellow

Astoria, NY, is Becoming the American Center of Democratic Socialism

Obama reads the Constitution like a Chinese menu

Posted by Joel Engel on January 22, 2013 12 Comments

As soon as the president began his inaugural address yesterday with a nod to the Constitution, I actually said aloud, “Uh-oh.” Each time we gather to inaugurate a President we bear witness to the enduring strength of our Constitution...

San Diego Pension Reform Ballot Initiative — the biggest untold story of 2012

Posted by Leslie Eastman on January 22, 2013 15 Comments

Professor Jacobson made an exceedingly important point yesterday: Our focus must be on "changing what we can change, protecting what we can protect, undermining what we can undermine, acting locally." Based on my experience in San Diego, I cannot stress enough the vital role that local...

Veteran stands up for 2nd Amendment at Chicago anti-gun forum (Update — interview with Vet)

Posted by Anne Segal on January 22, 2013 68 Comments

After enduring hours of derision and mockery by the panelists at a Chicago-area guns "forum" Sunday, one man in the audience stood up and addressed the crowd, identified himself as a veteran, and proceeded to give a straightforward but passionate defense of his support for...

Israeli Election Results

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 22, 2013 6 Comments

Update: Looks like Bibi Netanyahu will be selected to put together a government, but is not in as strong a position as expected just weeks ago. Carl in Jerusalem has all the details and live updates. Carl also updates on something I touched on below, Breaking:...

The Steamroller

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 22, 2013 35 Comments

While he puts the usual liberal spin on it, Greg Sargent at WaPo is correct that Obama sees his path forward as overwhelming Republicans. Sargent writes: Yesterday, President Obama used his Inaugural Address to lay out an expansive case for progressive governance, one rooted in the...

I can see 2014 from that gun show

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 22, 2013 22 Comments

in a blue county in Ohio. Could this be to 2014 what Obamacare was to 2010, an issue which cuts across party lines outside of the big cities? From Kathryn: Thought you might be interested in a couple photos from the very blue Lucas County, Ohio, gun...

Full Historic Inaugural Speech

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 21, 2013 16 Comments

Text here In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem. From time to time we've been tempted to believe that society has become too complex to be managed by self-rule, that government by an elite group is superior...

Like I told you, in Rhode Island unions are the state

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 21, 2013 8 Comments

I have pointed out before how In RI, Public Sector Unions Are The State and how behind almost every Democratic politician there stands a union. So the latest news is not surprising. Via ProJo, Laborers' union again gives two R.I. Senate leaders six-figure compensation: Annual reports showing the...

Obama Inaugural Speech — Collectivist We

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 21, 2013 48 Comments

No need to watch Obama's inaugural speech. Text is here. Same old, same old straw men, platitudes, and ode to big government and collectivism: Through it all, we have never relinquished our skepticism of central authority, nor have we succumbed to the fiction that all society’s ills can...

Martin Luther King, Jr.’s way is not the Chicago way

Posted by Anne Segal on January 21, 2013 5 Comments

“Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.” – Martin Luther King, Jr. There could be no more appropriate time to reflect on Martin Luther King's words than Inauguration Day, when the man who...

Gun Control Charts!

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 21, 2013 23 Comments

There is a fascinating discussion of gun control at Eudaimonia blog. I don't know who the author is, but the really, really loooong A Few Thoughts On Gun Control is well worth the read. It is chock full of interesting images and charts like this one: and this and...

Our own inauguration day

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 21, 2013 45 Comments

I'll use this as my own inauguration day, spending the day thinking about what we can do better. I have not given in to all the doom and gloom, although it's hard not to. There is a deliberate effort to declare the Republican Party, conservatives, and...