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The Professor wrote about the Illinois judge Cynthia Brim who had been suspended since March 2011, charged with assaulting a sheriff's deputy and throwing her keys as she entered the courthouse where she worked in downtown Chicago. This week, Brim was found not guilty by reason...

I think they're in looooove. They're calling her "Wonder Warren" because -- wait for it -- she asked a government agency for more information because she suspected it was obfuscating and not being straight with the public!  Because no Senator or Congressman ever has done that before: Warren’s belief...

That blog is run by the pseudonymous SooperMexican, who broke the story actively concealed by all major media outlets, News Media Scrub Cop Murderer’s Manifesto of Pro-Obama, Hillary, MSNBC, CNN, Gay, and Anti-Gun Comments. And s/he's got the proof. And now it's pretty much all over the...

I was interviewed yesterday by Fox News online for a story about proposals around the nation for $10,000 college degrees.  We have covered this topic at College Insurrection. I came out pretty strongly in favor of the proposals, viewing a new tuition paradigm as the only viable...

Former Congressman Jesse Jackson, Jr. may be "facing significant jailtime" if he accepts a plea deal currently on the table, according to a source quoted by the Chicago Sun-Times. Jesse Jackson, Jr. resigned from Congress last November after a bizarre months-long absence accompanied by rumors of...

Professor Jacobson just analyzed how the left effectively uses web-pages to deride conservatives and their policies, and observes it is worthwhile looking at the integration of culture and politics. Anne Sorock offered a hands-on approach to change the direction of local media. And I stress the importance...

More than in years past, it seems right to revisit our past great leaders like Ronald Reagan, and, last week, Andrew Breitbart, on what would have been their birthdays. Today would have been Ronald Reagan's birthday; he was born February 6, 1911, in Tampico, Illinois. I was...

The Board of the Office of Congressional Ethics  just released findings (with extensive evidentiary supporting documents) that there is "substantial reason to believe" Rep. Bill Owens (D-NY21) violated federal law and House Rules in connection with a trip to Taiwan (emphasis added): NATURE OF THE ALLEGED VIOLATIONS: Representative Bill...

Via Israel Matzav, Chuck Hagel refuses to disclose payments he has received in the last five years from foreigners, Is Chuck roast? Hagel refuses to disclose foreign funding sources: Will this finally be enough to break the Obama administration's hold over Senate Democrats when it comes...

UPDATED! On my own blog, Temple of Mut, I post news about discoveries related to ancient Egypt. I also keep up with the news about modern Egypt, and today the country is being overrun with boobs.  The first example is Egypt's Prime Minister Hisham Qandil, who...

I consider BuzzFeed Politics to be one of the most influential websites at setting the narrative in the blogosphere, and to some extent the more mainstream media. That influence only is going to grow due to the well-funded Buzzfeed brand, which just raised $19 million in...