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Intersectionality is all the Rage - Just Ask "Turtle Island Liberation Front"

Feds Open Investigation Into Brown Univ Over Security Failures, as Campus Police Chief Placed on Leave

Systematic Scholarship Discrimination In Illinois Public Universities Challenged By Equal Protection Project

Transparent ref gaming of Sup Ct on gay marriage

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 11, 2012 29 Comments

The big shock in the Supreme Court's Obamacare ruling was not that the law was upheld. Most people thought there was a substantial chance Justice Kennedy would side with the four liberal Justices. But almost no one thought that it would be Chief Justice John Roberts...

But then what would we talk about?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 11, 2012 10 Comments

From Linda in Tennessee, Academy sports, parking lot, Franklin tn ...

No “placeholder” for DeMint

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 10, 2012 12 Comments

With Jim DeMint leaving the Senate, there's plenty of speculation as to who Nikki Haley will appoint. While Tim Scott has the national attention, there is plenty of South Carolina political intrigue always waiting to happen, so who knows. While that's undecided, one thing that has been...

First post-reelection Tea Party victory — Tennessee will not set up Obamacare exchange

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 10, 2012 15 Comments

I previously posted about The first battle of the next Tea Party wave — December 5 rally in Nashville against Obamacare exchange. The protest, while not huge, was well attended. Governor Bill Haslam was on the fence. No more. Via Linda in Tennessee, Haslam says Tennessee will not...

Why are you reading this?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 10, 2012 28 Comments

Because you still care (?). Via @BarbaraLedeen, I recommend you read the full transcript (excerpts only below) and listen to Rush Limbaugh's segment, Caller: Why Should I Still Care? CALLER: I need some help here. I've tuned out since the election, absolutely tuned out...

Man Connected to Harvard Human Remains Scandal Sentenced to Six Years in Prison

Vanguard University Bans TPUSA Chapter While Maintaining Other Identity Based Clubs

Some Colleges and Universities Have a 'Holiday Tree' for Christmas

Foreign Policy Analyst Suggests Shutting Down College Middle Eastern Studies Departments

DEI Policies Have Caused Real Harm to Young White Men

U. Oklahoma Fires Instructor Who Failed Student for Citing Bible in Essay on Gender

Michigan is the new Wisconsin

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 10, 2012 36 Comments

I haven't been following this closely, but it bears attention. The Michigan legislature last week passed "right to work" legislation which would deprive unions of automatic union dues deductions, among other things. Already protests similar to what took place in Wisconsin have started at the Capitol...

The award for the person most consistently wrong about the Muslim Brotherhood goes to … Roger Cohen of The NY Times

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 10, 2012 16 Comments

I have written several times about the dangerous romanticizing of the Muslim Brotherhood by Roger Cohen of The NY Times. He certainly was not alone at The Times in doing so, but this quote from February 3, 2011, surely puts him in a league of his...

Ramming speed

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 10, 2012 17 Comments

They hate us, so who cares? From the K-man in San Francisco: ...

“Wage Class War” — well, at least they’re honest about the strategy

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 09, 2012 29 Comments

There is something refreshing about a progressive group which doesn't hide the agenda, or shy away from characterizing what they do as anything short of class warfare. Obama doesn't like that term, but it is his stock in trade. Wage Class War is a new website...

Chaka tells Israel something good

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 09, 2012 10 Comments

This is a follow up to my prior post, Stevie Wonder cancels pro-Israel concert under pressure from U.N., anti-Israel groups and Like Alanis Morissette, Chaka Khan was not intimidated, Friends of IDF event spurned by Stevie Wonder raises more than $14 million: The Friends of the Israel Defense...

What don’t Republicans in Congress understand about the Christmas Strategy?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 09, 2012 18 Comments

Sometimes I think we would be better off leaderless. Senator: GOP could accept tax hikes on very rich: There is a growing group of folks looking at this and realizing that we don't have a lot of cards as it relates to the tax issue before...

Money, money, everywhere, but not a drop for small conservative bloggers

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 09, 2012 39 Comments

The amount of money spent by Romney/RNC and Obama/DNC was astounding -- over $1 billion each. As Michael Patrick Leahy at Breitbart.com (and others) have been exploring, the Republican money was concentrated on a small number of connected consulting firms: One-Third of RNC's Final Five Weeks of Spending...

Moi aussi, Fox News?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 09, 2012 32 Comments

Since Professors Reynolds and Althouse already have linked to it, it won't seem like shameless self-promotion for me to link to Five Bloggers I’d Like To See On FOX News written by Aleister at American Glob: 5. Ed Morrissey Hot Air is one of the best conservative blogs...

Finally

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 09, 2012 14 Comments

an Ithaca bumper sticker I can believe in. Spotted on Stewart Avenue near West Campus: ...

Egyptian constitutional referendum to go forward in a week, Morsi withdraws controversial decree

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 08, 2012 14 Comments

Muslim Brotherhood keeps its eye on the prize...

Saturday Night Card Game (35 years ago Bob Dylan predicted Nicki Minaj)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 08, 2012 18 Comments

Steven Tyler of Aerosmith and, of late, American Idol fame, found himself on the receiving end of the race card recently: Nicki Minaj is firing back at Steven Tyler over his comments about her and Mariah Carey as the new judges on "American Idol." Tyler, who...

“What do you do? I’m me”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 08, 2012 47 Comments

How did I miss this when over 2 million people have viewed it on YouTube since it was posted in September 2011? (Almost) Everything that has gone wrong with this country summed up in one video. Hang on to the conclusion for the "surprise" ending. ...