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Trump Targets American Bar Association Accreditation Power - Something I've Advocated For Years

Rep. Frederica Wilson Urges People to 'Threaten' Lawmakers Over Deportations

Democrats Burn Their 'No One Is Above the Law' Card in Response to Wisconsin Judge's Arrest

Matt and Jen: Rick from Northern VA suburbs really is Ricky Bobby from Deer Hunter, PA

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 21, 2012 76 Comments

Oh, how times have changed. They built up reasonable solid conservative Rick from the Northern Virginia suburbs when it was necessary to stop Newt, but now that he's a threat to Mitt, he's Ricky Bobby from Deer Hunter, PA. The Drudge headline today, linking to this: All those nice "right"...

Sheeee’s baaaack

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 21, 2012 19 Comments

A PBS documentary about which supporters of Bill are not happy: Monica Lewinsky has attempted to keep a low-profile after her role in President Bill Clinton's impeachment scandal made her name the butt of many late-night jokes. But she's likely to become a topic of discussion...

Unwinding Wisconsin’s success

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 21, 2012 10 Comments

That would be the result of a successful recall of Gov. Scott Walker. From Heritage Foundation via CharlieSykes: ...

WaPo wonders why birth control controversy it helped create is an election issue

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 21, 2012 50 Comments

Being the mainstream media means making birth control an election issue, then wondering aloud why birth control is an election issue. Disingenuous Tweet of the Day: The tweet links to an article titled Birth control as election issue? Why? The issue of birth control has suddenly become an obsession...

Obama using Israeli leaders in web campaign

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 21, 2012 16 Comments

Obama has a Jewish problem because of his administration's Israel policy. I don't think the Jewish problem is a great as some recent polling suggests, but there does seem to be movement. From the rise of the Muslim Brotherhood and anti-Israeli forces in Egypt and throughout the...

Mike Rowe Talks About Student Loan Debt and the Lack of Young People in the Workforce

Clemson Prof Suggests Regulating Social Media is Good for Free Speech

New Trump Executive Order Targets College Accreditation Agencies

Jewish Students at Yale React to Anti-Israel Demonstrations on Campus

Education Dept. Demands Harvard Release More Records on its Foreign Funding

St. Andrews University in North Carolina to Close After Spring 2025 Semester

Been there

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 21, 2012 11 Comments

done that, on a smaller scale. Didn't work out that well. Spotted in a car rear window in Ithaca not far from my house: ...

The long and whining road

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 20, 2012 37 Comments

thaaaat leads, to: This apology. When do I get mine? And the award for the Most Underrated Blog Post of 2012 goes to ...

In memory of blogger Gina Cobb

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 20, 2012 5 Comments

Blogger Gina Cobb passed away at the end of last year, as announced in this January 21, 2012, blog post from her family: It is with tremendous sadness and sorrow that the family announces the recent passing of Gina Cobb. She departed very peacefully to her heavenly...

Obama approaches the key 50% mark

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 20, 2012 32 Comments

If only Obama could get over 50%, he'd have a lock on re-election: Update: Remember, because of the implicit marginal rate, people in this category face huge financial disincentives to earning more money....

Idioms need not apply

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 20, 2012 63 Comments

"Chink in the armor" is a non-racial idiom, not a single word, denoting: A vulnerable area, as in Putting things off to the last minute is the chink in Pat's armor and is bound to get her in trouble one day . This term relies on chink ...

What is wrong with this picture?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 20, 2012 57 Comments

Other than everything? It's a theme I've been harping on since the beginning of time, or at least the beginning of this campaign season. Not being someone else is not a reason to vote for you. Oh, we'll vote for you if the only someone else is...

A young Republican meets Occupy at CPAC

Posted by Michael Alan on February 20, 2012 23 Comments

It's been a few days since I returned to Ithaca from my now-annual trip to CPAC with the Cornell College Republicans and, while I can't help but think I wasn't at the same conference as Erick Erickson, it was a great opportunity to meet other...

Not so happily-ever-aftering

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 20, 2012 10 Comments

even up there in Scamalot. Thanks to reader Judy, who writes: I spotted this bumper sticker Saturday (2/18) in Rockport, Massachusetts. (The car was in a parking lot and I was on foot.) ...

Trouble, trouble trouble trouble

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 19, 2012 73 Comments

The Trouble With Mitt: It is ludicrous to claim that the fault lies among conservatives for Romney's precipitous drop among independents, which he’s endured over the past month (in some polls, it's been a negative swing of 20 points), the primary reason he now lags Obama...

Insane brain revealed

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 19, 2012 32 Comments

According to researchers, new MRI time-lapse techniques have been developed to track the brain waves of the insane. In a normal human, various brain waves representing essential cognitive functions rarely cross paths, and maintain more or less stable trajectories. In the insane, there are jagged trajectories in...

A Tyrannical Redux?

Posted by Louis R. Lombardi on February 19, 2012 17 Comments

The Arab Spring has sprung. But for us, it has been mostly doom and gloom, an extended winter. Throughout the Middle East, we have seen an uprising against the established order. In most cases, these uprisings have been overdue as the tyrants had their collective feet...

I feel Santorum supporters’ pain

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 19, 2012 47 Comments

Supporters of Rick Santorum are on Day 3 or 4 of the type of distortion and character assassination which was unleashed on Newt beginning in mid-December, and only paused when Newt dropped in the polls. In Newt's case, almost all of it came from Republicans, in...