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Squeezing California - Equal Protection Project Fighting Higher Ed DEI Discrimination Statewide

State Dept. Links 'Code Pink' and Other Far-Left Groups to the Chinese Communist Party

Harvard Prof Who Chaired 'Institutional Neutrality Group' Advocates 'Resistance' to Trump

Saturday Night Card Game (Congrats Karen Finney, you made Goldie Taylor look like the voice of reason)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 02, 2013 17 Comments

And that's not a good thing if you are Karen Finney of MSNBC, who dropped the Cracker bomb, which got barely a notice on MSNBC because it's MSNBC, via Mediaite: During a conversation about the Democratic Party’s strategic ability to isolate Republicans as the conservative party...

Saturday afternoon open

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 02, 2013 54 Comments

Seems like there's a fair amount doing. This seems to be getting a lot of attention: POTUS shoots clay targets on the range at Camp David on Aug. 4, 2012. bit.ly/WlDMYG— Jay Carney (EOP) (@PressSec) February 2, 2013 There's not much more I can add to that except...

Turkish gov’t again proves how far it has slipped

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 02, 2013 11 Comments

We don't know what or why Israel carried out a secretive bombing mission in Syria earlier this week. Speculation runs from hitting advanced anti-aircraft missiles on their way to Hezbollah, to a biological or chemicals weapons institute, to other unnamed but sufficiently important targets. One thing we...

Scott Brown’s important place in history

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 02, 2013 26 Comments

Scott Brown never misrepresented himself or his intentions....

“Leading By Example” Week at College Insurrection

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 02, 2013 2 Comments

Fine example you're setting College President Personally Smacked with $50,000 Bill for Violating Constitution Bucknell misreported test scores to US News for 6 years Loyola University Prof. Forces Students to Attend Lecture by Van Jones U. of Michigan removes Christian campus group for not allowing gays/lesbians in leadership Prof Big...

Students at UT-Austin Protest Consolidation of Departments

Former Student President at UC-Santa Barbara Sues School, Alleging Antisemitic Harassment

Drake University Mandates Coursework in Equity and Inclusion

Elementary School Teacher Resigns Following Pro-ICE Comments on Social Media

Artificial Intelligence Poses a Major Threat to Law Schools

Maryland Woman Tells School Board She Called Child Protective Services Over TPUSA Meeting

All in

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 02, 2013 6 Comments

That was the subject line in the email from reader R. This "all in" bumper was spotted in Boise, ID: ...

Iran monkey space launch fake?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 01, 2013 23 Comments

Those are the reports. Via Ynet: Just four days after Iran proudly announced it had successfully launched a monkey into space – a move seen as proof of a technological breakthrough which may help the Islamic Republic advance its nuclear program, London's Times newspaper is questioning the...

Happy Birthday, Andrew Breitbart

Posted by Anne Segal on February 01, 2013 19 Comments

Today would have been Andrew Breitbart's 44th birthday; he passed away last year on March 1, 2012. I think there's another facet of his experience that we ought to appreciate on his birthday. Andrew spoke often of his conversion from living a life outside of the political...

Scott Brown not running? Update — confirmed, campaign issues statement

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 01, 2013 21 Comments

So says Howie Carr writing in The Boston Herald (h/t Hot Air) in a scoop. Scott Brown will not run for the U.S. Senate seat vacated by John Kerry, a source close to the senator tells the Herald. Update: The campaign just issued this statement: SCOTT BROWN STATEMENT...

The Insurrection’s all over the place

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 01, 2013 12 Comments

I'm interviewed in The Washington Times Communities section, with a fairly nice description and graphic: Since it went online during late 2008, Legal Insurrection has established itself as a unique legal blog. With a focus on current events, and analyzation of these from a distinctively center-right...

Is Rahm losing his grip on the city of Chicago?

Posted by Anne Segal on February 01, 2013 26 Comments

Last Sunday, I attended a candidate forum with those seeking to replace Cong. Jesse Jackson, Jr. at Reverend Wright's former church (he's still Pastor Emeritus), Trinity United Church of Christ. 22 candidates have filed to replace the mentally ill congressman, 17 Democrats and 5 Republicans....

Ted Cruz’s not “bogus attack” on Hagel

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 01, 2013 35 Comments

Chuck Hagel was an embarrassment yesterday at this confirmation hearing. John Podhoretz has it right: Well, as a result of this confirmation hearing — the most disastrous of its kind since another veteran senator, John Tower, blew himself up in his pursuit of the same post...

R.I.P. — Mayor Ed Koch

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 01, 2013 22 Comments

He died this morning at age 88. I didn't always agree with him, but he was a unique character and a fierce defender of our quality of life, the law, and Israel. There are few people who established such a force of personality. Update -- via Twitchy: https://twitter.com/laichungleung/status/297310471818735616 ...

I don’t know how much more of this Utopia I can take

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 01, 2013 15 Comments

From John: Found this gem whilst delivering mail in a large Democrat-run city in Connecticut. I guess if you're always on the road to Utopia, technically there's still hope. ...

Hey China, only we can attack The NY Times

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 31, 2013 29 Comments

There are Times that we need to stick up for The NY Times. Whatever we have said about The Times, we don't regret. But we stand with The Times when it gets hacked by China: For the last four months, Chinese hackers have persistently attacked The New York...

Me or We: Stanford study concludes self-interest wins out over society’s

Posted by Anne Segal on January 31, 2013 7 Comments

A study entitled "In the Land of the Free, Interdependent Action Undermines Motivation" published this month from Stanford University researcher MarYam Hamedani concludes that appeals to community motivation, what they call "interdependence," are less compelling than independent behaviors when addressing social challenges. In other words, if you're...

How Republicans got clobbered in tech in two images and a few links

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 31, 2013 43 Comments

From a highly informative post, Obama, Romney, and GOP Technology: A Chilling Analysis at Red Mass Group: This post is about technology, but is written for a non-technical audience. You may think you know what happened with the technology of the Obama and Romney campaigns because of what...