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Ayatollah Khamenei Eliminated in Israeli Strike

Anti-Trump Revolt - Tucker Calls Iran Decision 'Disgusting and Evil'

My View From Moscow April 1980 - The Failed American Hostage Rescue Mission

Tough choice — undergo unnecessary root canal surgery or watch SOTU

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 12, 2013 36 Comments

Remind me again why I should watch. Also, I can't wait for the warm welcome Chief Justice Roberts gets this time, now that he cast the deciding vote in favor of Obamacare. Via NRO: Update: From RCP: The president’s speech, described by White House officials as an expansion...

No longer any need to watch SOTU

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

This is all you need to know. Spotted at Cornell. ...

Did Norks Nuke Again?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 12, 2013 15 Comments

South Korea thinks so, via AP: North Korea is believed to have conducted a widely anticipated nuclear test Tuesday, following an earthquake that monitoring agencies around the globe said appeared to be unnatural. The South Korean Defense Ministry, which raised its military alert level after the quake,...

If only the NY Times paid this much attention to Benghazi

Posted by Anne Segal on February 11, 2013 27 Comments

The New York Times has now mapped all the ways Chicagoans, who arguably have some of the most restrictive gun laws in the country and only recently were allowed to possess them, get their guns. The maps and accompanying article are an attempt to spin the...

Alan Dershowitz — Point Man

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 11, 2013 20 Comments

I've written about Harvard Law School Professor Alan Dershowitz before, Alan Dershowitz, Praised: Charles C. Johnson (no, not that that CJ) has a post at Big Government, In Praise of Alan Dershowitz. It’s worth the read, but hardly does justice to someone who for generations has...

Yale to Offer Free Tuition to Families Making Less Than $200K

U. Illinois Urbana-Champaign Students Want School to Spend $25K on Reparations Commission

Anti-Israel Group at Columbia Reacts to Iran Strike by Tweeting 'Death to America' in Persian

Florida Democrat Says Charlie Kirk 'Was Not Assassinated'

Wesleyan U. President Writes Blog Post Praising Anti-ICE Efforts During 'War on Minnesota'

Women Now Outnumber Men in Medical and Law School Enrollment

Branco Cartoon – Angry Bird

Posted by A.F. Branco on February 11, 2013 6 Comments

Note: You may reprint this cartoon provided you link back to this source. To see more Legal Insurrection Branco cartoons, click here. Branco’s page Cartoonist A.F.Branco ...

World atwitter now that Pope Benedict XVI is resigning

Posted by Leslie Eastman on February 11, 2013 34 Comments

I became a Catholic in 2010, in part as a response to my involvement in the Tea Party movement. So, I was very excited about the news that Pope Benedict XVI is resigning: He will be the first head of the Roman Catholic Church to resign in...

Bwahaha

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 11, 2013 21 Comments

Now they tell them! President Obama's enemies often accuse him, in the starkest political terms, of crudely acting to shift resources toward his political base: Green energy donors; single women; Latinos; African-Americans. But the next 12 months are likely to reveal the opposite. Imminent elements of Obama's...

The real Robert Menendez scandal emerging

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

It's not just about Dominican prostitutes (which he still denies). It's about questionable business connections, as reported by Michael Patrick Leahy at Breitbart.com, The Corrupt Origins of the Melgen-Menendez Dominican Port Security Deal: The saga of the Dominician port security deal that has embroiled Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ)...

CNN anchorwoman gets a failing mark in climate science

Posted by Leslie Eastman on February 11, 2013 22 Comments

People have been very interested in recent reports that highlight studies confirming the theory that an asteroid impact killed off the dinosaurs: [A]n international team of researchers, using the most precise dating methods currently available, have determined that while the asteroid impact wasn’t the only thing...

“Zero Tolerance For Drones”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 11, 2013 7 Comments

I wonder why the owner doesn't have that bumper sticker? Oh, right. From Max in At least they have a flag in the back window That's saying something, for Manhattan. ...

Lend Blazing Cat Fur a hand

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 10, 2013 2 Comments

In early January I wrote about the lawfare being waged against Blazing Cat Fur, the Canadian blog, Support Blazing Cat Fur. The litigation is over, but the substantial legal bills remain. You would be doing a good thing if you lent them a hand. Contribute to the Blazing Cat...

What if you had an open Senate seat and almost no Republicans wanted it?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 10, 2013 25 Comments

That's pretty much the situation in Massachusetts, as summarized by Jazz Shaw at Hot Air, MA GOP throwing in the towel on Kerry seat? Is Massachusetts still in play for elections on the state-wide level? If you asked anyone in the heady days of the 2010...

The Depopulation Bomb

Posted by Joel Engel on February 10, 2013 19 Comments

On the syllabus of my Econ 101 class was Paul Ehrlich’s The Population Bomb. This being a year or two after the book’s publication, our class discussions weren’t debates about the veracity of the book’s thesis: In the 1970's the world will undergo famines—hundreds of millions...

Dr. Benjamin Carson, Sr., has them mostly silent

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 10, 2013 38 Comments

On Friday we featured the Stand Up and Cheer speech by Dr. Benjamin Carson, Sr. The speech has received widespread coverage in the right-media, but I've notice the left-media, which normally will viciously attack black conservatives, is relatively silent. (I could only find one fourth-tier bottom...

Near complete gun bans by a thousand regulations

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 10, 2013 33 Comments

In Heller v. D.C. and McDonald v. Chicago, the Supreme Court made clear that sweeping gun bans are unconstitutional. In response, we are seeing a new trend -- don't "ban" guns, but make it so costly, burdensome, and fraught with legal risk of an innocent mistake...

Obamaphones is a life philosophy, not a thing

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 10, 2013 13 Comments

Aleister at American Glob, who helps at College Insurrection, posted the video below in honor of College Insurrection's 1000th post. The video is via CampusReform.org. You see, Obamaphones is a life philosophy, not a thing. And it's not just in Cleveland. (language warning) ...