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Trump Executive Orders: The End of DEI as We've Known It, But Not The End of DEI

CIA Reverses Itself, Acknowledging COVID Likely Originated from a Wuhan Lab

Anti-Israel Politics Trump Academic Freedom Under AAUP Professor Association's New President

In praise of 300,000 peaceful protesters in 350 locations

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 09, 2011 14 Comments

No, not Occupy Wall Street or Occupy anything. That was the estimate by Nate Silver (then of 538 blog, now of The NY Times) of the April 15, 2009 Tax Day Tea Parties. Silver noted the upward adjustment of the Tea Party rally in Atlanta from...

PDS found Palin, Palin didn’t find PDS

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 09, 2011 18 Comments

From Crawdad Hole written by frequent commenter myiq2xu: I guess the people like Andy Sullivan and his ilk are gonna be unhappy, because Sarah apparently has no intention of going away. I have to wonder what would have happened if they had just left her alone...

Operation Counterweight, the electoral strategy for the rest of us

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 09, 2011 34 Comments

Thanks to commenter Mutnodjmet for reminding me: PS. Just to let you know, in light of Palin’s decision, I am promoting OPERATION COUNTERWEIGHT quite heavily. The reference is to my post in early June, Commence Operation Counterweight: Why do I have this feeling that the back-stabbing and petty politics...

They can’t handle the glass

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 09, 2011 13 Comments

This bumper stick disproves that bumper sticker "I think, therefore I'm liberal." Because the person who drives this car proves just the opposite. Thanks to reader Ken, who writes: Saw this bumper sticker today in suburban Kansas City (on the Kansas side) and snapped a pic. I...

Saturday Night Card Game (Dominant progressive white males in the #OccupyWallStreet mist)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 08, 2011 32 Comments

This is the latest in a serieson the use of the race card for political gain: #OccupyWallStreet has been the subject of numerous posts here, including the NY Times' poster child who wasn't, the influence of big labor, and the now-obligatory video of the anti-Jew guy. But...

New York Teacher Placed on Leave Over Social Media Post Wishing Harm on Trump Supporters

White Supremacist Group Stickers Reportedly Found on Baylor University Campus

College Leaders Joining Forces to Fight Anti-DEI Legislation and Policies

UC-Irvine Hosting Musical Performance About White Privilege

Anti-Israel Protester Suing U. Chicago for Kicking Him Out of Campus Housing

Trump's Orders on DEI Policies Reveal How This Ideology Took Over the University of Colorado

#OccupyWallStreet TwitPic of the Day

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 08, 2011 8 Comments

Addressing claims that Occupy Wall Street is the American Arab Spring: ...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 08, 2011 14 Comments

Various and sundry: John Hinderaker finishes up his take-down of the Bloomberg hit piece on the Koch Brothers. We are on a track, just not the right track - CBO: Deficit is on track to be $1.3 trillion. If he had focused more on Windmills! and less on...

A good heuristic

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on October 08, 2011 3 Comments

to judge bad ideas is to look at how many Princeton philosophy and Columbia professors support it...

I’m sitting next to the phone

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 08, 2011 25 Comments

that never rings, and the e-mail account that never pings, from politicians seeking my highly influential support. Via AP, Romney, Perry try to recruit Christie, Palin fans: Rivals Rick Perry and Mitt Romney are furiously scurrying to recruit heartbroken holdouts who had hoped GOP celebrities Chris Christie...

We will fight them in the textbooks, we will fight them in the dictionaries, we will …

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 08, 2011 17 Comments

He who defines the terms, controls the debate. There is no better example than "social justice," a term which as defined by academia and the media means left-wing policies, setting conservatives back on their heels. Who could be against "social justice"? Thanks to reader Luke in Oakton, Virginia, who...

#OccupyWallStreet Large Tweet of the Day

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 07, 2011 18 Comments

Large law firms. Oh sure, they'll give thousands of pro bono hours fighting for the rights of Gitmo detainees, but remember why they are Large law firms. They have Large corporate clients including Large Banks and Large Investment Banks and Large Broker-Dealers who pay them Large Legal Fees so they...

Europe!

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 07, 2011 11 Comments

Felix Salmon (h/t HotAir) ...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 07, 2011 25 Comments

Been in the car all morning. What did I miss? Herman Cain black enough for Lawrence O'Donnell yet? Kathleen Parker and David Frum mourning the loss of their sole source of attention? #OccupyWallStreet? Tell me what I need to know....

David Frum: Already Almost Forgotten

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 07, 2011 7 Comments

What is David Frum going to do now that Sarah Palin is not running? What linguistic stunts can he pull to drive traffic to his website? Who is he going to call a grifter and con artist in order to make himself feel relevant and edgy,...

“Time to repost Steal This Country?”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 07, 2011 6 Comments

This is the second time this week a reader has e-mailed me referencing one of my early blog posts, the first being “I still remember your ‘death to the Kulaks’ post from a while back!” Thanks to a reader from Seattle who e-mailed me last night...

I support the 3rd Amendment, and I vote

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 07, 2011 10 Comments

There have been over 200 bumper sticker posts since the first post on June 24, 2010. We have covered the 1st, 2nd and 10th Amendments numerous times, but never the 3rd Amendment. You know, the one that says, umm, you know, yeah I took Con Law...

Lawrence O’Donnell lectures Herman Cain on how to be black in the segregated South

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 06, 2011 42 Comments

This is possibly the most offensive interview sequence I've ever seen. Lawrence O'Donnell lectures and snidely criticized Herman Cain, who was a minor when Rosa Parks refused to sit in the back of the bus in 1955 and in high school for the desegregation fights in the...