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Kulaks Beware: Mamdani Orders Public Hearings To Shame "Ripoff" NYC Landlords

Tim Walz Drops Out of Minnesota Governor Race

Wisconsin Judge Hannah Dugan Resigns After Felony Conviction

Liberals hate Wal-Mart >> Wal-Mart helps the poor = Liberals hate the poor

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 24, 2012 38 Comments

Just applying a little election year anti-Republican logic to the Black Friday union protests against Wal-Mart, which mostly were a fizzle. Via Lachlan Markay's Storify entry. It's hard keeping up with all the emerging social media tools; Storify is just another thing which, while probably useful, makes...

Dear generator-owning homeowners, do not invite Nick Kristof over next time there is a hurricane

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 24, 2012 43 Comments

I'm still waiting for Nick Kristof of the NY Times to write a column explaining away the rising dictatorship by his beloved Arab Spring. Until then, we have to suffer through a mind-numbing series of non-sequiturs in which the decline in marginal tax rates over the...

“Conservative Students Should Be Seen Not Heard” Week at College Insurrection

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 24, 2012 8 Comments

And maybe not even seen. Do not attempt to speak truth to power: Macalester Foreign Student Shocked By One-Sided Liberal Politics on Campus Criticism of Affirmative Action Draws Ire at Harvard Crimson Anti-harassment campus policies are the new speech codes UNC Student — If Quoting Reagan Violates Speech Codes, We’re...

When do we get to ban things?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 24, 2012 13 Comments

Spotted in Rhode Island. In a town which has passed a ban on plastic bags in supermarkets: ...

George Zimmerman Trayvon Martin June 10 2013

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 23, 2012 13 Comments

Because of the election, the trial of George Zimmerman for the killing of Trayvon Martin, has been out of our focus. But not for long, as the trial is scheduled for June 10, and there will be pre-trial evidentiary hearings in April. Here are some recent and...

U. Maryland Still a Hotbed of Anti-Israel Activism

Arizona State U. Administrator Admits School Conceals DEI Instruction Despite Federal Ban

Lipscomb U. Facing Lawsuit Over Allegation That Students are Getting Sick From Black Mold

Conservative Legal Group Urges DOJ Probe of Top Research University Over Alleged Illegal DEI Practices

Purdue U. Northwest Claims it Can't Find Any Americans to Teach Marketing Classes for $127,000

Brown University Killer Recorded Video Confessions After Shootings

Understand first, then aim

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 23, 2012 40 Comments

A point made here before is that we may not fully understand the reasons why Mitt Romney lost. I've proffered a few gut feelings, but have cautioned against adopting Democratic talking points on immigration and other issues -- in other words, becoming Democrat-lite -- based on...

Eisenhower family continues to fight ‘totalitarian state’ design of memorial

Posted by Anne Segal on November 23, 2012 22 Comments

A proposed Frank Gehry designed memorial for President Eisenhower is being vehemently protested by his only living son as well as granddaughters, who have objected both to the high cost to taxpayers and the design concept. A letter made public November 20 by granddaughter Susan Eisenhower details...

Democratically elected Egyptian President seen as getting awfully dictatorial

Posted by Bryan Jacoutot on November 23, 2012 13 Comments

Mohammed Morsi, Egypts recently elected President who was backed by the Muslim Brotherhood following the overthrow Hosni Mubarak, has fallen out of favor with some in his country after some questionable governmental actions. Egyptian President Mohamed Morsy has issued an order preventing any court from overturning...

At least 40,000 dead in Syria, so far

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 23, 2012 21 Comments

So let's condemn Israel for defending itself against missile attacks from Gaza. Via JPost: More than 40,000 people have been killed in 20 months of conflict between Syrian President Bashar Assad's forces and those fighting for his overthrow, a violence monitoring group said on Friday. Rami Abdelrahman, head...

What’s the difference between Pallywood and media coverage of Gaza?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 23, 2012 7 Comments

Don't answer. It's a trick question. I wonder if the Shoe Fauxtographer got in on the act this time. If anyone finds recent Gaza shoe photos by Abid Katib, post the link in the coments. ...

Berkeley economics Professor J. Bradford DeLong and not counting every vote

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 23, 2012 17 Comments

I had not heard of University of California economics Professor James Bradford Delong until he started attacking me unprovoked, including impugning my teaching about which he knows nothing. I learned quickly that DeLong has many enemies in academia because of his vituperative style of argument, which fast is becoming clownish. I...

I dunno

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 23, 2012 11 Comments

what to make of this either. From John: I'm not sure what to make of this one, other than the drivers (with a handicapped placard) love dogs. I particularly liked the mocking of the "proud parent of an honor student" stickers. ...

Springtime for Islamist dictatorship in Cairo

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 22, 2012 22 Comments

The Muslim Brotherhood President of Egypt already had brought the military to heel. Now he is discarding the judiciary: With a constitutional assembly on the brink of collapse and protesters battling the police in the streets here over the slow pace of change, President Mohamed Morsi issued a sweeping...

Assessing Gaza

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 22, 2012 12 Comments

Here's an image of some Israeli soldiers not happy with the decision not to sent ground troops -- them -- into Gaza, Soldiers spell out critique of Netanyahu as a ‘loser’ for not using ground forces in Gaza: In the survey, for Channel 2 news, 29%...

NY Times is the enemy of your free speech

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 22, 2012 15 Comments

James Taranto has a great column about how all the left-wing vitriol over the Citizens United case really is just an attempt to maintain the once monopoly power of left-wing corporations over political speech. News flash -- The New York Times is a corporation which protects...

Benjamin Franklin’s account of the First Thanksgiving

Posted by Anne Segal on November 22, 2012 3 Comments

I spent some time as an editor at Regnery Publishing, during which time we published "The Compleated Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin." I always enjoy rereading this account from Benjamin Franklin, which captures the history and the spirit of the American holiday. Instead of a Fast They...

Growing the riches

Posted by Bryan Jacoutot on November 22, 2012 9 Comments

While on a trip to Iowa for the Governor’s 66th birthday, Marco Rubio touched on something very subtle, yet very profound. “The way to turn our economy around is not by making rich people poorer, it’s by making poor people richer,” Rubio said, criticizing President Barack...