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USA Men's Hockey Team Wins Olympic Gold in Absolute Thriller

Intersectionality is an "intellectual foundation for violence, terrorism, antisemitism, and anti-westernism"

Purges of Conservative and pro-Israel Faculty leave "very few to speak up for Jewish students"

Chuck Hagel Chuck Hagel Chuck Hagel

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 10, 2013 31 Comments

I have not been on team anti-Chuck Hagel mostly because I didn't know a lot about Chuck Hagel. But what I'm finding out is deeply troubling -- including David Brooks' excellent post highlighted in my post Hagel the perfect foil to manage military’s decline over Republican...

The significance of the Culture Frontier in 2013

Posted by Anne Segal on January 10, 2013 9 Comments

As we all seek out ways to restore our country to the right path, I believe there is one area that has been neglected: culture. In 2013, my organization The Frontier Lab is excited to continue its study of the facets of the American character--how Americans understand...

This is what happens when you don’t own your own url

Posted by Anne Segal on January 10, 2013 7 Comments

This is what happens when you are a politician and you don't own the URL for your name: The Emergency Committee for Israel (ECI), as their announcement on Facebook details, has launched a website at the www.ChuckHagel.com URL entitled, "Chuck Hagel is not a responsible option," with posts on...

My thoughts, exactly

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 09, 2013 15 Comments

It doesn't really matter what the definition of "it" is Reject all of it.— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) January 9, 2013 ...

Wikipedia expert — removal of Elizabeth Warren Cherokee controversy “contrary to Wikipedia rules”

Posted by 0387erp on January 09, 2013 31 Comments

A citizens' guide to Wikipedia...

Judge Refuses to Dismiss Prosecutors in Charlie Kirk Murder Case

North Dakota State Urges ‘Safe Zone’ Trainees to Sign LGBT ‘Ally’ Pledge

UT-San Antonio Consolidating Race and Gender Departments

Villanova U. Prof Says Academia Should be Used as a 'Trojan Horse' for Socialism

Texas Tech Prof Arrested for Alleged Involvement in Fentanyl Ring

Kennesaw State U. Students Yell ‘F*** ICE’ During Walkout Protest

Injured special forces soldier arrested in upstate NY for possession of high capacity ammunition magazines

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 09, 2013 59 Comments

Former soldier charged with possession of "a large capacity ammunition feeding device"...

Politicians reeking of chutzpah denounce AIG chutzpah

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 09, 2013 9 Comments

The poster child for chutzpah leads the fight against AIG's exercise of its legal rights...

The Anti-Israel Distortion of History

Posted by Leslie Eastman on January 09, 2013 62 Comments

College Insurrection regularly reports on courses in which aspects of American history are altered to promote a progressive agenda. However, this distortion is not confined to the history of our coutry. One Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) substitute teacher, who has a degree in history and...

The Frontier Lab debuts on LI

Posted by Anne Segal on January 09, 2013 8 Comments

As some of you know, as part of my day job I run a nonprofit, The Frontier Lab (TFL), which uses market research to measure the state of the American character and to learn how we can best revive interest in American exceptionalism. In 2013, I'll...

David Gregory’s Law

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 09, 2013 17 Comments

The David Gregory investigation has been completed by police, and has been handed over to prosecutors, via WaPo: The decision on whether anyone should be prosecuted after “Meet the Press” host David Gregory appeared to hold a high-capacity ammunition magazine on national television now belongs to...

Why does the world go along with the Palestinians’ inventions of history?

Posted by Joel Engel on January 09, 2013 41 Comments

Later this month, Bibi Netanyahu will likely be reelected Israel’s prime minister. Covering his campaign, Reuters noted yesterday that Netanyahu’s theme is essentially “The whole world is against us"—which the news agency at once implicitly ridicules and confirms. "The great danger to the world is not from...

I’m not going to be ignored, Gannett

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 08, 2013 27 Comments

I have sent the following email twice to the media contact person at Gannett corporate, first two days ago and again yesterday. I also left a voice message requesting a response. My questions were pretty straightforward regarding the publication by the Gannett-owned Lower Hudson Journal News...

Breaking — I agree with RI Gov. Linc Chafee

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 08, 2013 13 Comments

BREAKING!!!!!!! The straight party line vote in my home State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations is an important tool of Democratic Party control -- just check one box at the top and you're done. That box almost always will be Democratic in the most Democratic state...

Gawker link-baits — publishes list of “All the Assholes Who Own Guns in New York City”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 08, 2013 53 Comments

Gawker just couldn't resist the million plus traffic the Lower Hudson Journal News garnered for its list of gun owners in Rockland County. If someone is going to be the center of outrage and attention, it must be Gawker. John Cook at Gawker has just published...

Hagel the perfect foil to manage military’s decline over Republican objections

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 08, 2013 21 Comments

Rarely if ever have I seen David Brooks nail an issue as much as he did on the nomination of Chuck Hagel to be defense secretary. Because Obama and Democrats refuse to address the escalating cost of entitlements, we are positioned for a choice between guns and...

Will the last “rich” person leaving California please turn off the Democrats

Posted by Joel Engel on January 08, 2013 38 Comments

California was built by men like Nathan Weston Blanchard, who in 1850 at age 18 left his home in Maine, survived a fire on his first ship out of Boston, boarded another ship in New York, arrived weeks later on the east coast of Panama,...

Finally, Elizabeth Warren refuses to check the Native American box