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Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 21, 2011 19 Comments

Based on news reports and live coverage from SkyNews and others, it appears that Tripoli is about to fall to rebel forces. Whether it is hours or a day or two, it seems on the cusp. Updates:  Things seem to be moving fast.  Israel Matzav has video...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 21, 2011 18 Comments

"Be a modern day Robin Hood" was the subject line of an e-mail received by reader redc1c4. The body of the e-mail is below (red circle added).  It was hawking social work school, where one can specialize, among other things, in "welfare planning." The reaction from redc1c4 is that...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 21, 2011 6 Comments

From @MargieInTelAviv: I would add one thing, "Easy, just stop firing rockets at us ...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 21, 2011 9 Comments

Hey, I missed this controversy until it was over. Via Instapundit (who is not anonymous), an anonymous law professor blogger created a blog called Inside The Law School Scam.  For about two weeks the anonymous law professor claimed to "out" all sorts of bad behavior at...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 21, 2011 10 Comments

Lots doing in the world. The end is near for Qaddafi, or not, who knows:  "Libyan rebels said they were less than 20 miles from  Muammar al-Qaddafi's main stronghold of Tripoli on Sunday, a day after  opposition fighters launched their first attack on the city.  The...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 21, 2011 3 Comments

... something nice to wake up to on a Sunday morning. Sent by reader Linda from Tennessee: [Note: Text corrected, photo not taken on I-24]...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 20, 2011 27 Comments

This is the latest in a series on the use of the race card for political gain: A couple of weeks before the 2008 election, in one of my first blog posts, I wrote: The suppression of legitimate political expression through false accusations of racism by the Obama...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 20, 2011 11 Comments

The fallout from the handling of the case of Prof. Lawrence Connell is starting to be felt at Widener Law School. Widener has confirmed that two members of Widener Law School's Board of Overseers and fundraising subcommittee have resigned.  In an e-mail to me, Widener's Director...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 20, 2011 38 Comments

He didn't pass it through Congress, even though he had overwhelming majorities for almost two years, because there were not enough votes.  He also didn't do it by regulation, because that would take time and be subject to public comment and other messy procedures. Instead, Obama...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 20, 2011 7 Comments

I defy you to point to a single sentence written by Marx or Lenin complaining about corporate jet owners, or a single sentence uttered by Obama demanding that the kulaks pay their "fair share" of the harvest. Thanks to reader Rich who writes: I saw this pair of...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 19, 2011 82 Comments

Regardless of whether you support her or not, for President or not, no one does inspirational political (campaign?) videos better than Palin. Palin's Mama Grizzlies and Together videos were historic. This is another home run (h/t TheOtherMcCain): ...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 19, 2011 8 Comments

As explained in The Secret Passion of the New Antisemitism (h/t @yaacovlozowick): What distinguishes antisemitic propaganda from legitimate criticism, then, is the stubborn insistence on holding Israel to standards from which other countries are exempt, and the demand that Jews be denied a right to which other...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 19, 2011 9 Comments

As you know, I have been following the case of Widener Law School Professor Lawrence Connell for several months. Connell claimed that he was singled out by two students for false accusations of racism and sexism, and that the Widener administration backed the students without bothering with...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 19, 2011 8 Comments

The great hope for Wisconsin Democrats has been that former Senator Russ Feingold would run in a recall election next year against Republican Gov. Scott Walker.  Since Democrats are likely to get enough signatures to force a recall, Democrats also will need a strong candidate...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 19, 2011 15 Comments

Thanks to reader John who writes: I was walking around Portland, ME while on vacation last week, and this car made me think of you. Enjoy and keep up the good work. ...

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