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"The fear in higher education isn’t new; the groups who fear have simply flipped"

American Assoc. University Profs (AAUP) Threw Away Credibility To Become An Anti-Israel "Fighting Organization"

Legal Insurrection Foundation - 2024 Annual Report

Newt: ‘I Call On The President To Repudiate The Concept Of The 99 And The 1′

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 29, 2011 29 Comments

Think Progress thinks it has Newt Gingrich in a gotcha moment, which shows how out of touch Think Progress is. Here's a partial quote and the video below (emphasis by TP): I repudiate, and I call on the President to repudiate, the concept of the 99...

Reconsider Bachmann? No.

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 29, 2011 41 Comments

Taking another look at Michele Bachmann is one of the memes being pushed by people unhappy with the Newt/Romney choice in the wake of the likely departure from the race of Herman Cain. Why does Cain dropping out make Bachmann any better than she was? She's still...

Vernon Smith Interview

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on November 29, 2011 3 Comments

Reason Magazine has a great interview with Vernon Smith, a pioneer in experimental economics. reason: You say you’re a libertarian with a lot of reservations. The experiments you have run and the research you’ve done over the years really argue that institutions create good and bad behavior. Smith: As a libertarian,...

Post hoc justification, Cain edition

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 29, 2011 46 Comments

Via The Hill, and about a thousand other outlets: Herman Cain told members of his staff that he is "reassessing" his decision to remain in the race for the Republican presidential nomination following new allegations that he conducted a 13-year-long affair with an Atlanta businesswoman. "Cain told...

Selective Sermon Memory Disorder

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 29, 2011 4 Comments

Calling Tad Devine. You reopened the door by claiming the Romney campaign was bringing Jeremiah Wright back into play when clearly it was not. Basically, you told people not to think about the pink elephant. Now The Daily Caller has some more video of Obama praising...

U. Pittsburgh Suspends Students for Justice in Palestine Chapter After Disruptive Protest

UConn School of Medicine Drops Mandatory ‘DEI-Infused’ Hippocratic Oath

Trump Tells Harvard to Address Antisemitism or Lose Billions in Federal Funding

Congress Demands Answers From Sarah Lawrence College About Antisemitism on Campus

Wisconsin Prof Placed on Leave for Allegedly Flipping College Republicans’ Table on Election Day

Judge Blocks Enforcement of Texas A&M Ban on Drag Shows

American Airlines does what GM and Chrysler should have done

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 29, 2011 13 Comments

Obama saved GM and Chrysler, Obama saved GM and Chrysler. Republicans wanted the companies to die quickly. That's pretty much a central Democratic Party talking point this election cycle. Of course, it's complete nonsense. GM and Chrysler were "saved" by Obama with a bailout to preserve the...

Least Likely Headline of the Day, updated

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 29, 2011 2 Comments

From the archives, Least Likely Headline Of The Day: Talmud Study now Mandatory in South Korea The headline did have to be modified slightly, as the author explained: After receiving a personal thank you letter from the South Korean Embassy in Israel for this blog post, I have...

The one that got away

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 29, 2011 7 Comments

Hey, I know how it feels. Professor, I couldn't take a picture because I was driving 70 miles per hour, but I saw a fantastic sign, printed on the side of an empty semi trailer on HWY 71 just north of Nevada, Missouri: "ARE YOU A PRODUCER OR...

Obligatory Cain Affair Allegations

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 28, 2011 50 Comments

Although many in the media are using terms like "sexual harassment," the woman appearing on Atlanta TV tonight alleges a consensual 13-year extra-marital affair. Initial details here. Update: More details here. And, here's the video. The only proof she pointed to was relatively recent cell phone records. ...

“There is no such thing as liberal journalistic bias” Tweet of the Day

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 28, 2011 8 Comments

Chris Cillizza's The Fix blog at The Washington Post presents itself as a political reporting blog, not an advocacy blog. It purports to be journalism in a blog format. That distinction in the mainstream media, of course, really doesn't exist in the newsroom or the blog...

Barney Frank retires, Democratic self-decapitation continues

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 28, 2011 42 Comments

I was in the car this morning when I heard on the news that Barney Frank was retiring and would not run for re-election. Obviously there is a lot of snark which could be thrown around, but this represents a bigger deal than Barney. As more...

DSK play-by-play

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on November 28, 2011 9 Comments

Edward Jay Epstein wrote an extremely interesting piece on the day that the US became acquainted with DSK's name. Important parts of the piece that a lot of outlets left out: What took place between DSK and the maid in those six to seven intervening minutes is a...

Things you may have missed over the long weekend

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 28, 2011 1 Comment

Early last week I started a fundraising drive and also alerted readers to the opportunity to help this blog by shopping online via Amazon, Target and the other stores on the Shopping Page. I appreciate the support of readers. In case you were in a Turkey-induced...

Newt’s immigration policy crazy like a conservative fox

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 28, 2011 13 Comments

Mitt Romney and Michele Bachmann (as well as many Mitt supporters in the media) have been distorting Newt Gingrich's position on immigration as one favoring "amnesty." Via The Shark Tank, here is a video where Newt explains his immigration policy. I believe it's a fully acceptable...

Hasn’t everyone?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 28, 2011 10 Comments

Another photo from Linda taken at the Costco parking lot in Nashville, TN, which apparently is to bumper stickers what the Georges Bank is to fish. ...

It’s been four weeks since Politico broke the story of accusations against Herman Cain

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 27, 2011 22 Comments

On Sunday evening, October 30, Politico broke the story that two women had complained about Herman Cain while at the National Restaurant Association. In that first week, Politico ran several dozen stories about the accusations without telling us what the accusations were, while characterizing the...

More tick tock in Syria

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 27, 2011 12 Comments

Like I said Friday, the fuse has been lit. I think it's too late for Assad to put it out without a major blow up. Now the Arab League, in an unprecedented move, has imposed economic sanctions on Syria, including travel bans on senior officials and...