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Lie of the Year: Joe Biden Is "Sharp, Intensely Probing, Detail-Oriented, and Focused"

Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) calls for creating Dem "war machine" to stop Republicans

Jimmy Carter's Presidency and Post-Presidency - A Brutal Assessment By National Review

If Casey Anthony had been convicted of murder, it would have been overturned

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 19, 2011 24 Comments

At least if this NY Times report that the prosecution failed to disclose that crucial computer evidence contradicted the prosecutors' trial claims is true: The Orange County Sheriff’s Office had used the software to validate its finding that Ms. Anthony had searched for information about chloroform...

“And until he’s gone, everybody’s going to be sitting on their thumbs.”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 19, 2011 23 Comments

There are parts of Steve Wynn's anti-Obama "rant" which have received more attention, but this is the part that is key to me. It's been something I've been writing about since before the election, the Obama effect. It's why Obama owns the job losses in the...

Guilt by association

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 19, 2011 12 Comments

Taken by SoccerDad in Northwest Baltimore: ...

What will debt ceiling victory look like?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 18, 2011 44 Comments

I'm only able to follow today's debt ceiling posturing and bickering on an infrequent basis. Looks like Repulicans are looking for a single or double, something along the lines of modest spending cuts with no tax increase, with the 2012 presidential election to be the home run...

Why are there homeless people in San Francisco?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 18, 2011 47 Comments

As you know, I'm visiting here. And one thing I've noticed is that there are quite a few homeless people. Why are the people of San Francisco so heartless? They must all be Tea Party supporters. Why don't the politicians here care about the poor? They must be Republicans. How can...

University President Accused of Squandering Public Money Receives $2 Million Severance Package

Survey Finds Many Professors Self-Censor Writing to Avoid Controversy

Ohio May Pass Comprehensive DEI Ban for Public Universities in 2025

Costco Defends DEI Program as Other Companies are Abandoning Similar Policies

Does Israel Have a Public Relations Problem?

Colleges Are Filling Students' Minds With Jew Hatred

Is there a place for me?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 18, 2011 41 Comments

Apparently not, according to John Hawkins, The slow, painful death of the independent, conservative blogosphere: Sure, there were a few outliers that took off: Hot Air, Redstate, and the Breitbart empire for example, but most conservative blogs have either grown insignificantly, stayed the same size, or...

A little something to brighten your Monday

Posted by Katie Thompson on July 18, 2011 7 Comments

The Candy Man, Big Government Edition. (Update: Sorry for the confusion, folks, Wordpress stripped the embed code out of the post for some reason. The link above will have to suffice. Hope you still enjoy it!)...

It’s not 2008 anymore, Bro!

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 18, 2011 7 Comments

Thanks to our very own Matt Knee who spotted this "vehicle" in the parking lot of a Judaica store in California: ...

What exactly is the definition of “change,” again?

Posted by Katie Thompson on July 17, 2011 8 Comments

Remember when Barack Obama tried to convince us he had "changed the way campaigns are funded," inspiring the ubiquitous everyman to donate $15 or $20? Yeah...

Islamist-Leftist Anti-Israel Coalition in … Tunisia

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 17, 2011 3 Comments

I have written often about the willingness of Islamists and Leftists to cooperate when it comes to an anti-Israel agenda. That coalition has expanded its base from Europe and the United States to the birthplace of the Arab Spring: Early this month, the authority in charge...

San Fran

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 17, 2011 16 Comments

If you're wondering why things have been a little slow here, I'm in San Francisco visiting my daughter, who lives near this very tourist-y shot I took at Alamo Sq. Park: If I don't get some really good bumper sticker shots here, I'm going to demand my money...

Go to law school only if …

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 17, 2011 26 Comments

I don't talk much about law schools here. I try not to bring work home, so to speak. But this article at The New York Times, Law School Economics: Ka-Ching!, is generating a lot of buzz: WITH apologies to show business, there’s no business like the business...

So tell me about South Sudan

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 17, 2011 11 Comments

I admit it, I haven't been following the break-up of The Sudan. But now there is a South Sudan, and it isn't your father's Sudan. Among other things, South Sudan will be quick to establish relations with Israel: South Sudan, already recognised by Israel, will forge relations with...

Was easier to do, than to undo

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 17, 2011 8 Comments

But we'll try our best. Thanks to frequent commenter DINORightMarie for this photo taken in Virginia: ...

Saturday Night Card Game (Salon.com plays the Confederate Card on Rick Perry)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 16, 2011 29 Comments

This is the latest in a series on the use of the race card for political gain: No, the topic tonight is not Sheila Jackson Lee's comment that people are complaining about raising the debt limit only because Obama is black. That is so obviously foolish,...

Turning traffic into electricity

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 16, 2011 26 Comments

Taking wasted energy from auto traffic and turning it into electricity sounds hard to believe, but these Israeli researchers may be onto something (h/t LukeHandCool): Scientists in Israel say they have invented a way of turning traffic into electricity. The bright sparks at the country's Technion Institute of Technology...

More misleading push-calls to help Robert Wirch (D-WI)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 16, 2011 12 Comments

In late April I documented how the Democratic Party of Wisconsin was running misleading push-calls to people who had signed petitions to recall Democratic State Senator Robert Wirch. The WisDems were trying to get people to say that they didn't understand what they were signing or...