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Getting Rid of DEI Is Like "Getting Soap Out Of A Sponge"

Schumer Primary Talk Heats Up After Poll Shows AOC Well Ahead in Potential 2028 Match-Up

Staged or Not, Republicans Ignore the ‘Hands Off’ Protests at Their Own Peril

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...

Jump, David, Jump

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 27, 2011 39 Comments

The only reason, the only reason, the only reason anyone pays any attention to David Frum is that he is the mainstream media's "useful conservative," someone who screams about the crazy Republican Party and Tea Party movement. He is worse than a carnival barker, because a...

Manchester Union Leader endorses Newt

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 27, 2011 28 Comments

Newt Gingrich has picked up the endorsement of New Hamsphire's largest newspaper, the conservative Manchester Union Leader. This newspaper endorses Newt Gingrich in the New Hampshire Presidential Primary. America is at a crucial crossroads. It is not going to be enough to merely replace Barack Obama next...

Eurogeddon

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 27, 2011 6 Comments

Some scary warnings out there, as reported by The Telegraph: As the Italian government struggled to borrow and Spain considered seeking an international bail-out, British ministers privately warned that the break-up of the euro, once almost unthinkable, is now increasingly plausible. Diplomats are preparing to help Britons...

Campus Workers and Students Protest Funding Cuts at University of Tennessee

Elementary Education Class at U. Minnesota Focuses on ‘Queer’ and ‘Feminist’ Theory

Princeton Students Disrupt Event With Former Israeli Prime Minister

Mahmoud Khalil Accuses Columbia of Creating 'Manufactured Public Hysteria About Antisemitism'

Anti-Israel Students Dragged Out by Their Keffiyehs After Barging Into UC-Boulder Classroom

Harvard Grad Slams School for Requesting He Delete Post Criticizing DEI Administrator

So do I

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 27, 2011 26 Comments

and I'm not even Christian. In fact, it annoys me when people refuse to say it. And please say Happy Hanukkah to me, not Happy Time When You Light All Those Candles For Some Reason. Another one from Linda in Tennessee, found in her favorite bumper sticker...

Saturday Night Card Game (Jeremiah Wright still scares Democrats)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 26, 2011 22 Comments

This is the latest in a series on the use of the race card for political gain: As you know, I support Newt Gingrich. But you also know that I have a policy of uniting behind any Republican candidate who comes under false attack from Democrats and Obama...

Pakistan problems

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

NATO and/or U.S. forces apparently killed a couple dozen Pakistani soldiers at an outpost on the Afghan border. The details are murky at this point: The Guardian reports that coalition forces say they came under fire and returned fire. Pakistan has announced that it will cut...

The EU gets philosophical

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on November 26, 2011 5 Comments

(at their own peril.) I read an article in the German newspaper, Der Spiegel, that really got my eyes rolling. It is titled "Habermas, the Last European": Jürgen Habermas, 82, wants to get the word out. He's sitting on stage at the Goethe Institute in Paris. Next...

Dissent is patriotic, but trolling is not

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 26, 2011 30 Comments

Since the new blog went live in mid-June, I've only banned about a dozen people (compared to 2700+ registered users). I've banned someone who gratuitously insulted Kathleen, someone who had the "N" word in the registered e-mail address (no need to wait for that person to...

Egyptian Imam The NY Times called “moderate” holds “kill all the Jews” mass rally

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 26, 2011 8 Comments

The NY Times has whitewashed the anti-Semitic aspects of the Arab Spring in Egypt since the beginning of the protests last January. NY Times' columnists like Roger Cohen have sought to glamorize and glorify the so-called "Arab Street" and Nicholas Kristof has waxed poetic about...

“I’m the comeback grandparent.”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 26, 2011 28 Comments

I've said it before, it's not enough to be a "not" candidate. Not being Barack Obama is not enough, and not being Mitt Romney is not enough. Any candidate who is to win the nomination and the general election is going to have to inspire,...

Self-insured

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 26, 2011 5 Comments

From reader and bumper sticker photographer extraordinaire Linda, who spotted this at the Lowe's parking lot in Nasheville, TN: ...

Syria’s fuse is lit

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 25, 2011 0 Comments

Just wondering how much longer until the explosion takes place. Some links: Walter Russell Mead, "when poets buy guns, tourist season is over. They are buying them now in Damascus...

It could happen anywhere, but it keeps happening there

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 25, 2011 19 Comments

First it was Lara Logan. Then other female journalists: The press freedom organization Reporters Without Borders on Friday cautioned news outlets on sending female reporters to Cairo’s Tahrir Square, citing three incidents in which reporters have been assaulted. “It is more dangerous for a woman than a...

What if everything we have been told about Mitt Romney’s electability is wrong?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 25, 2011 46 Comments

From The Razor (h/t SoccerDad), a brutal takedown of Mitt Romney followed by a "he's electable" endorsement, The Case for Mitt Romney: I don’t like Mitt Romney. I think he’s almost a walking cliche of the smooth talking, Country Club Republican. I think he’s about as...

Remembering Mike Spann

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 25, 2011 5 Comments

The first American killed in the Afghan war, on November 25, 2001. I've told his story before, but it is worth remembering every year. This interesting video by The Daily Caller recalls the group of special forces similar to Spann, who worked with Afhan warlord Abdul Rahdis...