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Whether Radicalized Culture at U. Penn Influenced Luigi Mangione Needs To Be Looked Into

Woman Who Accused Three Duke Lacrosse Players of Rape Admits She Lied, Seeks Forgiveness

Fifty-One Discriminatory Scholarships At University of Rhode Island Challenged By Equal Protection Project

On what rational basis does NY State now deny polyamorous clusters the right to marry?

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

The slippery slope argument. Perhaps the best (or worst) example is the scene from Animal House in which an attempt by the student disciplinary council to discipline Delta House is turned into, through a series of slips and slopes, an alleged attack on the United States of...

It’s too late for Obama to send in the Marines

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

Spotted on Friday in Ithaca: ...

Saturday Night Card Game (Saggingpantsophobia)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 25, 2011 13 Comments

This is the latest in a series on the use of the race card for political gain: Some guy apparently was permitted by US Airways to board a plane wearing almost only women's underwear (image here, put down uncovered drinks before viewing). I'm not sure on what...

My Take On NY Gay Marriage Bill

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 25, 2011 49 Comments

If you believe that "powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people," then you have to agree that states control their own legal definitions of marriage,...

Can any Republican presidential candidate withstand being Palinized?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 25, 2011 43 Comments

Not a fan of Ed Rollins, but you know that. I guess this qualifies as Part 3 of the "Hey Ed Rollins, you deal with it" series. More than not being a fan of Ed Rollins, I keep questioning why Michele Bachmann started her campaign by having Rollins...

House Report Says Top Universities ‘Refused’ to Stop Campus Antisemitism

Campus Anti-Israel Protests Declined From Last Spring to This Fall

Racist Graffiti Found at Rhodes College Turns Out to be a Hoax

Indiana University’s 'Center for Research on Race and Ethnicity' Loses Funding

Idaho Board of Education Passes Resolutions Requiring Closure of DEI Offices

Harvard Law Enrolls Fewer Black Students After SCOTUS Ruling on Affirmative Action

How do you fit this in a 30-second TV commercial?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 25, 2011 16 Comments

Or a 1-minute debate answer? That's the trick isn't it? So much has gone wrong, Obama has been so bad, its hard to get your words around it. (h/t to reader John for the link)...

Get in line, first they have to legalize marijuana

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 25, 2011 8 Comments

Thanks to reader Linda, who saw this in Brentwood, TN: ...

Are you kidding me, this is the Chicago Police Superintendent?

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

A very bizarre attack on federal gun laws (actually the Second Amendment) and Sarah Palin by Chicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy speaking at Reverend Michael Pleger's church. And we wonder why the streets of Chicago are out of control? (h/t @angelflemming)(full video and transcript here)...

GOP-Backed Patent Reform Ignores the Constitution, Costs $1 Billion +, and Taxes Innovation

Posted by Michael Alan on June 24, 2011 11 Comments

You probably haven't heard about yesterday's passage of the "America Invents Act" in the House, but as the bill goes into reconciliation after gaining the support of all but 67 Republican Representatives and three Republican Senators (along with two Democratic Senators and 50 Democratic Representatives), it's...

Remember, we supported the Iranian regime in 2009

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 24, 2011 4 Comments

That's right, the Obama administration was deliberately silent and then deliberately accommodating to the Iranian regime during 2009 protests in order to facilitate "negotiations" on the Iranian nuclear program. What happened to all the protesters arrested? The Guardian reports: Prison guards in Iran are giving condoms to criminals...

The only thing better than being a blogger in 2012

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 24, 2011 9 Comments

would be to be a blogger in 2016 if this happened (h/t HotAir): ...

Help me pick my Top 10 House races for 2012

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 24, 2011 17 Comments

The last thing I want this blog to turn into is all Obama all the time (hah!). That's going to be hard in 2012, but we really need to keep focused on the insurance policy, the House and Senate. Contrary to what others are saying, there...

In RI, Republican Hope Springs Eternal

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 24, 2011 2 Comments

There's a very interesting article in The Providence Phoenix (h/t Hummel Report) regarding plans by the Republican Party in Rhode Island to regain relevance: The Rhode Island Republican Party's reputation for ineptitude is, by any reasonable measure, richly deserved. Sure, the party held the governor's office for much of...

How am I going to explain this to my in-laws?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 24, 2011 9 Comments

And I just saw them to help celebrate their 65th wedding anniversary. I know, it's the White House trying to shut me down again. Thanks to a reader for alerting me to this block he now gets at work: ...

Rhode Island becomes France, refuses to turn murderer over to feds due to possible death penalty

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 23, 2011 11 Comments

Ever since Independent and former Republican Linc Chafee was elected Governor of my home State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations last fall, Chafee has implemented an interesting twist on states rights by refusing to participate in federal immigration enforcement efforts. Now Chafee has taken it one...

Blago Verdict Watch – See Ya Monday

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 23, 2011 0 Comments

Still no verdict. Via Chicago Sun Times Blago Blog: Onto day 10. Former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich will have to wait until at least next week to hear from the jury debating his fate on 20 counts charging him with corruption, fraud and extortion. The jury ended its ninth...

Unexpected Tweet of the Day

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 23, 2011 3 Comments

Unexpectedly: More here....