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Harvard Program Caught Trying To Hide Discriminatory Language After Complaint Filed By Equal Protection Project

Homan: DHS Investigating Ilhan Omar Marrying Alleged Brother for Visa Fraud

UVA Law Prof Describes Outrageous Behavior From Colleagues Over Case He Argued Before SCOTUS

Back to school as Chicago teachers vote to suspend strike

Posted by Anne Segal on September 18, 2012 7 Comments

The Chicago Teachers Union's House of Delegates voted Tuesday afternoon to suspend the strike while refraining from ratifying the current contract yet. According to reports, the contract, which comes with an annual price of $74M, will be ratified in the coming weeks. The strike lasted seven...

Julia reacts to Mitt’s tape

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 18, 2012 25 Comments

You remember Julia, the Obama campaign-issued woman who turned to government for help at various life stages. Those stages aptly were summarized in Iowahawk's Julia's Circle of Life. Julia has come to symbolize the dependency state. So I wondered what Julia must be thinking about Mitt Romney's...

If the tape doesn’t knock Romney out, the media narrative is toast

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 18, 2012 76 Comments

What will the media do? It has invested everything in the tape. But there is a pretty fierce counterpunch being delivered on talk radio, on Twitter, in the blogosphere, and even on television when allowed. There is good reason to believe that Obama's post-convention bounce already is...

Empowering people who start fires to define freedom of speech is how freedom of speech dies

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 18, 2012 67 Comments

The inability to distinguish between those who set fires and those who criticize those who set fires...

Pep Talk – We’ll just have to win

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 18, 2012 46 Comments

Consider this Pep Talk V. Every 3-4 days for the past several weeks there has been a mass media pronouncement that Romney has lost: When Paul Ryan was nominated and false "fact-checks" purported to declare him a proven liar. When Clint Eastwood took the stage and...

Florida Bill Would Limit Number of Foreign Students at State Universities

Orientation at Amherst College Allegedly Included Students Mimicking Sex Acts

Trump Education Dept. Announces They've Prevented More Than a Billion in Student Aid Fraud

Arizona State Board of Education Votes to Cut DEI Standards in Compliance With Trump Executive Order

Seton Hall University Approves Democrat Club But Denies Turning Point USA

UC-Berkeley Suspends Lecturer for Bringing His Anti-Israel Politics Into the Classroom

Rhode Island school district bans father-daughter, mother-son dances

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 18, 2012 25 Comments

Cranston, Rhode Island (pronounced "Craaaaaaaanston") has given in to ACLU pressure and has banned father-daughter dances as a violation of the state anti-discrimination law. Via Providence Journal: In a move that has taken some parents by surprise, the school department has announced that it is banning traditional...

Barack Obama Cannot Be Serious

Posted by Joel Engel on September 18, 2012 31 Comments

Yesterday was supposed to be a day of self reflection, and all I could reflect on was this picture and what it symbolizes: An American citizen exercised his First Amendment right to produce a crappy film. In response, the President of the United States sent “brownshirted...

If Obama wins

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 18, 2012 9 Comments

this person wins. Don't let this person win. Spotted in Ithaca at the Agway on Route 13, on a Kia Sorrento. Which gets really horrible gas mileage. ...

About that Romney tape

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 17, 2012 57 Comments

You've probably heard that Mother Jones released an edited partial video of Mitt Romney speaking at a private fundraiser several months ago, in which he commented that Obama has a lock on about 47% of the vote because that represents the percentage of the population...

Lugar announces will not campaign for Mourdock — Donate to Mourdock NOW

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 17, 2012 21 Comments

I've noted before that Dick Lugar has been less than dignified in his loss to Richard Mourdock. We supported Mourdock early in the primaries and he is on the Operation Counterweight Final List. Mourdock has gone out of his way not to bad mouth Lugar's sore...

Foreign Policy President

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 17, 2012 11 Comments

From friend of the blog, soon to be appointed Director of Photoshop Services, Patricia. To me, it rather brilliantly points out the problem. ...

Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s piece on Islamist riots infuriates leftwing media

Posted by Anne Segal on September 17, 2012 45 Comments

Ayaan Hirsi Ali, a former Muslim woman who authored a fascinating book, "Infidel," about her life, has penned an article in this week's Newsweek entitled "Muslim Rage: How I Survived, How We Can End It." The article and the cover are infuriating the Left, as...

Fried Twinkiegate! Michelle admits to eating the unhealthy food

Posted by Anne Segal on September 17, 2012 12 Comments

Michelle Obama, the Joan of Arc leading the crusade against food freedom, brags in this week's US Magazine to enjoying fried twinkies in Iowa! The magazine published a feature about Michelle entitled "Exclusive: First Lady Michelle Obama: 5 Things You Don't Know about Me." From the...

At debate Elizabeth Warren needs to disclose if she made false federal filings

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 17, 2012 11 Comments

"Native American" is a legal definition and Professor Warren should be held to the standards she holds Wall Street...

Dan Bongino in a great interview with the Daily Caller

Posted by Bryan Jacoutot on September 17, 2012 7 Comments

If you have time to watch the entire interview, I encourage you to do so. It offers an in-depth look into Bongino's policy positions and personal philosophy. If you're in a rush I recommend starting at 9:27, where Bongino address the question of class warfare and...

One year later, Occupy characterized by secrecy, violence, and ennui

Posted by Anne Segal on September 17, 2012 20 Comments

Today marks the one-year anniversary of Occupy Wall Street, a movement born of disaffection, a surface-level distrust of the political and financial establishment, and more than all that together, ennui. To mark the occasion, what is left of the group is once again taking to New...

Mayor threatens to sue as Chicago teachers strike continues

Posted by Anne Segal on September 17, 2012 21 Comments

The Chicago Teachers Union strike continues Monday after a failure to resolve the strike, now into its second week with 350,000 children affected by the standoff. There had been some optimism that the union officials, who met Sunday afternoon, would vote in favor of the...