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Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 12, 2012 13 Comments

Stanley Fish in The New York Times prints Dinesh D'Souza's responses to reader criticisms of the film 2016: Obama's America.  (My review here.) It is an excellent read, as D'Souza eviscerates the criticisms in a very methodical and polite way. But what I loved the most was...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 12, 2012 84 Comments

Multiple news agencies are reporting that the U.S. Ambassador to Libya and three others were killed in a rocket attack on their vehicle (although reports as to where he was at the time conflict).  The State Department has not confirmed as of this writing.  (Update...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 12, 2012 4 Comments

So you better defeat him, or he'll keep that promise from 2008 to bankrupt you. From Patrick: Saw this one at a Home Depot in Marion, (Southern) Illinois. No, we are nothing like Chicago. Enjoy! ...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 11, 2012 12 Comments

A poll by Kimball Political Consulting, apparently a Republican leaning entity, found that the Senate race has tightened. Whereas two weeks ago Brown was up by 6 (consistent with PPP finding Brown up by 5 with likely voters), now Brown is up by less than 1%. ...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 11, 2012 88 Comments

Via Al Ahram English: Egyptian protesters on Tuesday took down the American flag from the walls of the US embassy in Cairo during a thousands-strong demonstration held to protest a short film produced by US based Coptic-Christians that critics say demeans Islam and the Prophet Mohammed. A...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 11, 2012 46 Comments

Not really surprising, but there still are stupid supporters of Israel who believe that removing Jerusalem from the DNC platform was just a technical error. Via Haaretz, White House declines Netanyahu request to meet with Obama The White House declined Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's request on...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 11, 2012 2 Comments

Each day this week we will focus on one of the Upstate New York races included in Operation Counterweight.  As mentioned before, Upstate NY is critical to holding the House, as several seats were gained by Republicans in an otherwise blue state in 2010.  There...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 11, 2012 36 Comments

Defeatism is so last weekend. Via WaPo: Last week’s Democratic National Convention helped President Obama improve his standing against Republican Mitt Romney, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll, but did little to reduce voter concern about his handling of the economy. The survey shows that the...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 11, 2012 18 Comments

For my thoughts, see my post last year, 9/11/01 and Memory This audio still is what I remember the most.  We can add Melissa Harrington Hughes to our memory, along with Johnny “Mike” Spann, Cpl Jonathan Daniel Porto, U.S. Army, Spc. Dennis Weichel and Lt. Roslyn Schulte....

Posted by A.F. Branco on September 11, 2012 13 Comments

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 10, 2012 5 Comments

I'm pleased to announce another fine addition to the College Insurrection team. Hans Bader of the Competitive Enterprise Institute, an attorney with deep experience in constitutional and higher education issues, has become a contributer to CI. His first post is The New Liberal Orthodoxy: NYU Unconstitutionally Pressured to Expel...

Posted by Anne Segal on September 10, 2012 31 Comments

I've been documenting the presence of the Chicago Teachers Union at non-education-related, radical protests over the past year. From Occupy to Anarchist, gay pride, and anti-NATO protests, the union deploys its members not on the basis of "for the children" but rather for political solidarity. On...

Posted by A.F. Branco on September 10, 2012 8 Comments

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 10, 2012 24 Comments

So is the panic over yet? It shoud be, because there never was a reason for panic to begin with.  Operation Demoralize went viral at the urging of the mainstream media, some Republicans and conservatives caught the fever, and for a weekend people lost their minds. Remember...

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