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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

Loughner Ruled Incompetent To Stand Trial

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 25, 2011 3 Comments

He was crazy, not political, although the left-blogosphere and some politicians tried to make it political and tried to blame Sarah Palin for his actions.Even people we commonly refer to as "crazy," however, can still be legally culpable for their actions, but even before that...

Pampers Rorschach Test

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 25, 2011 15 Comments

What messages -- intended by Pampers or not -- do you see in this commercial?(h/t @TomBevanRCP)--------------------------------------------Follow me on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTubeVisit the Legal Insurrection Shop on CafePress!...

Stop Disrespecting My President

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 25, 2011 18 Comments

First it was Bibi Netanyahu stating that Israel will not go back to the 1967 borders.Now it is the Queen of England refusing to click glasses.Maybe she was upset that he had to read his toast from index cards, or maybe it was protocol.I don't care. ...

I beg your pardon?

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on May 25, 2011 8 Comments

Kathleen No, actually, I may need to beg for a pardon:The White House has named Jesse Lee to a new position within its communications department titled Director of Progressive Media & Online Response. According to The Huffington Post, Lee will essentially be responsible for building...

The Damage Is Done

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 25, 2011 11 Comments

Just a quick follow up to my post Bye-Bye Brown.This analysis by Nate Silver of how Republicans may reach a "tipping point" on the Ryan budget as there begins a trickle of defections, and how damaging Scott Brown's Politico op-ed was (emphasis mine): More recently, Senator Scott...

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

Old School

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 25, 2011 3 Comments

I had a Volvo 240 wagon for 14 years. I hated to let go of it, but the time had come. I sold it in 2003, and the person who bought it from me still has it on the road. The engine pretty much can...

The Lessons of NY-26

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 25, 2011 7 Comments

Democrat Kathy Hochul won NY-26, a Republican District, in a special election yesterday, with 48 % of the vote. Jane Corwin, the Republican received 42% and phony Tea Party candidate Jack Davis 9%. These percentages may change as there are several thousand absentee ballots, but the...

Does anybody really know what time it is, does anybody really care, about time?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 24, 2011 11 Comments

During a visit today, Obama signed the guest book at Westminster Abbey "24 May, 2008."I'm impressed that he got the month and day correct.This will be about a three hour laugh.Had it been [insert name of random Rebublican here] it would have been a three week media...

“Listening to Netanyahu was like listening to our collective conscience trying to remind us of who we really are.”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 24, 2011 16 Comments

I'll have more on Bibi Netanyahu's speech to a Joint Session of Congress later. For now, I'll quote reader Deborah who e-mailed me as follows:As I listened to the live broadcast of Bibi Netanyahu's speech, I thought to myself that HE's reminding us of who...

Commencement Season

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on May 24, 2011 5 Comments

KathleenCommencement season is upon us, which means that insipid celebrities of all flavors will bestow their opinions upon a new generation of bright-eyed college grads. Notable was former President Bill Clinton. His prose at the NYU graduation read like so: "today’s business schools are teaching...

So Tell Me About Mitt Romney

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 24, 2011 35 Comments

I've been dreading this day, because even when I asked you to tell me about other candidates, you told me about Mitt Romney.While the MSM tells us that Sarah Palin is the most divisive Republican, I don't think that's true in the Republican primaries.Please hold...

Shock – Obama Campaign Thinks Guy Not Running Was Most Credible Opponent

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

Marc Ambinder serves as the Obama campaign messenger of the day, with an uncritical account of what Team Obama supposedly believes as to the Republican field. You will not be surprised to find that Team Obama was most concerned with a candidate who is not running:Gov....

Better to discuss whether the pre-1967 borders are on the table while Obama’s reelection still is on the table

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 24, 2011 8 Comments

Is there any doubt that Obama will put the screws on Israel to come close to doing what people like Jeffrey Goldberg insist "my President" will not do, which is force Israel to make dangerous concessions? When there is no reelection on the horizon, when...

Netanyahu at AIPAC

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 24, 2011 1 Comment

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke at AIPAC last night. It takes a few minutes for him to get into a groove, but it's worth the watch. The speech was interrupted several times by hecklers who were escorted out. The money line comes at the...

Bye-Bye Brown

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 23, 2011 34 Comments

You don't need me. You have $7 million plus in the bank, and as of now, you're the most popular politician in Massachusetts.I'm just a small-time, part-time, squeeze-in-posts-between-real-life, blogger. I supported you in early December 2009, when no one gave you a chance, and continued to...

Why Not Put The 1948 Borders On The Table?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 23, 2011 10 Comments

Why are the pre-1967 borders of Israel, which amount to the 1949 armistice lines, so sacrosanct?Once you buy into the narrative of exclusive Palestinian victimization, once you take the Helen Thomas view which is widely accepted in many circles that Israel is an alien European...

Food for thought

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on May 23, 2011 1 Comment

Kathleen My friend Zach Caceres, a recent NYU grad, has a guest post over at the fantastic 'Let a Thousand Nations Bloom' blog. Political scientists have shown the costs of status quo bias in simple acts of political reform. Even mutually beneficial reforms like free-trade,...