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Lie of the Year: Joe Biden Is "Sharp, Intensely Probing, Detail-Oriented, and Focused"

Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) calls for creating Dem "war machine" to stop Republicans

Jimmy Carter's Presidency and Post-Presidency - A Brutal Assessment By National Review

Obama’s Greatest Foreign Policy Victory – Manuel Zelaya Returns To Honduras

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 30, 2011 6 Comments

The Obama administration has not had many foreign policy victories. But it just consummated a long hoped-for victory in Honduras with the return of former President Manuel Zelaya, a close ally of Hugo Chavez.Zelaya was forced into exile after Zelaya tried to extend his term as...

Should These Colors Even Run The Country?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 30, 2011 6 Comments

My guess is that the owner of this vehicle not only objects to these colors running the world, but also is part of the open borders crowd which objects to these colors even running our own country.A variation on a theme, spotted today in Ithaca:--------------------------------------------Related Posts:Bumper...

The German nuclear “solution”

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on May 30, 2011 7 Comments

KathleenDespite the fact that it is nowhere near a tsunami-prone area, the German government announced that it will phase out nuclear power over the next decade. Currently, Germany receives roughly a quarter of their energy from nuclear sources and no alternatives were cited in the...

“Reform” In Syria

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 30, 2011 0 Comments

The head of Hezbollah has visited Syria to discuss "reforms":Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah met with Syrian President Bashar Assad in order to discuss reforms in Syria, the Lebanese daily al-Akhbar, identified with Hezbollah, reported on Monday.Nasrallah "held more than one meeting with President Assad to...

Is This Any Way To Run A Law School?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 30, 2011 7 Comments

I previously posted about the lawsuit by Widener Law School Professor Lawrence Connell. Widener is seeking to terminate Connell after Connell used a hypothetical example in his criminal law class of the Widener Dean being attacked, and a small number of students alleged that Connell made racist...

UConn Medical School Invites Trans People to Train Students in ‘Gender-Affirming Care’

Young Progressives are Embracing Antisemitism Based on Lies

U. Tennessee Students Doing Work on Campus Discover Civil War Trench

‘Climate justice’ Group at Northwestern University Calls for School to Become ‘Fossil Free Campus’

House Republicans Fast-Track Bill to Ban Men From Women's Sports

NYC Subway Slasher with 87 Priors Caught (UPDATED)

Please Brief Me

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 29, 2011 32 Comments

I was in the car almost all day.Have the facts about Weiner's tweet been exposed yet?--------------------------------------------Follow me on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTubeVisit the Legal Insurrection Shop on CafePress!...

Update on Bloomberg’s View

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on May 29, 2011 1 Comment

Kathleen I posted a few weeks ago about how I was happy to see Bloomberg's new "view," an editorial page. Alas, even the (primarily lefty) Slate Magazine has given it the thumbs-down. Virginia Postrel, however, has been her usual astute self with a really...

Now Is Not The Time To Play It Safe

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 29, 2011 12 Comments

Choices will have to be made soon, and chief among them is whether to tackle the debt problem head on and take the political risk, or not.I don't see it as much of a risk. Obama will not be defeated unless front and center is...

Official Decree, Part 1: Defacing Gov’t Property Is Illegal

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 29, 2011 2 Comments

Official Decree, Part 2: Everything is government property.Send to me by a reader in Columbus, Ohio, who took the photo below last summer and who writes as follows:When I asked the man if I could take a picture of his truck, he tried to give me...

I’m not touching this one

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 28, 2011 15 Comments

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Saturday Night Card Game (A Friend Told Me He Chugged 40s In High School)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 28, 2011 7 Comments

This is the latest in a series on the use of the race card for political gain:Think Progress is reeling from being punked by the Navy Seal Anchor Baby hoax. But Think Progress needs to earn its keep, so it soldiers on.Think Progress continues its the never-ending quest...

Sometimes The Show Must Not Go On

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 28, 2011 2 Comments

Via Drudge, one of the best headlines ever, Horse herpes outbreak forces rodeo queens to ride stick poniesThis show should not have gone on. For the sake of the children.Video Courtesy of KSL.com--------------------------------------------Follow me on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTubeVisit the Legal Insurrection Shop on...

Public office quotas

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on May 28, 2011 5 Comments

KathleenSince I have one month left in the states before I head over to London, I've been keeping track of the news in the British Isles. As I knew from living in Berlin in the latter-half of 2009, Europe is always a reliable deviation to...

I hereby take back all Canada jokes

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 28, 2011 6 Comments

In a draft statement the G-8 nations were set to echo Obama's call for negotiations based on the 1967 borders, the same framework which caused outrage in the U.S. Congress: Group of Eight leaders will give "strong support" to U.S. President Barack Obama's call for an...

Michael Strong

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on May 28, 2011 3 Comments

KathleenShould you only watch one TED video on public policy, innovation, education, and human potential, please let it be this one:Michael Strong never disappoints me. ...

“A Great Evil Has Been Loosed Upon The World”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 28, 2011 3 Comments

Nothing really has changed at the U.N., even though General Assembly Resolution 3379 eventually was repealed. From Durban to Durban II to the sick joke that is the U.N. Human Rights Council, the Palestinian agenda always has been about denying Israel's legitimacy, and the U.N. has...

Her watch is stuck at 14:59