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Pull funding "for one or two universities, and you will see hundreds of others fall into line"

Major Kamala Fundraiser: Leaving 'Democratic Party is Like Leaving a Cult'

Poison Ivies: DEI and the Downfall of the Ivy League

First He Whispered Sweet Nothings In Your Ear

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 20, 2011 9 Comments

Via Prof. Bainbridge:Not again. How could he? --------------------------------------------Follow me on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTubeVisit the Legal Insurrection Shop on CafePress!...

Scranton Police Union Objects To Non-Union Police Chief Making Arrests

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 20, 2011 8 Comments

If you have a better example of public sector union idiocy, please post the link in the comments.The police union in Scranton, PA has filed a grievance against the city because the non-union police chief made an arrest while off-duty. The union claims that the...

Exodus

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 20, 2011 9 Comments

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Kloppenburg Recount Chances Are Slim To None, And Slim Just Left Town

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 19, 2011 11 Comments

The Wisconsin Government Accountability Board (GAB) has completed its inquiry into the Waukesha County vote count, which put David Prosser into the lead by 7316 votes, and has found the vote count to be accurate, with only a handful of questioned votes.As reported by The Milwaukee...

Robert Paul, move!

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on April 19, 2011 8 Comments

KathleenApparently one of Ron Paul's other sons is considering running for the Senate in Texas. While I really have enjoyed Rand Paul's contributions to our political discourse, Robert Paul should not run in Texas. Since I first looked at the Senate race in Texas, it...

New Jersey Congressman Denounces Faculty at Rutgers for Adopting BDS Resolution

Conservatives Must Win the Battle Over America's History

Charges Dropped Against Anti-Israel Protesters at UNC-Chapel Hill

Faithful Catholic Colleges Experiencing Surge in Enrollment

George Mason University Professors Demand End to Pro-Hamas Activity on Campus

Vanderbilt Graduate Workers Union Drops Efforts to Organize Following Legal Setbacks

The Making of a MoveOn.org Video

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 19, 2011 3 Comments

About 30 people in Providence, RI protested outside a Bank of America branch as part of MoveOn.org's Tax Day: Make Them Pay national protest.The video below shows two of the protesters accompanied by someone taking video entering the bank to present a "tax bill" to BofA. I...

“Let me answer the questions without challenge or you’ll never get another interview and I’ll talk to your boss, all right?”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 19, 2011 14 Comments

Obama gave an interview to a local reporter in Texas (via NiceDeb). The interview struck me as fairly ordinary, although the reporter gently tested Obama on a couple of the answers. There was nothing in the interview which struck me as disrespectful or anything other...

Your Morning Stuxnet News

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 19, 2011 9 Comments

We haven't heard much about Stuxnet recently, but there has been plenty of speculation that Stuxnet was only a temporary setback for the Iranian nuclear program. The Iranians have bragged that they have even more advanced centrifuges at work now.But this outburst by an Iranian...

Passover

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 18, 2011 21 Comments

starts tonight. I'll repeat my post from 2009:Passover Is No Time To Wish For The End Of Christian America ...

Gov’t Motors Energy Breakthrough – Chevy Volt Also Generates Thermal Energy

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 18, 2011 16 Comments

The Chevy Volt, is not, shall we say, a hot seller. But it does represent a step forward in energy technology as it doubles as both an electric car and a barbecue grill (via Lakeshore Laments):A hybrid electric Chevrolet Volt believed to have sparked an...

The Only Reason I’m Posting This

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 18, 2011 2 Comments

is that the real news is too depressing, which probably is why a reader sent this to me. Nothing like Cowboy Monkey Rodeo to bring a smile to your* face:* It probably would be more correct to say "a smile to one's face." I wanted...

“Vacation” day

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on April 18, 2011 3 Comments

KathleenI swear I can explain my absence from Sundays posting cycle. Well, sort of -- kind of.. I mean, I can't tell too much...

WikiLeaks Gives Bashar al-Assad A Gift

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 18, 2011 17 Comments

WikiLeaks just released classified U.S. diplomatic cables indicating that since the second term of George Bush and continuing at least into part of the Obama term, the U.S. has provided funding to opposition groups in Syria. As reported by The Washington Post:The State Department has...

It’s Now Patriotic to Call Paul Krugman a !@%$#%@ Hypocrite

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 18, 2011 21 Comments

For almost the entire two and one-half years I've been blogging I've had to put up with Paul Krugman accusing Republicans, conservatives and Tea Party supporters of inciting violence through heated rhetoric over policy differences, particularly Obamacare.I've even started a tag for Paul Krugman, which prior...

Fortunately We Have Not Yet Hit $4 per Gallon Gas

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 17, 2011 18 Comments

...(Whitney Point, NY, 4-17-2011)And we we should give further thanks that the current President of the United States understands the forces which come together in what we sometimes call "markets." Because if we had as President someone less highly credentialed, less schooled in economic theory,...

Some of the bravest people

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 17, 2011 13 Comments

are black Tea Party supporters, who must endure taunts like this:(h/t Breitbart)--------------------------------------------Follow me on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTubeVisit the Legal Insurrection Shop on CafePress!...

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