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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

Thank you Elizabeth Warren (for possibly costing Obama the election)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 19, 2012 107 Comments

Obama has stepped in it big time, and we have Elizabeth Warren to thank. Obama gave voice to his political creed in the form of parroting Warren's famous rant about factory owners: Here's Obama's rendition (and a Romney response): Watch More News Videos at ABC2012 Presidential ElectionEntertainment &...

Report – Suicide bomber in Bulgaria was former Gitmo detainee from Sweden (Update – denials)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 19, 2012 23 Comments

Via Times of Israel: Bulgarian media on Thursday named the suicide bomber who blew up a bus full of Israeli tourists, killing five, in Burgas on Wednesday as Mehdi Ghezali. There was no independent confirmation of the veracity of the information. The reports surfaced soon after Israel’s...

Convention-dodging now the official strategy of Congressional Democrats

Posted by Bryan Jacoutot on July 19, 2012 23 Comments

Below is a screen shot from the DNC homepage with a confident (or, maybe confused) looking Joe Biden proclaiming: I'm there! Are you? Well, apparently not. Unlike Vice President Biden, many Congressional Democrats will be staying away from this year's Democratic National Convention. Although the candidates like to give...

Don’t let the facts on Huma Abedin’s family get in the way of attacking Michele Bachmann

Posted by Anne Segal on July 19, 2012 61 Comments

Congresswoman Michele Bachmann's request for investigations into several ties between the U.S. government and the radical Islamist group the Muslim Brotherhood seems to have struck a nerve. Bachmann, along with four other U.S. Representatives, have requested, in a series of letters sent from the five U.S....

Suicide bomber in Bulgarian airport attack carried fake Michigan driver’s license

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 19, 2012 16 Comments

Bulgarian authorities released airport surveillance video of the suicide bomber who attacked the bus of Israeli tourists yesterday. Via Times of Israel: Bulgarian police have released a short video they say is of the suicide bomber responsible for Wednesday’s terror attack on a tour bus full of...

Martin University Terminates Entire Staff Due to Financial Crisis

School Board in Maine Upholds Transgender Team and Bathroom Ban

MIT Blames Closure of Two Libraries on New Endowment Tax

Missouri Secretary of State Trying to Enshrine Education as a Right in State Constitution

Labor Unions Fighting Affordable Housing Project for UC-Berkeley Students

40 Percent of Undergrads at Stanford Now Receive Disability Accommodations

The Day Rationality Stood Still

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 19, 2012 21 Comments

From reader Bill in Texas: I continue to be an avid reader of your blog. Congratulations on its continued, spectacular growth! One day after Obama shows up in Austin searching for cash from people who didn't build their own businesses, this appears on the road. If you look...

Zimmerman says never heard of Stand Your Ground law prior to incident

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 18, 2012 71 Comments

There has been a lot written, including here, about Florida's Stand Your Ground law, and the role it played in the shooting of Trayvon Martin by George Zimmerman. Almost all of the criticisms of the law as applied to this case revolve around the allegation that...

McCain defends Huma Abedin on Senate floor

Posted by Anne Segal on July 18, 2012 45 Comments

John McCain is making news for the second day in a row. Yesterday, he broke character and gave Sarah Palin a sort of backhanded compliment. His former VP running mate, whom he has been shy to defend and whose reputation has been viciously maligned by his staff,...

Obama getting hoisted by his own immigration pandering

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 18, 2012 20 Comments

How sweet it would be to see Obama's pandering on immigration backfire on him even in states like New Mexico. The decision to enact a mini-Dream Act via non-enforcement was a move Obama earlier said he could not do, but then did the day before he...

Email from Jesse Jackson Jr.’s office denies alcohol and substance abuse

Posted by Anne Segal on July 18, 2012 14 Comments

As his father's Rainbow PUSH Coalition's annual event kicks off in Chicago, IL, Jesse Jackson, Jr.'s office released a statement denying that he is being treated for alcohol or substance abuse. The following email was sent from his office late Wednesday evening: "Information regarding the Congressman's treatment is...

Project Veritas undercover video exposes shovel-ready jobs farce

Posted by Anne Segal on July 18, 2012 25 Comments

James O'Keefe's Project Veritas has released a new video that exposes unions willing to dig holes and fill them in again against the backdrop of the farce that is Obama's "shovel-ready jobs" agenda. The video, "Legislators, Union Bosses Seek Funding for Digging Holes and Filling...

Israeli tourist bus blown up in Bulgaria (Updates)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 18, 2012 14 Comments

News just breaking, details to follow: According to initial reports, an Israeli tour bus was attacked at the Sarafovo International Airport in the Bulgarian vacation city of Bourgas. A Bulgarian website reported that there were multiple casualties in a bomb explosion. Army Radio reported that at least...

Explosion rips at heart of Syrian regime

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 18, 2012 4 Comments

In late June I noted that something seemed to have changed in Syria, that the threat to the Assad regime seemed more real than ever. A massive explosion in Syria confirms that indeed things have changed. The Syrian defense minister and a brother-in-law of Bashar Assad...

Anne on Hugh Hewitt show

Posted by Anne Segal on July 18, 2012 6 Comments

Carol Liebau invited me to join her on the Hugh Hewitt Show yesterday as she debuts a new format for a show by and about women. I was delighted to join her as I think conservative women don't have that "home on the radio" yet. We...

Obama’s vision of the state as master, not as servant

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 18, 2012 31 Comments

As you know from the primaries, I'm no fan of John Sununu. But when it comes to Obama's complete lack of understanding and disdain for what makes this country's economy work, Sununu got it right yesterday Despite the media hoopla, tell me exactly what was wrong with this statement: In...

Again they disrespect our President

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 18, 2012 12 Comments

From frequent photographer Jason: Taken a couple of weeks ago. Asheville, NC is a great town for mountains, restaurants and music. But it's not known for it's civility. ...

Debbie Wasserman Schultz hides property by using “Deborah Schultz”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 17, 2012 28 Comments

The Shark Tank reports that Debbie Wasserman Shultz has never before disclosed that she owns a second home and land in New Hampshire, under the name Debbie Schultz: According to public records, we’ve learned that Wasserman Schultz owns a second home here along with another land parcel....