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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

Happy Purim

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 19, 2011 8 Comments

Tonight starts the Jewish holiday of Purim:Purim is one of the most joyous and fun holidays on the Jewish calendar. It commemorates a time when the Jewish people living in Persia were saved from extermination. The story of Purim is told in the Biblical book...

Saturday Night Card Game (“I didn’t call you racist, I just pointed out you’re white”)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 19, 2011 26 Comments

This is the latest in a series on the use of the race card for political gain:Aaron Worthing of Patterico's Pontifications and Matthew Yglesias of Think Progress had a bit of a spitting match this week over this Yglesias' post titled Stuff White People Like:...

Victory on the web

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on March 19, 2011 5 Comments

Recently, "The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has given the .XXX top-level domain (TLD) its final seal of approval. The TLD is meant to give pornographic websites a clearly marked home on the Internet, but it has gone through so many ups...

Hillary Will Be The Fall Guy If Libya Goes Badly

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 19, 2011 16 Comments

Nothing could make more clear that the MSM is setting up Hillary as the fall guy if Libya goes badly than this headline at The New York Times:Obama Takes Hard Line With Libya After Shift by ClintonOf course, if things goe badly in Libya, it...

Two Wisconsin Fleebaggers Drafted Senate Rule Relied Upon By Republicans

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 19, 2011 6 Comments

The Court decision granting a TRO halting publication of the Wisconsin budget repair bill was profoundly wrong for the reasons I previously have stated, and will not repeat here.One interesting fact is that the Wisconsin Senate Rule relied upon by Republicans was in fact drafted...

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

Amnesty International Accuses Israel of Committing 'Genocide'

Federal Govt Trying to Hire up to 1,200 New DEI Bureaucrats Before Trump's Inauguration

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson has Fun on Broadway While Conservative Justices Can't Leave Their Homes

Another Obama Freaky Friday

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 19, 2011 2 Comments

I have noted before the tendency of Obama to drop political bombshel's on a Friday just as he was leaving for a trip abroad or vacation, including: November 13, 2009, when the administration announced that lshe trial of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed would take place in...

“Wag the Dog”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 18, 2011 6 Comments

If it were Bush or Clinton, you know we would be hearing about Wag the Dog:How Obama turned on a dime toward war: "At the start of this week, the consensus around Washington was that military action against Libya was not in the cards. However,...

Why haven’t I seen this before?

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on March 18, 2011 11 Comments

...Update: Per commenter, maybe not a young Michael Moore literally, just figuratively.Update 3-19-2011: Further proof that this likely is not Moore, from reader Matthew, who sent this clip of the same debate indicating it was at Cornell University, which Moore did not attend, and was taken...

If Need Be, Re-Pass The Law And Include The Police Unions

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 18, 2011 38 Comments

A Wisconsin Circuit Court Judge has issued a Temporary Restraining Order preventing the publication (i.e. implementation) of the budget repair bill.I have not seen the opinion yet -- it is unclear whether there is a written opinion or this was issued orally from the bench...

Insights into Japan

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on March 18, 2011 1 Comment

At the Telegraph & American Thinker, they explore the cultural differences that separate Japan from most other cultures. "The Japanese, in other words, are more rooted and socially connected, and even when they move around, they make an effort to get to know each other....

Notable Mention

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on March 18, 2011 10 Comments

Yesterday in the WSJ there was an op-ed from Sam Kazman of the CEI titled "How Washington Ruined Your Washing Machine"Some highlights:"The culprit is the federal government's obsession with energy efficiency. Efficiency standards for washing machines aren't as well-known as those for light bulbs,.. [nor[...

And On The 21st Day The Intimidation Did Not Rest In Wisconsin

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 18, 2011 8 Comments

Jim Nolte at Big Goverment has a 20-day account of the threats and intimidation in Wisconsin.It truly is amazing how little mainstream media coverage this has received.An old lady raises her voice at a health care town hall, and it is an excuse for hand...

Friday

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 18, 2011 12 Comments

Is this really the worst pop song of all time? It could be the robotic vocal delivery. Or the inane chorus of "tomorrow is Saturday and Sunday comes afterwards". But "the worst pop song of all time" has become a global sensation, catapulting its 13 year-old...

Spicy Polenta for President

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 18, 2011 6 Comments

Tim Pawlenty has hired Lucas Biaino to help spice up Pawlenty's image, according to HuffPo: His job is to make Pawlenty appear larger than life. And he’s good at it.“Lucas can make rather emotionless things emotional, so good for the rap on Pawlenty!” emailed veteran...

POWIP Fundraiser

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 17, 2011 1 Comment

Dan Collins at POWIP is one of my favorite bloggers. He's having a fundraiser right now to meet an unexpected crunch. Believe it or not, it's hard to make money at blogging, unless you have very large traffic. So there are compatriots out there who...

Palin is the Psyche-logical Favorite

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 17, 2011 12 Comments

Andrew Sullivan on Sarah Palin's upcoming trip to Israel (emphasis mine)The appeal of Sarah Palin as a GOP nominee is not just about domestic resentments. It is also about foreign policy revanchism. And it seems rash to me to dismiss the importance of this. There...

Wisconsin Republican Senator Threatened, Car Window Broken, Nails Scattered On Driveway

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 17, 2011 10 Comments

The almost non-stop acts of intimidation and threats against Republican Senators and their supporters continues in Wisconsin, with this report from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:The office of Sen. Dan Kapanke (R-La Crosse) said the senator has been subjected to damage of personal property and has received...