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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

J’accuse The “Libya Lobby” and “Libya Firsters”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 20, 2011 3 Comments

Among the ironies of the intervention in Libya is that those who most bitterly complain about the Israel Lobby were in fact part of a Libya Lobby, as pointed out by David Bernstein earlier this month:As regular readers know, I’ve been highly critical of Professor Stephen Walt...

How Long Before John Kerry Is Against The Libyan War That He Was For?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 20, 2011 23 Comments

Watching the Sunday morning shows is interesting for the first time in years, if only to see John Kerry and others who have bashed Bush for years spin like out of control tops to justify intervention in Libya on humanitarian grounds.No end game? No problem,...

Wisconsin Supreme Court Is “Dysfunctional” – This Does Not Bode Well

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 20, 2011 11 Comments

I don't know any of the personalities on the Wisconsin Supreme Court, so I am not going to speculate on how what follows will affect consideration of the budget repair bill.It appears that the Wisconsin Justices are at war with each other based upon the...

Strange Days – DailyKos Takes On A Martial Look

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

The KosKids must be experiencing cognitive dissonance, because the DailyKos last night took on an almost martial appearance:I wonder if this is change they can believe in.--------------------------------------------Follow me on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTubeVisit the Legal Insurrection Shop on CafePress!...

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...

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

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...

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...