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Lack Of Information About Brown University Murders "Allows a Lot of Speculation to Flourish"

Harvard Program Caught Trying To Hide Discriminatory Language After Complaint Filed By Equal Protection Project

Members of Pro-Palestine Group Arrested for Allegedly Plotting New Year's Eve Bombings

U.S. Treasury staffer solicited hookers

Posted by Anne Segal on July 17, 2012 7 Comments

A freedom of information request revealed several incidents of major ethical breaches at the Department of Treasury, involving the solicitation of prostitutes using a government resources as well conflict of interest concerns. This is the latest in a string of embarrassments and scandals for the Obama...

Mia B. Love on Hannity: “The hope and change we would like to see happen lies in people” not government

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 17, 2012 6 Comments

Mia B. Love appeared on the Sean Hannity Show last night. The topic of the Barack Obama / Elizabeth Warren theory that people owe their success to government came up: Meanwhile, Love had a good fundraising quarter, tying incumbent Jim Matheson, but lags far behind because Matheson...

Someone could not be reached for comment

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 17, 2012 8 Comments

From reader Peter: I saw your latest “Fakes” post and decided to share – I was visiting my 83 year old mom who lives on Chappaquiddick Island (part of Martha’s Vineyard) just last week. It’s a lovely place and certainly is a playground of the rich, but...

With release of molestation tape, Zimmerman case moves further towards injustice

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 16, 2012 154 Comments

The release of an audio tape by an unnamed woman who claims George Zimmerman molested her starting when he was 8 and she was 6 is perhaps the most outrageous attempt to taint the jury pool yet. Via Orlando Sentinel: A woman told authorities that murder suspect...

Elizabeth Warren and Barack Obama – government supremacists cut from the same cloth

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 16, 2012 35 Comments

Neither Elizabeth Warren nor Barack Obama ever created anything. They have suckled at the teat of the taxpayer most of their lives and for almost all of their professional accomplishments. Without government, Elizabeth Warren would be a nameless academic in a lowly regarded area of academia...

U. Alabama Professors Launch Appeal, Claiming That DEI Ban is 'Censorship'

MIT Professor Shot and Killed in His Boston Area Home

R.I.P. - Conservative Icon Norman Podhoretz Passes Away at Age 95

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

TSA misses deadline to hold public comment period on “naked scanners”

Posted by Anne Segal on July 16, 2012 14 Comments

On July 25, 2011, the Federal Court of Appeals ruled that the TSA must act "promptly" to hold a public comment period and adopt rules and regulations regarding its use of body scanners in U.S. airports. Nearly a year later, the TSA has yet to comply...

Video – Cherokees to Elizabeth Warren: “You can’t even look me in the eye”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 16, 2012 15 Comments

The group Cherokees Demand Truth From Elizabeth Warren has released a video about their trip to Boston, when Warren refused to meet with them. The women wanted to provide Warren with documentary evidence of her genealogy showing that Warren was not Cherokee, and to present her...

Okay Mr. President, we can talk about the past

Posted by Bryan Jacoutot on July 16, 2012 36 Comments

After all, he asked for it. In a recent campaign appearance in Virginia, the President remarked: Ultimately, I think, Mr. Romney is going to have to answer those questions because if he aspires to being president, one of the things you learn is you're ultimately responsible...

Great Britain’s doctors and nurses poised to strike after cost-cutting measures leaked

Posted by Anne Segal on July 16, 2012 37 Comments

Britain's National Health Services' plans to "avert a funding crisis" by cutting doctors' and nurses' salaries by around 5 percent, along with some receiving cuts in overtime and vacation, have been leaked. The organization representing Britain's doctors and nurses, the British Medical Association, has yet to...

Elizabeth Warren has memorized her Indian lines

Posted by Anne Segal on July 16, 2012 23 Comments

Elizabeth Warren has developed a story line to counter questions about her claims to Native American, minority, and woman of color status based upon family lore that has no documentary support. But only when you compare her recent response during a Patch.com livechat with her own...

When poverty comes to America, it will be driving a $22k Jeep Patriot

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 16, 2012 30 Comments

Apparently. From reader and frequent photographer Bill in Florida: Saw this jeep Patriot with the "I'm too poor to vote republican" sticker on it. New they run about $22,000. ...

Invasion of the photo snatcher

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 15, 2012 31 Comments

The hostess and others looked at me with such smiles as I snapped several photos. We all shared the pride, or so they thought. I looked just like they did. They thought I was one of them. But little did they know. Taken at Tacolicious, San Francisco: ...

Weiner links phone to facebook–sign of things to come?

Posted by Anne Segal on July 15, 2012 25 Comments

Congressman Anthony Weiner may be taking steps to return the the political fray. The New York Post reports that the congressman is "desperate" to return to politics, and with a large campaign chest he has the money to do it. The disgraced former congressman — who’s...

Left declares “meme” victory in #retroactive comments by Gillespie

Posted by Anne Segal on July 15, 2012 34 Comments

This morning on Face the Nation, Ed Gillespie commented that Romney "retired retroactively" from Bain Capital after questions about exactly what year the candidate retired have come to light. Romney left Bain to rescue the beleagured Salt Lake City Olympics, detailed in his book "Turnaround."...

I miss Dick Cheney

Posted by Anne Segal on July 15, 2012 19 Comments

Thursday night former Vice President Dick Cheney held a fundraiser at his home in Jackson, WY, for Mitt Romney. During his remarks, Cheney stressed Romney's ability to handle the foreign-policy decisions that a commander-in-chief faces, while Romney cautioned that Obama's foreign-policy mistakes may have even...

The Big 6-0(00)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 15, 2012 13 Comments

It's all a matter of perspective. I had dinner with a group of people last night, and one of the women was pregnant for the first time at age 37. Her husband commented that he was going to buy the kid a onesie that said "Now...

I don’t care which of these presidential candidates wins

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 15, 2012 8 Comments

This driver supports Anybody Else. From reader Chris, taken in Austin, TX: Professor, you've probably seen this one but for what it's worth. Car next to me saw me taking photo. They honked and gave thumbs up. Mobile tea party? While this other driver supports Anyone Else. From reader Jeff: From...