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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

The Really Important Wisconsin Vote Is Not Today

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

There will be a vote in Wisconsin which will shake the political landscape of the nation.That vote is not today in the Wisconsin Assembly on the bill passed last night in the Senate restricting public employee union collective bargaining.That vote will not be in April, when there are...

A Must See

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on March 10, 2011 4 Comments

A hilarious, smart, and insightful video from ReasonTV that discusses the higher ed. bubble. --------------------------------------------Follow me on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTubeVisit the Legal Insurrection Shop on CafePress!...

Morning sanity.

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on March 10, 2011 0 Comments

From Rand Paul:And from Britain:I feel refreshed already. --------------------------------------------Follow me on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTubeVisit the Legal Insurrection Shop on CafePress! ...

The Other Loser In Wisconsin – Law Enforcement Credibility

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 10, 2011 26 Comments

Regardless of who emerges as the political winner or loser in Madison, Wisconsin, one thing is clear, law enforcement -- from the Madison police, to the Dane County Sheriff's office, to the Capitol and State police -- have lost credibility as neutral players in this political standoff.Time...

Polling 101, Session 4: Evaluating The Public Employee Union Polls

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 10, 2011 0 Comments

This is the fourth in a series of GUEST POSTS by Matthew Knee, a Ph.D. candidate at Yale University specializing in campaigns and elections, ethnic voting patterns, public opinion, and quantitative and experimental approaches to political science.___________________Today I will provide an overview of the polling situation...

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

Northwestern Prof Calls Out AAUP Over DEI Hypocrisy

Kansas University Pushes Trans Activism in Defiance of Kansas Voters

Columbia Prof Resigns Over School's Decision to Have Academic Who Praised October 7th Attacks Teach Zionism Course

Wisconsin End Game Live Event 3-9-2011

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 09, 2011 15 Comments

From news reports, it appears that a move is in process in the Wisconsin legislature to pass the collective bargaining reforms separately, and that the Democrats who fled to Illinois are racing back to try to stop it. So we'll go to a Live Event...

The Totally Non-Surprising NPR Surprise Video

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 09, 2011 24 Comments

The video sting operation which showed two senior NPR employees, including Ron Schiller, dining with purported members of a Muslim Brotherhood-affiliated group which was considering a large donation to NPR, is being presented by NPR and its supporters as some sort of horrific surprise.In fact, the contents of...

Three cheers

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on March 09, 2011 7 Comments

for the second amendment. "A man who broke into a house in Portland, Oregon, called police -- afraid the homeowner may have a gun." Granted, this doofus sounds like he would have had trouble making his way out of a paper bag. Even so, I...

Tweet Signals Long Wisconsin Standoff, Time To Split The Bill

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 09, 2011 8 Comments

Republicans in the Wisconsin legislature do not need a 3/5ths quorum to pass non-budgetary legislation.Gov. Scott Walker previously rejected calls to pass the collective bargaining provisions of the budget bill separately. Walker's reasoning was that while the collective bargaining provisions in isolation may not be budgetary, they...

NPR CEO Vivian Schiller Resigns

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 09, 2011 20 Comments

Just a day after the release of a devastating video of NPR officials dining with a purported Muslim Brotherhood-affiliated group for the purpose of soliticing a $5 million donation, and months after the Juan Williams firing, Vivian Schiller, President and CEO of NPR has resigned.NPR...

Polling 101, Session 3: Handling Bias

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 09, 2011 3 Comments

This is the third in a series of GUEST POSTS by Matthew Knee, a Ph.D. candidate at Yale University specializing in campaigns and elections, ethnic voting patterns, public opinion, and quantitative and experimental approaches to political science.___________________Handling BiasToday I will discuss ways to handle bias...

RI Gov. Linc Chafee Unveils Plan To Tax RI’s Way To Prosperity

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 08, 2011 2 Comments

If you read this blog, you have heard many tales of woe regarding my home State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. The state's economy is sinking under the weight of public employee pensions and high taxes. That's not me talking, that's The NY Times'...

Me On The Mark Carbonaro Show Talking The Health Care Mandate

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 08, 2011 2 Comments

I appeared yesterday as a guest of Mark Carbonaro of KION 1460 in Monterey, California, to talk about the March 3, 2011 decision of Judge Roger Vinson in Florida granting a stay of his prior health care ruling which had held the health care mandate to be...

Public Sector Employee Benefit Conglomerates Protected By Collective Bargaining Agreements

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 08, 2011 4 Comments

The battle taking place in Wisconsin is just one of many battles in which elected officials are attempting to take back control over state and local government from public employee unions.The stakes for the public are high. Increasingly large percentages of state and local budgets...

Eat fresh?

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on March 08, 2011 9 Comments

Today I read in the Journal that Subway has surpassed McDonalds in number of locations worldwide. The Journal article cited the unusual location of some Subway restaurants and left the analysis for the growth of the chain rather open-ended. Perhaps, though, the growth of the...

NPR, R.I.P.

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 08, 2011 48 Comments

The Daily Caller has a video filmed by a group run by James O'Keefe in which the President of the NPR Foundation reveals the blatent biases of NPR and puts to rest any claim that NPR's news operation is non-political.O'Keefe's group presented itself to NPR...

Polling 101, Session 2: Samples & Margin of Error

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 08, 2011 3 Comments

This is the second in a series of GUEST POSTS by Matthew Knee, a Ph.D. candidate at Yale University specializing in campaigns and elections, ethnic voting patterns, public opinion, and quantitative and experimental approaches to political science.___________________Samples & Margin of Error1. Sampling Error Will Always Be There...