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Adam Carolla Predicts California Fires Will Change the Politics of the State

Meta Reportedly Removes Tampons From Men’s Bathrooms As Part Of Broad DEI Crackdown

Tim Walz Endorses David Hogg for DNC Vice Chair

Cornell’s Right-wing influx

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on April 14, 2011 3 Comments

Kathleen This week has hosted an unusual amount of conservative speakers on the Cornell campus. On Monday, Yuval Levin, of National Affairs fame, addressed the student body through our "Freedom and Free Societies" speaker series. Levin gave a really succinct overview of the implications of...

RI State Pensions In Even Worse Shape Than Thought

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 14, 2011 2 Comments

I have long chronicled the sad financial condition of my home State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, particularly the problem of public sector pensions.Simply put, high pensions, and the taxes needed to feed the pension system, are killing the state. And that's not me talking,...

For Those Who Love The Stimulus, Let Them Come to Warren, Rhode Island

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 14, 2011 1 Comment

Last July I reported on the absurdity of federal Stimulus Plan money going to building miles of new sidewalks in Warren, Rhode Island, in areas where few people walked.Last November, I reported on the fact that the unnecessary new sidewalks were built improperly.Now I can report that...

The Flash Mob Thing Has Run Its Course

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 14, 2011 5 Comments

It should be over, like disco.(video h/t HotAir)Update: Thanks to reader DinoRightMarie for the link to this Wall Street Journal article which points out the fallacy of the 9-to-5 movement, There Is No Male-Female Wage Gap. The 9-to-5 movement should go the way of disco,...

Hand-to-Hand Combat Has Started

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 14, 2011 12 Comments

Barack Obama promised us hand-to-hand combat, and his speech yesterday was the start.The nation is facing a debt crisis of historic proportions, but nothing will be done because Obama already has launched his presidential campaign. A compromise must included serious changes to unsustainable entitlements which...

Weber State U. in Utah Removes DEI Language From Mission Statement

North Dakota State U. Policy Includes Pledge Against ‘Violence in Language’

Most New York State Residents Back Ban on Masks Following Anti-Israel Incidents

Black Studies Dept. at Northwestern U. Offering Course on ‘Unsettling Whiteness’

Poll Finds Nearly Half of Federal Employees Are Planning to 'Resist' Trump

White Jazz Prof Canceled for Criticizing Critical Race Theory Planning Lawsuit

Obama Is Temperamentally Unfit For Office

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 13, 2011 15 Comments

I've had a chance to read Obama's budget speech, and have seen clips on television. I was right in my anticipation that Obama would play the blame Bush game, and that he would demonize the "Top 2%," and he did. With gusto.But even I could...

Obama’s Budget Speech In One Sentence, I Think

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 13, 2011 16 Comments

I did not get a chance to listen to Obama's "the end of the deficit as we know it" speech. Karl Rove is speaking on campus tonight, and I attended a private, off-the-record meeting with Rove and all of the openly conservative faculty in this...

Tom Woods on Maddow

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on April 13, 2011 5 Comments

KathleenMaddow referred to "nullification" as something only "racist neo-Confederates" would support. Tom Woods makes an apt criticism of this insipid characterization over at Lew Rockwell:Whatever happened to “small is beautiful,” Rachel? Remember that progressive slogan (along with “question authority,” yet another such slogan to bite...

Can Kloppenburg Find 7,305 Votes In Milwaukee Today?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 13, 2011 32 Comments

If not, it's all over in the Wisconsin Supreme Court race, as reported by WiscPolitics Election Blog:The canvasses from Sauk and Taylor counties have now been posted to the GAB website. But it could be until the end of today or even tomorrow before Milwaukee...

When Do They Take Over Health Care?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 13, 2011 11 Comments

You think dealing with insurance companies is hard, at least you have choices, for now. Once government takes over, you get what you get, just like at the airports now. And fighting with an insurance company may land you in court, but fighting with the...

Does Wisconsin 2011 = U.S.A. 2012?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 13, 2011 26 Comments

Alexander Burns at Politico argues that Wisconsin in 2011 is a template for what will happen nationally in 2012, a split electorate with a narrow margin of victory:Wisconsin’s contested Supreme Court race has set in motion a drama that’s by now almost painfully familiar. It...

Widener Dean Sued For Defamation Was Considered For U.S. District Court Opening

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 12, 2011 3 Comments

I previously posted about The Culture of Jumping To Conclusions At Widener Law School, including allegations by Widener law school professor Lawrence Connell that Widener Dean Linda Ammons falsely accused Connell of racism and sexism, and of engaging in threatening behavior by using a hypothetical example in criminal law class involving an...

What am I doing

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on April 12, 2011 6 Comments

Kathleenin the north when I could be in Sandy Springs, GA? It's like a baby charter city! --------------------------------------------Follow me on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTubeVisit the Legal Insurrection Shop on CafePress!...

Another Day, Another Nonsense PPP Poll

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 12, 2011 6 Comments

If you have not realized it by now, Public Policy Polling -- which works for DailyKos -- has become an important part of the left-wing messaging machine, with a relentless series of polls spun as bad news for Republicans since the November 2010 elections, and...

“It Was Not As Good For Me As It Was For You”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 12, 2011 3 Comments

In case you were wondering.Spotted by a reader near Chicago this weekend:--------------------------------------------Related Posts:Bumper Stickers - The SeriesFollow me on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTubeVisit the Legal Insurrection Shop on CafePress!...

Wisconsin State Election Officials Verify Accuracy Of Waukesha Numbers

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 12, 2011 6 Comments

The Government Accountability Board (GAB) in Wisconsin is the governmental entity which is responsible for elections.Ever since Waukesha County Clerk Kathy Nickaulous discovered during the county's election canvass that the city of Brookfield was not included in numbers initially reported to the press, Democrats have been crying foul...

WI Dems Organizing To Challenge “Recall Wirch” Petitions

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 12, 2011 5 Comments

I posted yesterday about how Recall Wirch expects to submit several thousand more signatures than required for a recall election of Democratic state Senator Robert Wirch, who fled along with 13 other Democrats to Illinois.Now Democrats are organizing to challenge as many of the signatures...