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Intersectionality is all the Rage - Just Ask "Turtle Island Liberation Front"

Feds Open Investigation Into Brown Univ Over Security Failures, as Campus Police Chief Placed on Leave

Systematic Scholarship Discrimination In Illinois Public Universities Challenged By Equal Protection Project

Romney hits his stride defending America

Posted by Anne Segal on July 17, 2012 41 Comments

Romney finally hit his stride at a speech today in Pennsylvania. And all President Obama had to do was attack the very nature of our governing philosophy and the hard work and ingenuity of the American people. It's well worth watching this clip, especially at the 3:44...

Warning to commenters

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 17, 2012 41 Comments

The comment section has become ugly lately particularly as regards posts regarding the Zimmerman case. You all know who you are. I hate having to do this, but anyone who engages in personal attacks on other commenters or tries to publish personal information about other commenters will...

McCain: Sarah Palin was “better candidate” than Romney, others

Posted by Anne Segal on July 17, 2012 31 Comments

Senator John McCain chose Sarah Palin as his VP in 2008 because she was a "better candidate" than Romney, Pawlenty, or any of the others under consideration. McCain made the remarks Tuesday after being asked if Mitt Romney's tax returns were the cause of him choosing...

Transparency showdown: Brown campaign demands Elizabeth Warren release law school document

Posted by Anne Segal on July 17, 2012 9 Comments

Elizabeth Warren has the opportunity today to prove she supports transparency and has been telling the truth. Today the Brown campaign will present Elizabeth Warren with papers to sign that would release documents detailing whether she claimed Native American heritage on her resume. Hillary Chabot reports: U.S....

It pains me to say

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 17, 2012 57 Comments

that both the Bain and tax return issues were entirely predictable and in fact predicted. No sense piling on, but remaining silent might be worse. Defenses of Bain which worked in the primaries -- you hate capitalism -- don't necessarily work in the general. Show why Bain...

Foreign Policy Analyst Suggests Shutting Down College Middle Eastern Studies Departments

DEI Policies Have Caused Real Harm to Young White Men

U. Oklahoma Fires Instructor Who Failed Student for Citing Bible in Essay on Gender

Elementary School Principal Fired Over Antisemitic Remarks in Voicemail He Thought Had Stopped Recording

Christmas Classic: Hillsdale College Choir Performs ‘O Holy Night’

Metropolitan State U. of Denver Rejects Standard American English in the Name of ‘Anti-Racism’

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...

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: ...