Image 01 Image 03
Sign In or RegisterLogout

Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion

/var/www/vhosts/legalinsurrection.com/httpdocs/wp-content/themes/bridge-child/readFeeds.incFALSE

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...

LATEST NEWS

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...

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...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 08, 2011 7 Comments

Thanks to reader Jason for sending this photo he took near Raleigh, North Carolina, which apparently is almost as fertile bumper sticker hunting grounds as Ithaca (I said "almost"):Oh, and in case you were wondering, we have a Class A hyprocrite behind this wheel:--------------------------------------------Related Posts:Bumper Stickers...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 07, 2011 28 Comments

There is a sentence no one seems to pay attention to in an opinion piece masquerading as reporting  in The NY Times on how Beck and Fox News -- supposedly -- will be parting ways at the end of the year.The rest of the "story" has heartened the left-blogosphere...

LEGAL INSURRECTION QUICK TAKES

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

SEE MORE

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 07, 2011 3 Comments

Cousin of Michelle Malkin, has disappeared mysteriously in Seattle.Please spread the word, particularly those of you in the Seattle area.Here is the latest news report:Seattle Police say a missing persons detective will be investigating a University of Washington student reported missing Saturday.Relatives say Marizela Perez,...

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on March 07, 2011 4 Comments

Christopher Hitchens has really been phenomenal in the past few weeks. In his Vanity Fair April article, he does not disappoint. He mulls over all the revolutions he has seen, and concludes that Egypt is not as poignant as it seems:Neither in exile nor in...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 07, 2011 9 Comments

My home State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations is as blue a state as they come.  Our entire congressional delegation is Democratic and Democrats control the state legistature.  Democrats outnumber Republicans by 37%, the highest gap in any state (only the District of Columbia has...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 07, 2011 25 Comments

So says Sarah Palin's father in this interview with the BBC, because of death threats:In the kitchen of their Wasilla home, among an extraordinary collection of animal skins, skulls and bones, the spoils of a lifetime spent hunting and fishing, they told me that their...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 07, 2011 9 Comments

This is the first in a series 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.____________________Analyzing polls with only what polling companies release is a tricky...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 06, 2011 29 Comments

Per posts at The Hill and Ben Smith, the Obama administration is playing its usual childish games, this time heaping praise on Ambassador to China Jon Huntsman, former Republican Governor of Utah, for the purpose of undermining Huntsman's appeal to Republican voters should Huntsman choose...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 06, 2011 8 Comments

Thanks to reader Mark for the link to this video, from the makers of Liberal Foreign Policy Explained, How Liberal Journalists Think, Liberal Taxes Explained, Feminism Explained, and Meet The Liberal Elite.Update:  I don't usually add to these videos, but given what is going on...

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on March 06, 2011 15 Comments

My friend, Steven Samols, is studying abroad in Berlin. Though I attended the same program in the fall of '09, Steven has learnt from my mistakes and has been graciously keeping his observations written down. This small passage reminds me that the Berlin subway system...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 06, 2011 6 Comments

The Board of Editors of The New York Times is demanding significant cut backs in public sector union contracts, but refuses to recognize the cause of the problem, which is the entire structure of public employee unions:At a time when public school students are being...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 06, 2011 7 Comments

It takes someone with a big pair to display this pair of bumper stickers in Ithaca:--------------------------------------------Related Posts:Bumper Stickers - The SeriesFollow me on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTubeVisit the Legal Insurrection Shop on CafePress!...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 05, 2011 13 Comments

The comments directed at the Koch brothers at left-wing blogs have been among the most vile I have seen anywhere on any topic.But this one by frequent Salon.com commenter Marc22309, who has published over 1800 "letters" (what Salon.com calls comments) certainly is among the most vile:It's interesting how...

MORE POSTS
Accessibility by WAH