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Higher Ed DEI is in "hunker-down mode... trying to wait out the Trump administration"

Gov. Tim Walz Compares ICE To Nazis Hunting Anne Frank

Equal Protection Project Impact Reports – Year-End 2025

Obama decides to nix “tiny crowd” strategy for Charlotte

Posted by Bryan Jacoutot on September 02, 2012 59 Comments

President Obama is really hoping he is as successful at drawing a big crowd next week, as he has been at drawing small ones all year. Let's not forget, by the campaign's own admission, smaller gatherings are apparently preferable to bigger ones. Two weeks ago, an...

I was unfair in my analysis of Chris Matthews

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 02, 2012 41 Comments

last night in the Saturday Night Card Game, in which I suggested that Matthews' hyperbolic, non-stop accusations of Republican racism were a marketing ploy to secure himself a coveted media niche. With the benefit of some hindsight, I think I was too kind in my analysis. I think...

Somewhere Dennis Prager must be smiling

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 02, 2012 8 Comments

Another alumnus of Prager University. From reader R: Seen in Boston ...

Monday – Empty Chair Day

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 01, 2012 54 Comments

That's what reader Sandy writes: Prof - Seems that there is an effort to make Monday "empty chair day" Below is an image of my front lawn, just mowed, to ensure the emptychair looks right. The sign next to the chair says: “We own this country . ....

Saturday Night Card Game (Race card-baiting as marketing ploy, Chris Matthews edition)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 01, 2012 76 Comments

Chris Matthews has gone farther and more aggressively than any other major television figure in the accusation that the Romney campaign and its supporters are using racism as a core campaign tool against Barack Obama. Everything has become racist to Matthews. The use of the term "Chicago." Arguments over...

Student Government at U. Nebraska to Consider Anti-Israel BDS Resolution

TPUSA Students at Ohio U. Face Gun Threat and Harassment

Story About Black Student Terrorized by White Classmates in Texas is a Hoax

Minneapolis's 'ICE Watch' Network is Getting People Killed

College Board Bans Wearing of Smart Glasses While Taking the SAT

Student Government at Stanford Endorses Anti-ICE Walkout

Reader: “At huge Jacksonville Landing Romney-Ryan event – place is insanely packed”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 01, 2012 46 Comments

So writes reader Jim, who sends along several photos from the Romney-Ryan rally in Jacksonville which is starting as of this writing. (added: Prof. Reynolds also is posting reader photos) He further writes: "Line for RomneyRyan Jax Landing event - two lines both way longer than...

“We Own This Country”: Clint Eastwood Reloaded

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 01, 2012 27 Comments

Badger Pundit has put together this video interspersing parts of Clint Eastwood's speech at the RNC with the advertisement that ran during halftime of the Super Bowl. I think it's pretty effective. ...

Time to take over the MSM, not just change it

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 01, 2012 48 Comments

The impossibility of changing the liberal bias in the mainstream media is almost a daily topic here. Reader Brian sent this email with some pertinent thoughts on the topic, which I thought I'd pass along: I've had your blog in my RSS feed for awhile and find...

A special thank you

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 01, 2012 36 Comments

Drudge and LI have something in common. August 2012 was our best month ever in terms of traffic. LI had 1,449,541 page views, Drudge had 943,281,513. Of course, I didn't build it on my own, nobody does. I was helped by the very generous linkage of Prof. Glenn Reynolds,...

Branco Cartoon – They Built That Chair

Posted by A.F. Branco on September 01, 2012 19 Comments

Note: You may reprint this cartoon provided you link back to this source. To see more Legal Insurrection Branco cartoons, click here. Branco’s Facebook page is Cartoonist A.F.Branco ...

If you knew Harry, like they know Harry

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 01, 2012 10 Comments

From reader Steven: My wife, son and I traveled from the smokey environs of north east California (one of the few conservative areas in the Peoples Republic of Kalifornia) into Reno for a little shopping. Caught up to this truck at a stop light and grabbed my...

That seat has been taken

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 31, 2012 42 Comments

Following up on This is not the tweet of a confident man, friend of the blog Patricia found another tweet which no one else seemed to notice. That seat has been taken, and is not about to be given up easily. ...

Chicago Teachers Union authorizes strike as Rahm heads to DNC

Posted by Anne Segal on August 31, 2012 17 Comments

The Chicago Teachers Union, after a summer of threats and miscellaneous protest actions, announced a date for their strike of September 10 this Thursday. CTU released a copy of their resolution on the website: The strike is necessary to achieve a labor contract with acceptable wages, benefits...

Love-Bongino-Hinckley Money Bombs

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 31, 2012 4 Comments

The Love Bomb now has surpassed $200,000. This provides an enormous boost to Mia Love's campaign as it provides cash to fund the type of local effort that outside groups cannot by law do. It still leaves her with only half the cash on hand as Democrat Jim...

The RNC from a hanger-on’s perspective

Posted by Anne Segal on August 31, 2012 11 Comments

I traveled to Tampa, FL, last-minute for work (good timing), so I got to experience some of the hullabaloo from the vantage point of an on-the-outskirts La Quinta. My observations: 1. Tampa's uber security perfectly captured the two paths our country faces. There was something inspiring about...

This is not the tweet of a confident man

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 31, 2012 135 Comments

Looks like Clint Eastwood got under Obama's skin. Obama sent this tweet today in response to Eastwood mocking Obama last night by using an empty chair as a prop (via The Rhetorican): While I was very uncertain whether the Eastwood appearance worked, I now believe it did. If it didn't,...

About last night

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 31, 2012 83 Comments

I thought Romney gave an excellent speech. It had a good mix of soaring rhetoric without veering into Greek columns territory. Clearly the speech was intended to help neutralize the "war on women" theme, and I think it was effective. I also was glad that the speech...