Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion

Pull funding "for one or two universities, and you will see hundreds of others fall into line"

Major Kamala Fundraiser: Leaving 'Democratic Party is Like Leaving a Cult'

Poison Ivies: DEI and the Downfall of the Ivy League

On Bended Knees

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 21, 2011 13 Comments

The Obama administration came close to what many of us have feared would happen, abandoning Israel at the U.N.Yes, the U.S. finally -- after a sustained bipartisan Congressional outcry -- did veto a one-sided and politically opportunistic resolution pushed by the Palestinian Authority declaring Israeli...

The Yuppie Revolution In Egypt Is Over, The Islamist Revolution Has Begun

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 20, 2011 30 Comments

When it came to overthrowing Hosni Mubarek, the western media thrust itself into the situation and portrayed the uprising as a western-style demand for freedom.The television screens were filled with stories of relatively western figures such as Google employee Wael Ghonim, who became the face...

Good Morning NY Times Commenter “Phil CT” – This Is Your Wake Up Call

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 20, 2011 14 Comments

To its credit, The New York Times ran the video produced by the Wisconsin Republican Party of signs carried by union protesters against the Governor of Wisconsin (featured in my post here), under the headline Republicans Accuse Liberals of Hateful Rhetoric in Wisconsin:The Republican Party of Wisconsin has...

Obamacare Starts Early In Madison – Free Sick Notes For Progressives!

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 19, 2011 17 Comments

We have seen the future of the health care system, and it is the doctors on the streets of Madison, Wisconsin, handing out free sick notes to public sector union members so they can fraudulently collect their pay for missing work.Boy, oh boy, I can't...

Saturday Night Card Game (Uh-Oh, We’ve Run Out Of Letters To Substitute For Bad Words)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 19, 2011 9 Comments

This is the latest in a series on the use of the race card for political gain:Paul Daniels is a famous British magician, who among other things, performance a Crusher Illusion: But it's going to take some special magic for Daniels to win the...

Conservatives Must Win the Battle Over America's History

Charges Dropped Against Anti-Israel Protesters at UNC-Chapel Hill

Faithful Catholic Colleges Experiencing Surge in Enrollment

George Mason University Professors Demand End to Pro-Hamas Activity on Campus

Vanderbilt Graduate Workers Union Drops Efforts to Organize Following Legal Setbacks

As Syria Falls and Iran Fades, Turkey Seeks Regional Takeover

A New Breed

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on February 19, 2011 10 Comments

In Annandale, VA there is an election every year to appoint the president of the Civic Association: This past election, to make the meeting move faster, only the names and qualifications of the candidates were announced. Running for president, Ms. Beatha Lee was described as...

NY Times Whitewashes Return of Anti-Semitic Egyptian Cleric

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 19, 2011 4 Comments

The New York Times has a story on the return of Sheik Yusuf al-Qaradawi to Egypt (emphasis mine): Sheik Yusuf al-Qaradawi, an influential Sunni cleric who is banned from the United States and Britain for supporting violence against Israel and American forces in Iraq, delivered his...

Susan Rice’s Illegitimate U.N. Folly

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 19, 2011 15 Comments

To call the performance of the Obama administration at the UN, through Ambassador Susan Rice, "folly" would be far, far too kind.Mahmoud Abbas, despite repeated U.S. requests, insisted on pressing for a U.N. Security Council resolution declaring Israeli settlement construction "illegal." The U.S. vetoed the resolution.Standing in isolation,...

New Hampshire is Awesome

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on February 18, 2011 8 Comments

K McCaffrey --- I'm a bit skeptical of the Free State Project, which looks to mass-migrate freedom-loving folks to New Hampshire to legislate libertarian laws, but I sure love New Hampshire anyway. On Tuesday, a law was passed saying that...

Obama Acted Stupidly In Picking Sides Against The Taxpayers

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 18, 2011 33 Comments

The drama unfolding in Wisconsin has the potential to be a defining moment in the 2012 presidential campaign because Obama openly has picked sides against the taxpayers in favor of public sector unions:President Obama thrust himself and his political operation this week into Wisconsin's broiling...

Gadsden Flag Bad, Egypt Flag Good

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 18, 2011 15 Comments

The video below is getting a fair amount of attention for the comparison of Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker to Adolf Hitler, and the hypocrisy of senior Democratic politicians on the subject of Hitler comparisons and overblown rhetoric.But have you noticed how many of the union...

NY Times Editors Endorse Mob Rule

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 18, 2011 20 Comments

Now this represents real change. After two years of using the pages of The NY Times to lash out at peaceful health care protesters and Tea Parties, the Board of Editors of The New York Times has decided that actual violence by unions in Wisconsin...

First They Came For The Right To Retire After 30 Years On Full Salary With COLAs

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 17, 2011 19 Comments

The protests in Wisconsin over attempts by the state legislature to decertify public employee unions are getting out of hand. Democratic state legislators have fled the state to deprive Republicans of a legislative quorum.And Hitler signs, you want Hitler signs comparing the Governor to Hitler? They...

We Are The Lame Horse

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 17, 2011 6 Comments

Is there anything more sickening than senior U.S. diplomats begging the Palestinian Authority delegates at the U.N. to "compromise" with just a Security Council "statement" condemning Israel, rather than a "resolution" condeming Israel?To which the response from the P.A. delegates was: "Jump higher," no compromise for...

T-2 Months

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on February 17, 2011 7 Comments

Until the 'Atlas Shrugged: Part I' debut. Having read the novel(/epic) in my teens really changed my perspective on a lot of things, and I know dozens who can relate. Apparently the book is being broken up into three parts -- maybe John Galt's speech...

Best Paragraph

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 17, 2011 7 Comments

... I have seen in a while, from A Letter from a Fearfully Concerned Muslim, To an American-Jewish friend (h/t JHoward):"Just ponder how a third-rate community organizer — from the most incestuously corrupt political region in the U.S.; with a record of participation in the most vulgar...

The Haunting Logan Photo As Metaphor

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 17, 2011 18 Comments

We don't know the details of the "brutal and sustained sexual assault and beating" of CBS News correspondent Lara Logan in Tahrir Square as the Egyptian crowd celebrated the resignation of Hosni Mubarek, but we know enough. Among the things we know is that the night before the...