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Whether Radicalized Culture at U. Penn Influenced Luigi Mangione Needs To Be Looked Into

Woman Who Accused Three Duke Lacrosse Players of Rape Admits She Lied, Seeks Forgiveness

Fifty-One Discriminatory Scholarships At University of Rhode Island Challenged By Equal Protection Project

The Real Rand

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on February 03, 2011 2 Comments

During the Rand Paul Senatorial campaign, there was much speculation about his positions - particularly because of the obvious connection he has with his father, Ron. Libertarians and conservatives were united in their skepticism of the Tea Party favorite - each camp criticizing him for...

It’s All Israel’s Fault, Always Has Been, Always Will Be

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 03, 2011 7 Comments

I have posted about Juan Cole before, including this sadly humorous assertion that protesters chanting "death to America" really just wanted visas to visit Disneyland:Even the ones who are chanting "Death to America," if you get them to the side, they say well you know "could you...

He “Lied Us Into” The Mandate

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 03, 2011 8 Comments

A column by James Taranto, 'Death Panels' Revisited (via Instapundit) points out:Obama ran for office on opposition to the individual mandate, then made it the centerpiece of his signature legislative initiative. Perhaps this should have been "lie of the year." At PolitiFact.com, it wasn't even a...

Texas Gains Mark Finkelstein

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 03, 2011 12 Comments

Not long after starting this blog I received an e-mail from Mark Finkelstein, who writes for Newsbusters, and for a while, at his own blog, Finkelblog.Mark invited me on his long-running conservative talk show, The Right Angle, which had been on local Ithaca cable TV...

I Fought The Snow and The Snow Won

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 02, 2011 13 Comments

As much as I would have liked to weigh in on a bunch of issues during the day, I've been fighting the snow and the snow hit (my) back.Now that I can sit up straight, here are some thoughts, as usual in no particular order:Egypt...

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

Thank You, Reelz

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on February 02, 2011 3 Comments

Finally, finally, after pulling out all the stops, the Kennedy family will have their comeuppance. The miniseries that was nixed by the History Channel after pressure was put on by angry liberals everywhere, will be shown on TV after all. Granted, the Reelzchannel has far...

A Sobering Reminder

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on February 02, 2011 6 Comments

K. McCaffrey -- Last week, Britain's chief central banker, Mervyn King, painted a grim picture of the years to come in the UK. - “In 2011, real wages are likely to be no higher than they were in 2005… One has to go back to...

How We Doin’?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 02, 2011 20 Comments

Strike that:JobsDebt Service AbilityYour DoctorYour Private Health InsuranceYour HouseOffshore Oil DrillingCoal MiningFreedom to be left aloneIncentive to work harderYour Junk's PrivacyLebanonTurkeyEgypt South America Hope ChangeDid I miss anything?--------------------------------------------Follow me on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTubeVisit the Legal Insurrection Shop on CafePress!...

New Media, New Game

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on February 01, 2011 9 Comments

(K. McCaffrey) -- As a partner in a firm that deals mostly with web promotion on social media, the Egyptian affair has been fascinating to watch. As Mohamed Haykal, a Nasser confidante, said in a British interview, "The effect of mobiles, computers, satellites—there is a...

The One Thing Missing From The Gun Mandate

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 01, 2011 16 Comments

Everyone is all excited because some South Dakota legislators have proposed a mandate requiring each citizen to own a gun (h/t reader Brian):Five South Dakota lawmakers have introduced legislation that would require any adult 21 or older to buy a firearm “sufficient to provide for their...

Obamacare Unconstitutional – How Did This Happen?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 01, 2011 3 Comments

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A Trillion Dollar Deficit, And All We Got Was This Advice

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 01, 2011 4 Comments

Granted, it's not Tang or memory foam, but trillions of government debt did result in health advice no one else could have thought of:Government’s Dietary Advice: Eat Less This successful conclusion to FDA research actually was in doubt for decades:"While the recommendations may seem obvious, it is nonetheless considered major...

Florida Judge Rules Against Obamacare, Injunction Denied As Unnecessary Since Entire Law Unconstitutional

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 31, 2011 21 Comments

Federal Judge Roger Vinson of the Northern District of Florida, in a lawsuit by 26 state attorney generals, has held that Obamacare is unconstitutional. Judge Vinson first found that the mandate was unconstitutional, and then found that the mandate could not be severed from the rest of...

The Three Branches of Government

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 31, 2011 12 Comments

According to Chuck Schumer, via Townhall (h/t @gpollowitz):So if these are the three branches of government, what do we call the 57 states?--------------------------------------------Follow me on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTubeVisit the Legal Insurrection Shop on CafePress!...

Has It Ever Been About Palestine?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 31, 2011 2 Comments

Not really. Here's Jon Podhoretz's take on the recent troubles in Egypt, It's never been about Palestine:The anti-Mubarak revolution won't only topple an authoritarian regime. It will also topple 40-plus years of wrong-headed thinking about the causes of Middle East instability among the world's foreign-policy...

And Our Kids Ask, “What’s A Letter?”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 31, 2011 0 Comments

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Big Law Firm Takes Down Big Conservative Blogger

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 31, 2011 51 Comments

I'm late to this, but the story has not received a lot of coverage in the conservative blogosphere. Paul Mirengoff of Power Line blog no longer is of Power Line blog.Mirengoff is an attorney at Akin Gump, a big law firm with a large presence in Washington,...