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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

Washington Post Now Not Even Trying To Hide Its Hatred Of Sarah Palin

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 22, 2011 47 Comments

I was going to write a post about Dana Milbank's attention-seeking column in The Washington Post about how he supposedly is going to stop writing about or even talking about Sarah Palin for the month of February. The Milbank column really is a window into the mind of...

“Olbermann Without A Sense of Humor” Now The Face of MSNBC

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 22, 2011 7 Comments

The 8 p.m. time slot is the premier evening news spot on cable. For Fox News, the slot is held by Bill O'Reilly, who has become the most public face of Fox News.MSNBC is replacing Keith Olbermann in the 8 p.m. slot with Lawrence O'Donnell,...

“Have You No Job, Sir?” – Olbermann Out At MSNBC

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

Keith Olbermann is out at MSNBC according to a press release issued by MSNBC:STATEMENT REGARDING KEITH OLBERMANNMSNBC and Keith Olbermann have ended their contract. The last broadcast of “Countdown with Keith Olbermann” will be this evening. MSNBC thanks Keith for his integral role in MSNBC’s...

If “She Can’t Win,” Then Neither Can We

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 21, 2011 48 Comments

I have been addressing in some detail the assertion that Sarah Palin should not be seriously considered by Republican voters because Palin cannot win a general election, so I will not repeat myself. Admittedly, I have been somewhat narrow in my focus, driven by circumstances that the "can't win" meme...

The Price of Kickbacks

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on January 21, 2011 5 Comments

The New York Post reported today that "Charles Rangel wants to party away his legal bills. The embattled Harlem congressman ...

Idaho Board of Education Passes Resolutions Requiring Closure of DEI Offices

Harvard Law Enrolls Fewer Black Students After SCOTUS Ruling on Affirmative Action

Amnesty International Accuses Israel of Committing 'Genocide'

Federal Govt Trying to Hire up to 1,200 New DEI Bureaucrats Before Trump's Inauguration

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson has Fun on Broadway While Conservative Justices Can't Leave Their Homes

Northwestern Prof Calls Out AAUP Over DEI Hypocrisy

Russian Duma Still Does Not Accept Unilateral U.S. New START Treaty Interpretations

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 21, 2011 4 Comments

The New START Treaty follies continue.As posted here before, in order to obtain Senate ratification, the Obama administration offered certain understandings of disputed language in the Treaty regarding defensive missile systems. Such interpretations were inconsistent with prior Russian statements as to what the Russians understood...

So Tell Me About Mike Huckabee

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 21, 2011 44 Comments

This is part of a continuing series in which I ask my readers to inform me as to possible Republican presidential candidates with whom I am not that familiar, or at least not familiar enough to make a judgment. There is, of course, one potential...

The Inaugural Anniversary No One Celebrated Yesterday

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 21, 2011 3 Comments

Well, why would they, he was no Jack Kennedy or Ronald Reagan:Miss him yet?--------------------------------------------Follow me on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTubeVisit the Legal Insurrection Shop on CafePress!...

It Sounds So Much Better Read Out Loud

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 20, 2011 28 Comments

A reading of We Just Witnessed The Media’s Test Run To Re-Elect Barack Obama, by Rush Limbaugh today. It sounds so much better when read out loud (video via The Right Scoop)(transcript here): And thanks also to Mark Levin for the kind words about the post: -------------------------------------------- Related Posts: John Hinderaker's...

Thirty Years Ago Today – Reagan Inaugural Address

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 20, 2011 3 Comments

... An amazing address (emphasis mine):In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem. From time to time we’ve been tempted to believe that society has become too complex to be managed by self-rule, that government by an elite...

Fifty Years Ago Today…

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on January 20, 2011 10 Comments

As of late, I really can't get enough of ragging on the Kennedy family. I don't normally think about them, I swear my blood pressure is relatively low, but I keep seeing stories pop up about them and the glossy picture writers paint has never...

John Hinderaker’s Weak Defense Of His Palin Political Premortem

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 20, 2011 38 Comments

I wrote yesterday about John Hinderaker's post at Powerline, Sarah Palin for President, Forget About It.While Hinderaker does not respond to my post, he does respond today to a reader letter which made many of the points I made. Hinderaker's response is a call for realism,...

Strange Definition of “Betrayal of Trust”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 20, 2011 6 Comments

From an article about Sarah Palin's aides putting out feelers in Iowa (emphasis mine):A top official in the Iowa Tea Party who insisted on anonymity to avoid betraying Palin's trust told RealClearPolitics that a friend of SarahPAC met with him in person in Des Moines...

More Famous Moments In Civil Discourse – Schumer Edition

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 20, 2011 1 Comment

In a fundraising e-mail supporting Martha Coakley in the special election to fill the seat vacated by Ted Kennedy, Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY) referred to then-candidate, now-Senator Scott Brown, as a "far-right tea-bagger."At the time Schumer made the comment, everyone knew what "teabagger" meant in...

So Why Isn’t The House Repeal Vote Also “Historic”?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 20, 2011 5 Comments

Obamacare was "historic." Do a Google News search, and there are hundreds if not thousands of references to the "historic" nature of the legislation.But do a similar search for the House vote repealing this historic legislation, and the term "historic" is used only to describe the legislation,...

Dem Pollster – Palin Down 10% To Obama, Romney Even

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 19, 2011 19 Comments

To read some of the reviews telling Sarah Palin it's over as to any hope of winning a general election, you would think she would be down in the polls versus Obama by an enormous margin, particularly if a poll were taken in the days...

Evil Schmevil

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on January 19, 2011 11 Comments

(K McCaffrey) -- I've read two really fascinating articles in the past twenty-four hours. In Politico, Roger Simon delved into some interesting territory by discussing coverage of the Arizona shooter, Jared Loughner. In "Is Jared Loughner insane or just evil?" Simon looks at our modern...