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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

Saturday Night Card Game (The Atlantic Plays The Race Card Against Herman Cain, Mildly)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 15, 2011 12 Comments

This is the latest in a series on the use of the race card for political gain:I confess to not knowing who Herman Cain was until the other day, when he announced he was forming a presidential exploratory committee. I had heard his name, but...

Tucson Shooting Victim Who Blamed Palin Arrested for Death Threat

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 15, 2011 22 Comments

I posted yesterday about Eric Fuller, who blamed Sarah Palin and others for the Tucson shooting by Jared Loughner.Now Fuller has been arrested for making a death threat against a local tea party leader:The meeting room at St. Odilia's Catholic Church on the city's northwest...

Cold Collect

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on January 15, 2011 8 Comments

Two parents lost their child in Queens earlier this week. She lived only an hour, but was still taxed $50 under the so-called "death tax" in New York. I suppose some people will do anything to close that New York state deficit...

Happy Birthday, Wikipedia

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on January 15, 2011 5 Comments

As a history and philosophy major, I have to go through a battery of names and concepts in class in order to understand the more advanced concepts. I don't think I would be able to complete half the background work that I do without Wikipedia,...

Singapore: Even Their Problems Are More Efficient

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on January 15, 2011 3 Comments

One of my favorite city/states, Singapore (second only to Athens circa 350 BC...

People Still Have Lots of Questions About Spending in the Kamala Harris Campaign

Boise State U. Shuttered Campus DEI Centers Over Thanksgiving Break

National Spelling Bee Approves Feminist Term 'Womyn' for Kids' Competition

U. Iowa Paid MSNBC Host Joy Reid $55K to Speak on Campus

Biden Admin. Rushing to Auction Off Unused Border Wall Materials Before Trump Takes Office

U. Penn Prof Apologizes After Seemingly Praising Murder of Healthcare CEO

Kennedy Follow-Up

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on January 15, 2011 5 Comments

Last week, I reported that a Kennedy miniseries had been nixed. Now it seems the plot has thickened:"America's most iconic political dynasty is at the centre of a censorship scandal after a TV network suddenly dropped a multi-million dollar series giving a warts-and-all look at...

Another Eliminationist Narrative

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 15, 2011 4 Comments

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Candidate Of Big Money Prepares To Spend $1 Billion On Presidential Campaign

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 15, 2011 5 Comments

No, not Michael Bloomberg, Barack Obama:Bracing for a half-billion-dollar onslaught of outside GOP cash in 2012, President Barack Obama’s advisers are quietly working to bring back together the major donor base that produced a record-breaking fundraising haul in his first run for president...

Being A Crime Victim Is Not A License To Make Up Facts

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 14, 2011 16 Comments

And does not immunize you from criticism when you do.From Democracy Now, Tuscon shooting victim Eric Fuller says:It looks like Palin, Beck, Sharron Angle and the rest got their first target. Their wish for Second Amendment activism has been fulfilled—senseless hatred leading to murder, lunatic...

Homesteading was so 19th Century

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on January 14, 2011 17 Comments

A few days ago, I saw the results from the Seasteading Institute's business plan contest. Many of you are probably asking what Seasteading is and why it has an institute. Simply put, The Seasteading Institute (TSI) led by Patri Friedman (the grandson of Milton), is...

And The Award For Most Hypocritical “Blood Libel” Critic Goes To …

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 14, 2011 37 Comments

Sarah Palin has come under criticism for using the term "a blood libel" to refer to the accusations that she incited Jared Loughner to murder in Tucson.I previously explained why Palin's use of the term was consistent with modern usage, and how the criticism of...

The False Narrative Of Tea Party Violence Attempts Suicide

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 14, 2011 67 Comments

Obama's speech at the Tucson memorial was an opportunity thrust upon him, not one of choice.But the tone of the speech was consistent in many ways with the Obama 2.0 we saw during the lame duck session when Obama struck a tax deal with Republicans. ...

Now That Was A Speech

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 13, 2011 14 Comments

Ronald Reagan's televised address to the nation after the Challenger disaster in 1986 touched the nation as few other presidential addresses have. Reagan's speech text was a masterpiece of brevity and eloquence, but it was the presentation which touched the nation. Simplicity was the order of the...

Hutchison, Out.

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on January 13, 2011 21 Comments

Kay Bailey Hutchison announced today that she will not be seeking re-election for her Senate position. According to Hutchison, she has known this for quite some time. Considering the fact that she ran against Rick Perry for the governorship last year, I doubt that is...

Clarification

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

From ABC News:President Obama’s dramatic news at last night’s memorial service in Tucson that Rep. Gabrielle Giffords’ has just minutes before opened her left eye for the first time since the shooting has created some confusion in light of news from doctors that Giffords “could...

Let’s Not Forget Who Among Many Has Coarsened The Conversation

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 13, 2011 15 Comments

As I posted yesterday, I thought Obama gave a good speech at the Tucson memorial. The mainstream media, which has been seeking a way to redeem Obama's presidency, is portraying the speech as turning point in which Obama brought us all together, in contrast to...

Hil Unhinged

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on January 13, 2011 8 Comments

In the list of egregious statements made about the Arizona shooting, many media personalities have been embarrassingly (or should be embarrassed, anyway) wrong about the nature of the shooter as details have been uncovered. While I don't really care much about their opinions, aside from...