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Harvard Program Caught Trying To Hide Discriminatory Language After Complaint Filed By Equal Protection Project

Homan: DHS Investigating Ilhan Omar Marrying Alleged Brother for Visa Fraud

UVA Law Prof Describes Outrageous Behavior From Colleagues Over Case He Argued Before SCOTUS

Free Kabylie!

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 27, 2012 5 Comments

Its case for a separate state is as good as if not better than the Palestinians since it was its own entity prior to French colonial rule. Via JPost: For Ferhat Mehenni, Israel is an ideal partner and friend for Kabylie, a geographic sliver of Algeria’s northern...

Manipulating Wikipedia

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 27, 2012 29 Comments

In the continuing on-line war, Brett Kimberlin's Wikipedia entry which documented his history has been taken down, and get this, the excuse given is that Kimberlin was the victim of a harrassment campaign. Patrick Frey, the victim of a true harrassment campaign, has the story: I have...

Weinergate retrospective — the lying liars and their lies about Andrew Breitbart

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 27, 2012 15 Comments

A year ago today Anthony Weiner sent the now famous crotch shot. The story really broke on the 28th, and my initial reaction was I’m not touching this one, although I did use it as an excuse to run this clip under the heading Please Brief...

We know what Elizabeth Warren is running for, but what is she running from?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 27, 2012 38 Comments

I wasn't going to do an Elizabeth Warren post today. Really. But in my in-box was a link to this story at The Boston Herald, Elizabeth Warren shuts door on Herald’s inquiry (video at the link): Senate hopeful Elizabeth Warren, in a sequel to an awkward on-camera encounter...

Agitate-heh

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 27, 2012 7 Comments

A reader sends this photo: This is the back of my 1996 ford explorer that i drive around in charlottesville, virginia. Some days i stop in to whole foods. Heh. ...

Missouri Secretary of State Trying to Enshrine Education as a Right in State Constitution

Labor Unions Fighting Affordable Housing Project for UC-Berkeley Students

40 Percent of Undergrads at Stanford Now Receive Disability Accommodations

New Pro-Life Group at U. Southern Maine Faces Vicious Harassment

Antifa Aligned Prof to Teach Seminars at Rutgers This Spring

Florida Bill Would Limit Number of Foreign Students at State Universities

Saturday Night Card Game (Nobody is the most racist guy in America)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 26, 2012 33 Comments

Obama has lost roughly 40% of the Democratic primary vote to an imprisoned felon in West Virginia, to "uncommitted" in Kentucky, and to a Tennesee lawyer who "could fit snugly on Dylan Ratigan's MSNBC show" and who no one in Arkansas likely had heard of before...

If Sup Ct strikes mandate, who benefits in November? (Reader Poll)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 26, 2012 22 Comments

We're just about a month away from the Supreme Court ruling on Obamacare. David Hogberg has a column at Investors Business Daily on the political fallout if the Supreme Court strikes down Obamacare: A Supreme Court ruling next month striking down Obama-Care would immediately shift the battle...

Socialists attempt to appropriate Memorial Day for political ends

Posted by Anne Segal on May 26, 2012 25 Comments

I hope everyone is enjoying their holiday weekend while remembering the sacrifices of those who gave their lives to defend America and freedom. It seems the neo-socialists don't want to feel left out during this weekend of patriotism and honoring the fallen. Liberation News, the "newspaper for...

Dear Wisconsin Republicans: Take nothing for granted

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 26, 2012 25 Comments

There already are efforts to bus supporters of the recall to the polls for early voting. There's nothing illegal or unethical about that, so long as only eligible voters vote. But it's a reminder that some good polling is not a substitute for going to the...

When Elizabeth Warren has lost Alan Colmes

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 26, 2012 29 Comments

Alan Colmes appears to be going the Ed Schultz route and practically begging Elizabeth Warren just to come clean. Like Schultz, Colmes still is a supporter, but feels a pain from Warren twisting in the winds which have come sweeping off the plains of Warren's obfuscation...

Get out!

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 26, 2012 10 Comments

From reader @matthewhurtt: Found this jeep in Old Town, Alexandria -- not exactly a stronghold for Republicans. Enjoy. ...

A strange sense of responsibility, now and then

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 25, 2012 37 Comments

Brett Kimberlin responsible for nothing: Sarah Palin responsible for everything (embedded link here): ...

Arrest in Etan Patz murder

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 25, 2012 19 Comments

A bittersweet update to my prior post about Etan Patz. Who knows if this is the real killer. I guess we'll find out as more evidence comes out. Hopefully the family will have the closure not only of a conviction, but of being able to bury Etan...

Boston Globe deep sixes article criticising Elizabeth Warren, substitutes Menino defense of Warren

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 25, 2012 29 Comments

A number of readers forwarded me the link to an article about Scott Brown's demand that Harvard correct its filings with the Labor Department to remove Elizabeth Warren's listing as a Native American. Reader Tom wrote: Professor: Senator Brown's now taking on HARVARD in his campaign. It's...

The corporate social responsibility gamble

Posted by Anne Segal on May 25, 2012 19 Comments

The free market, where it is still free, has a way of keeping companies in line that stray too far from their consumers' core values. That was the counter-argument (not original) I always made when, during business school at Cornell, some of our professors would tote...

A Brett Kimberlin situation “could happen to you”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 25, 2012 58 Comments

There is a lot out there today about Brett Kimberlin, who either himself or through supporters has been going after various conservative bloggers who have called attention to his past. You already know about Aaron Walker. A must read post, and I mean MUST READ, is by Patrick Frey...

Gloom and doom…and dissembling on the left as more Walker polls released

Posted by Anne Segal on May 25, 2012 17 Comments

As Wisconsin's Governor Scott Walker enjoys a more confident position with the release of new jobs and poll numbers, some on the left are backing away from the import of the outcome of his recall race. Two new polls released Thursday reveal that Governor Walker (R)...