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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

Alfred Kahn, R.I.P.

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 28, 2010 4 Comments

Alfred Kahn has passed away. As you travel during the holidays, shopping around for cheap airfares, you have Kahn to thank. Kahn, a Professor at Cornell, was responsible for deregulating the airline industry.I realize all you kids think airfare competition always has been a fact...

The Mandate Is Obamacare’s Achilles’ Heel

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 28, 2010 1 Comment

When the first challenges to the health care mandate were brought, the legal theories were dismissed as frivolous. Despite numbers showing a majority against the mandate, few believed the mandate could be overturned, and the numbers had stagnated.Then earlier this month a judge in Virginia...

“a discussion with the likes of Brad DeLong is not productive”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 27, 2010 17 Comments

That's the title of a post by Law Professor Stephen Bainbridge about Economics Professor Brad DeLong, of U.Cal Berkeley, in which Bainbridge collects links about DeLong from a variety of academic bloggers who have had the misfortune of having to deal with DeLong. I really don't...

French Medical Scandals

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on December 27, 2010 2 Comments

"French politicians of both the right and left are facing severe embarrassment and legal recriminations with the forthcoming publication of an official report on what could become the worst health scandal in the country's history.President Nicolas Sarkozy has promised "the most complete transparency" on how...

New Official TSA License Plate

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 27, 2010 2 Comments

Taken by a reader in St. Petersburg, Florida:(Please remember my caution about taking photos while driving.)--------------------------------------------Related Posts:Bumper Stickers - The SeriesFollow me on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTubeVisit the Legal Insurrection Shop on CafePress!...

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

The Bizarre “Birther” Intellectual Dance

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 27, 2010 54 Comments

There is a bizarre intellectual dance taking place around the topic of Barack Obama's birthplace. The world has been artificially divided into "Birthers" and "anti-Birthers" when in fact I suspect a large percentage or even majority of the population is neither and simply wants all the evidence...

Rare Good News

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 27, 2010 7 Comments

I have posted multiple times before about how worldwide "green" technology and a variety of high tech industries were dependent on "rare earth minerals" mined almost exclusively in China. U.S. production was shut down almost a decade ago over environmental concerns. Among other things, the...

He’s Everybody’s President

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 27, 2010 5 Comments

Okay, the last two plus years, in which we have been called every name in the book by Obama, his administration, the Democrats in Congress, and the Democratic base, are forgiven and forgotten.Let's just make pretend it never happened:http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32545640Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news,...

Guest Column: NY Status Quo

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on December 26, 2010 7 Comments

Today we're running a guest column from Michael Alan, a freshman in Cornell's school of Industrial and Labor Relations (ILR). Michael is a contributor to the Cornell Review, and hails from Lewisburg, PA. The Albany Times-Union reported last week that the records from NY Governor...

Fabulous 50

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 26, 2010 6 Comments

The Fabulous 50 Blogs Awards have been announced. The Awards go to the best conservative blogs in various categories, using a time-tested scientific methodology similar to that used to predict the weather.Based on scientific consensus, your humble correspondent was selected as Best Law Blogger.Remember, you can't...

I Don’t Care, But We All Should

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 26, 2010 41 Comments

The Obama administration has instituted, via regulations, the end of life counseling which was taken out of the Obamacare legislation after many people objected to the government paying for such services.As reported in The New York Times, the Obama administration took steps to conceal the...

What Do Chinese People Think of Jews?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 26, 2010 5 Comments

I stumbled upon this unusual video, taken by American Jews in China and narrated in Yiddish, of man-on-the-street interviews regarding perceptions of Jews and Israel.The money line is at 7:30 of the video, in which a sympathetic Chinese man wonders whether it is true that Jews...

Saturday Night Card Game (The Biggest Problem With Christmas Is … Racist Relatives?)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 25, 2010 14 Comments

This is the latest in a series on the use of the race card for political gain:Wasn't sure if I should post tonight, so I'll keep this brief. If not today for the topic of this post, when? At Feministe there was a post by Jill...

So The Anti-Birther Hawaii Governor Is Actually A Birther

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 25, 2010 34 Comments

If you demand to see Obama's actual birth certificate, you will be called a "Birther." It doesn't matter if your position is that anyone ascending to a constitutional office should provide the best evidence of constitutional qualification, you're a Birther. It doesn't matter that you...

A Social Network Christmas

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on December 25, 2010 7 Comments

Merry Christmas everyone! There's a viral video going around called 'A Social Network Christmas.' It retains the story, so I'll post it here, but I'd be curious to know everyone's thoughts on it. I'm not particularly fond of the fusion of the two media myself...

Chasing Chinese Failure

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 25, 2010 15 Comments

China is ascendant so our administration wants us to emulate China's infrastructure investments and constructions, by building high-speed and light rail projects few will use and which will further drain state budgets.It will not last. China's ascendancy, that is. I agree with this analysis by...

Lame Duck Congresses – Venezuela v. U.S.

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 25, 2010 3 Comments

Imagine a place where legislators who had been thrown out of office hurried to pass legislation they knew would not pass once the new Congress was seated in order to defeat the will of the people as expressed in recent congressional elections.Such a thing could not...