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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

Mitt Romney, The Responsibility Candidate?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 01, 2010 15 Comments

..."To err is human. I had what at the time seemed like a good idea as to how to expand health care coverage, but it turned out wrong. I'll take part of the blame, but others who acted beyond my control also share in the blame. ...

Son of Coffee Party

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 01, 2010 9 Comments

This post is not about The Coffee Party, because I know I'm not allowed to go there.This post is about Son of Coffee Party (emphasis mine):TV's Joe Scarborough, who today dismissed Sarah Palin as a symbol of "anti-intellectualism" with a "dopey dream" of being president, will...

Sick and Tired of Blogger Burnout Stories

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 30, 2010 32 Comments

Okay, blogging is tough. We get it. Great Grandma and Grandpa had it easy, with rotary phones and all ("You mean your Great Grandparents had a phone?"). If I hear another blogger complain about blogger burnout, I'm going to scream: I'm taking the evening off from blogging;...

Tea Party “Resonates With Human Dignity”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 30, 2010 5 Comments

In response to a " a dear friend who runs a large charitable foundation" and who branded the tea party movement "a group of racists, xenophobes and bigots," Rabbi Shmuley writes in The Jerusalem Post, Why the Tea Party resonates with human dignity:Lost in the debate...

Trolls, Heal Thyselves

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 30, 2010 8 Comments

The New York Times had an Op-Ed yesterday complaining about anonymous trolls on blogs who post inflammatory messages to get a reaction:Trolling, defined as the act of posting inflammatory, derogatory or provocative messages in public forums, is a problem as old as the Internet itself, although its...

Offshore Wind is Bad News for New York and New Jersey

Diversity Conference for Elite Private Schools Devolves Into Festival of Jew Hatred

New Course at U. Colorado Boulder to Explore Feminism Through Disney Female Characters

Several Top Schools Urging International Students to Return From Break Before Trump Takes Office

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

Boise State U. Shuttered Campus DEI Centers Over Thanksgiving Break

A Step in the Right Direction

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on November 30, 2010 7 Comments

Showing some semblance of sense, President Obama proposed a two-year freeze on salaries for most federal workers yesterday. (Excluding those in the military, who account for roughly half the workforce.) This cancels their scheduled 1.4% pay increase in 2011. As Josh Barro of the Manhattan...

And Now I Insult Joe Scarborough

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 30, 2010 16 Comments

There is a lot which could be said about Joe Scarborough's very personal and demeaning screed against Sarah Palin, but I'll rest on this response:"You are the Alan Colmes of MSNBC, and I mean no offense to Alan Colmes."On second thought, maybe I just insulted...

“I Litter and I Vote”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 30, 2010 6 Comments

Taken by reader Ben earlier this month in a Schnucks' parking lot in south St. Louis.I like Bobby Jindal, and a couple of years ago I thought this bumper sticker made sense. Jindal has increased his national profile, but I'm not seeing a run for President in...

America Held Hostage – When To Start The Count?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 29, 2010 17 Comments

...Curious as to when you think the count should start.Don't bother with January 20, 2009, too obvious and predictable, but if you must know, that would make it Day 679.For suggestions, include start date and event which started it (and number of days, if you...

Howard Kurtz, Uncaged and Free-Range?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 29, 2010 3 Comments

When Howard Kurtz was at WaPo, I wasn't a big fan.I took Kurtz to task for being As Deep Inside The Beltway As It Gets for his slobbering love note to Chuckie T., notwithstanding that Kurtz did blow the whistle -- after the game was over -- on the...

The One Tactic We Haven’t Tried Yet With Wikileaks

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 29, 2010 16 Comments

Nasty demand letters aren't working. Tributes to "responsible, accountable, and open government" aren't working.How do we stop these Wikileaks folks short of dropping a house on their heads?Six ways to make people like youBecome genuinely interested in other people. Smile. Remember that a person's name...

Your Morning “Too Good Not To Be True” Stuxnet News

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 29, 2010 8 Comments

Fox News had an interesting article on Friday about the stuxnet malware, and how it was ingeniously constructed to disrupt the Iranian nuclear program:"In other words the worm was designed to allow the Iranian program to continue but never succeed, and never to know why."But that...

Non-Whites Are Accustomed To Getting Their Junk Fondled, or Something Like That

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 29, 2010 9 Comments

This one cannot wait for a Saturday night. In listing the reasons why people are upset with TSA screening procedures, The New York Times plays racial psychologist:RACE AND CLASS. Even though air travel is far from luxurious, it is a still a big expense during...

Wikileaks Completes Obama’s Transformation Into Jimmy Carter

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 28, 2010 62 Comments

The U.S. Embassy takeover in Tehran on November 4, 1979, was the start of 444 days which came to define Jimmy Carter. The U.S. government was revealed to be powerless and the President weak. Those among us who were alive and conscious during those days have embedded...

Whipaholic Drinks

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on November 28, 2010 0 Comments

After the Four Loko craze a few weeks ago, it was only a matter of time before someone created an actually tasty, potent alcohol. According to the Daily Mail, alcohol-infused whipped cream is the latest sensation among college kids. "Whipahol Drink Toppings come in different...

The Obsession With Liberals’ Obsession With Sarah Palin

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 28, 2010 76 Comments

Charles Krauthammer has lambasted the mainstream (i.e. liberal) media for its obsession with Sarah Palin.That goes double for liberal entertainers and academics, and triple for the left-blogosphere, which is nuts-in-the-head (that's a precise medical term in Austrian) when it comes to Palin.But this obsession is not a...

Saturday Night Card Game (Look Who’s Calling Obama Racist)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 27, 2010 27 Comments

This is the latest in a series on the use of the race card for political gain: Cornel West is Professor of Religion and African American studies at Princeton University. West left Harvard University in 2002 amid controversy, with accusations of racism and inadequate scholarship...