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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...

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Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on November 27, 2010 3 Comments

Friday evening, a Somali-born teen was arrested in Oregon for attempting to blow up a car bomb at a Christmas tree lighting. Predictably, he screamed "Allahu Akhbar" before his plan was foiled. Fox News reports:According to a federal complaint, Mohamud was in regular email contact...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 27, 2010 18 Comments

The Daily Caller (h/t Instapundit) has an interesting post today on the push back by Tea Party supporters against corporations -- particularly in the pharmaceutical industry -- which cooperated and cut deals with the Obama administration to help pass Obamacare.  The Washington Post had a...

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on November 27, 2010 5 Comments

I remember commercials about "naming" stars with the International Star Registry. I understood the sentimental significance, but I really questioned how it could be a better gift than, let's say, jewelry. Finally, though, a Spanish woman has made an investment claiming a star - and...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 27, 2010 1 Comment

The Southern Poverty Law Center was a focus of my post earlier this week regarding SPLC's new "anti-gay" list and "hate group" list.An important blog post (h/t Instapundit) by someone who describes himself as a "veteran gay and aids human rights activist" takes SPLC to...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 26, 2010 10 Comments

Taken today by a reader in Ithaca, at the corner of Cayuga and State Streets, while stopped at a red light (please remember my caution about driving while photographing bumper stickers).Gentlemen, meet your worst nightmare:Not sure how to categorize this driver. Any suggestions?Update 4:55 p.m.: ...

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on November 26, 2010 5 Comments

Today, I'm in the Financial District of New York, recovering from my midnight shopping trip and yesterday's delicious Thanksgiving meal. Sitting blocks away from Ground Zero is always a sobering reminder of how our world has changed in the past few years. While I generally...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 26, 2010 8 Comments

The New York Times ran a trolling article yesterday titled G.O.P. and Tea Party Gains Are Mixed Blessing for Israel:When Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel came to the United States recently for another round of tense talks with the Obama administration, he got a decidedly...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 26, 2010 16 Comments

I have written many times before about the risks of organizing a boycott, and I have detailed the many boycotts which have failed in the last two years.The "National Opt-Out Day" protest, in which air travelers were to opt out of the full body scan...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 25, 2010 23 Comments

I alluded earlier today, in passing, to the idiocy of the left-wing blogs and some mainstream media outlets in making a big deal out of Sarah Palin's obvious slip of the tongue -- corrected seconds later -- in referring to North Korea instead of South Korea. ...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 25, 2010 7 Comments

If so, I apologize for this post.  I didn't mean it.  An alien took over my body for the day, and made me do it.SEIU Local 1199, which organizes health care workers, was one of the most outspoken advocates of Obamacare.  As reported by The New...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 25, 2010 12 Comments

Sent by reader Dan from Summerville, SC, who took this photo yesterday in a hotel parking lot in Charleston:Bonus for readers only.  People who do not read this post are not eligible.Identify the partially removed bumper sticker on the window to the left of the wiper,...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 25, 2010 10 Comments

Some thoughts, and inviting reader comments, on a variety of topics today (a running list):Happy Thanksgiving to all my readers.  Which is an interesting point, because some of my readers are trolls and nutroot lurkers.  I even wish them a Happy Thanksgiving, because I'm that big...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 24, 2010 4 Comments

I'm posting this from my phone while traveling so I'll be quick. HarperCollins has settled with Gawker. While not all the terms are clear yet, it does appear that Sarah Palin will not get to give Gawker the full TSA screening and junk...

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on November 24, 2010 3 Comments

John Stossel wrote a great column about how, if the present political class had been in power four hundred years ago, we would not have Thanksgiving today. "Long before the failure of modern socialism, the earliest European settlers gave us a dramatic demonstration of the...

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on November 24, 2010 9 Comments

Today would have been Bill Buckley's 85th birthday. Though I was born after the ages of Reagan, Goldwater, and Buckley's years as editor of NR, I still owe a great debt to his thought:God and Man at Yale was my sobering introduction to - and...

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on November 24, 2010 6 Comments

Daniel Day-Lewis has confirmed that he will play the role of Abraham Lincoln in the upcoming biopic of the sixteenth President. The film will be directed by Steven Spielberg and is based on the book Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin. I'm not the...

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