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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

Gawker editor responsible for Christine O’Donnell “one night stand” story joins NY Post

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 10, 2012 8 Comments

What possibly could go wrong? Remy Stern, who left Gawker late last year after Nick Denton installed A.J. Daulerio as editor-in-chief, has a new gig: He's joining the New York Post as a digital consultant. "Remy will help shape the Post's overall digital strategy going forward and...

Miami New Times doubles down on Sanford (FL) neo-Nazi patrol story

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 10, 2012 19 Comments

Michael Miller, The Miami New Times reporter who kicked off an internet firestorm a few days ago with a report of armed groups of neo-Nazis patrolling Sanford, Florida, is at it again, After Trayvon Martin, Neo-Nazis Say They're Armed and Patrolling Sanford. The account, again, is...

Best case scenario

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 10, 2012 7 Comments

at least if one is dealing with reality rather than hope, is that Obamacare increases the deficit dramatically: President Obama’s landmark health-care initiative, long touted as a means to control costs, will actually add more than $340 billion to the nation’s budget woes over the next...

Lugar “effort to demonize his opponent Richard Mourdock”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 10, 2012 9 Comments

Richard Lugar's time in the Senate may be up. A variety of groups are working to defeat Lugar. The NRA (which gives Lugar an "F" rating), the Club for Growth, and Freedom Works are working to help Richard Mourdock overcome Lugar's big money advantage. Notice how Lugar is hitting...

Has Carbonite accepted responsibility?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 10, 2012 25 Comments

Carbonite has been flying below the radar the past few weeks, as companies like Arby's have incurred the wrath of conservatives for pandering to the Media Matters inspired and coordinated attempt to drive Rush Limbaugh from the airwaves. Carbonite was the most visible and self-righteous of the advertisers...

Martin University Terminates Entire Staff Due to Financial Crisis

School Board in Maine Upholds Transgender Team and Bathroom Ban

MIT Blames Closure of Two Libraries on New Endowment Tax

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

As if more proof were needed

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 10, 2012 15 Comments

From reader Ulises, who took this photo in Cockeysville, MD, and writes: Further proof that buyers of "coexist" bumper stickers have no sense of irony...

Why they want him off the air so badly

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 09, 2012 11 Comments

He's effective. And if they can't get him off the air completely, they want to marginalize him. ...

NY Daily News whitewashes its Sanford neo-Nazi faux pas

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 09, 2012 39 Comments

What James Taranto has dubbed the Wild Goose-Step Chase appears to be winding down, as outlandish reports by Michael Miller in The Miami New Times of neo-Nazis "conducting heavily armed patrols in and around Sanford, Florida" were debunked by your humble correspondent over the weekend. But not...

Obligatory Question of Day – How many “Eric Holders” can you fit in a voting booth?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 09, 2012 35 Comments

Not only don't you need to show an i.d. to vote, apparently you don't even need to verify you are the voter, you just need to ask for the voter's ballot, then play dumb. Via Breitbart: In a new video (below) provided to Breitbart.com, James O’Keefe’s Project...

No grand jury in Trayvon Martin case

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 09, 2012 43 Comments

The Special Prosecutor in Florida just announced that she will not take the case to the Grand Jury which was expected to start this week: The Florida special prosecutor investigating the Trayvon Martin shooting has decided not to use a grand jury, but says that should...

Obama’s war on the Supreme Court is working

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 09, 2012 18 Comments

for us. Rasmussen Reports, Supreme Court’s Ratings Jump Following Health Care Hearings: Just before the highly publicized hearing on the constitutionality of President Obama’s health care law, ratings for the U.S. Supreme Court had fallen to the lowest level ever measured by Rasmussen Reports. Now, following the...

Arby’s getting roasted with beefs

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 09, 2012 21 Comments

There has been a lot of attention paid to Arby's announcement that it no longer would advertise on the Limbaugh show. It was particularly interesting because Arby's did not advertise to begin with, so it purely was a political statement, and was the subject of a...

Diminished expectations

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 09, 2012 23 Comments

Back in '08, you thought he was gonna change it and rearrange it, he was gonna change the world. Now, a little progress is good enough. Spotted in Ithaca: ...

Legal Insurrection readers are patrolling

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 08, 2012 56 Comments

the intertubes in and around Sanford, Florida, heavily armed with knowledge, facts, and skepticism, seeking to protect citizens regardless of race, creed, or color, from race-hustlers, race-haters, 15-minutes of fame seekers, jump-on-the-story journalists, bully bloggers, and web-traffic pumpers. Thanks to the 280+ Facebook sharers and 1800+ Twitters...

It’s getting hard to tell good from bad news in Egypt

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 08, 2012 11 Comments

The Muslim Brotherhood presidential candidate in Egypt may not be the most anti-Israel of the candidates running: Last weekend’s announcement by Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood that it will field a presidential candidate, Khairat Shater, has drastically impacted the run-up to May’s elections. But his position on Israel...

The Irish anti-Israel sickness isn’t limited to Ireland

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 08, 2012 43 Comments

On March 11, Nicky Larson wrote a column for The Independent (Ireland) hitting on virulent anti-Israel sentiment in Ireland: I used to hate Israel. I used to think the Left was always right. Not any more. Now I loathe Palestinian terrorists. Now I see why Israel...

The moment when you realize there’s not much difference between Gawker and Drudge Report

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 08, 2012 33 Comments

The moment is 9 a.m. this morning when Drudge still has in the top left -- the prime placement -- a misleading link claiming armed neo-Nazis are patrolling Sanford, Florida, where Trayvon Martin was shot: I informed Drudge (via email, its tip box, and Twitter) about 14...