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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...

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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...

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...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 25, 2012 16 Comments

While Elizabeth Warren is doing well in the polls, her story about not promoting herself as Native American for professional purposes continues to fall apart. Michael Patrick Leahy, writing at Breitbart.com today, links to an article in the Spring 1993 issue of the student-run Harvard Women's Law Journal, when Warren...

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

A reader was quick enough to photograph this bumper sticker. I don't know if you have published this particular sticker. From Albuquerque, NM. Photo taken at a stoplight; I was lucky enough to have my camera w/ me (I usually don't). It took me a minute to figure it...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 24, 2012 25 Comments

Don't say I haven't been warning you. While the secondary boycott of Rush Limbaugh has been only marginally effective, Color of Change has had more success getting major companies to drop their participation in the American Legislative Exchange Counsel (ALEC) by falsely tying ALEC's support of "stand your...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 24, 2012 37 Comments

She's digging in, bolstered by headlines that much of the electorate doesn't care, via MassLive: Democratic Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren said Thursday that she knows she has Native American ancestry because her mother told her so. Warren’s comments came after nearly four minutes of tense back and...

Posted by Anne Segal on May 24, 2012 38 Comments

Hillary's hair color--and length--have been changing over time. Is it splitting hairs to ask what this might mean? With the news that Biden's not polling so well in several swing states, it's tempting to take a look at any signals we can glean from Secretary of...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 24, 2012 47 Comments

Will Elizabeth Warren escape accountability for telling what at best were tall tales and at worst lies about her Cherokee heritage? Will Warren get away with using her mystical heritage strategically to advance her career in a crafty way which provided her with (im)plausible deniability? Will the...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 24, 2012 29 Comments

Remember that Indelible Image of a Boy's Pat on Obama's Head? You know, the one that was so indelible that no one remembered it, and the NY Times felt compelled to remind you how indelible it was with a headline "Indelible Image of Boy's Pat on...

Posted by Bryan Jacoutot on May 24, 2012 16 Comments

While the conservative blogosphere is focused on Brett Kimberlin, there is another instance of possible "lawfare" which deserves attention. Roughly three weeks ago a lawsuit alleging defamation against a conservative blogger was filed in the Superior Court of Fulton County, Georgia. The claim was brought by Georgia...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 24, 2012 14 Comments

the right way. From frequent photographer Ulises: I was not aware that such subversive speech against the dear leader was allowed in deep blue Maryland...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 23, 2012 19 Comments

I'm sorry I have neglected promoting items from the Tip Line, it's just that I've been preoccupied with coaxing the genealogy from the bottle.  And staring at the sky waiting to see if a shoe drops from the heavens. Here are some items which deserve attention: An...

Posted by Anne Segal on May 23, 2012 33 Comments

Patrick Fitzgerald, U.S. Attorney for northern Illinois, announced his resignation today after more than ten years of service to that state. His tenure was remarkable not only for what he accomplished--his prosecutions put away two governors (Blagojevich and Ryan), uncovered political corruption at all levels...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 23, 2012 29 Comments

The Orlando Sentinel reports that several witnesses have changed their stories from the initial interviews, mostly (but not completely) to the detriment of George Zimmerman: Evidence released last week in the second-degree-murder case against George Zimmerman shows four key witnesses made major changes in what they...

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