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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

Saturday Night Card Game (Time To Rejigger The Race Card)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 09, 2010 36 Comments

This is the latest in a series on the use of the race card for political gain:Here we go again.I have posted before about the idiocy of playing the race card not based on the words actually used, but based upon the sound of the words,...

Vanity Fair – No Space For “The Jewish Problem With Obama” But Plenty For Palin-Bashing

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 09, 2010 6 Comments

The Huffington Post is running a multi-part series on The Jewish Problem With Obama:Obama has recently backed off from some of his public assaults on Israel, but he is still in trouble with large segments of the Jewish community. Malcolm Hoenlein, executive vice chairman of...

The Other Jerry Brown Insult: Police Chiefs Don’t Read

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 09, 2010 21 Comments

Jerry Brown was caught on audio agreeing with an aide who called Meg Whitman a "whore." (Audio below at 1:55)Understandably, all the attention is focused on the "whore" comment. But there was another Brown insult which has not received any attention. Beginning at 3:10 of the audio, Brown...

Mosque Attacked

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 08, 2010 3 Comments

Again, not here. In Afghanistan. By the Taliban.As reported by Bill Roggio:The Taliban have murdered the head of Kunduz province, along with 14 other people, in a bombing today at a mosque in the neighboring province of Tahkar. The governor had been outspoken in his...

Jon Ralston: Angle Ad “Offensive, Disgusting and Lowbrow”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 08, 2010 10 Comments

I posted yesterday about Jon Ralston, the high-profile Nevada political reporter and talk show host, and an exchange I had with him regarding whether he was accusing Sharron Angle of "race-baiting" over a television ad Angle ran on illegal immigration. When I pointed out that Ralston appeared to...

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

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

Up is Down, In is Out, Inactivity is Activity

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 08, 2010 7 Comments

I don't have time today to get into detail on the Michigan trial court decision upholding the Obamacare mandate under the Commerce Clause. The decision can be boiled down to these three words: "Inactivity is Activity."Here is the money quote from the decision (at pp....

Bumper-geddon

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 08, 2010 15 Comments

I was thinking of holding this one back for a special occasion, but I just couldn't wait. If the world were to end tomorrow, I would not want you to perish without having seen this.Sent to me by a reader, this photo was taken in the...

NJ Dem Recruited Phony Tea Party Candidate

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 08, 2010 6 Comments

What is it with my law school classmates?First it was Eliott Spitzer.Now it's Congressman John Adler. No, not in that way.Adler, a Democrat from southern New Jersey, is a freshman congressman, swept into office on Obama's coattails in a conservative district. Adler came out early against...

Nicky Diaz, meet Mr. I.C.E.

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 07, 2010 21 Comments

I previously posted about how Gloria Allred exposed her client, Nicky Diaz, to deportation and criminal prosecution by taking Diaz public in such a high profile way in order to damage Meg Whitman's campaign.Last night Greta Van Susteren continued her pummelling of Allred on the...

In Answer To Your Question, He’s Not Going To Move To The Center

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 07, 2010 5 Comments

Well, it's not like it's been all love and kisses, even when he had overwhelming majorities. As reported by The L.A. Times (emphasis mine):Republican majority in Congress would mean "hand-to-hand combat" on Capitol Hill for the next two years, threatening policies Democrats have enacted to stabilize...

“You Are A Disgrace To My Alma Mater”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 07, 2010 16 Comments

So says Nevada reporter and political guru Jon Ralston about me.Some background. I have been critical of Ralston for months over the way he has covered the Harry Reid - Sharron Angle Senate race. While Ralston presents himself as a muckraking but neutral investigative journalist and talk...

Another Prius Owner Can See November

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 07, 2010 4 Comments

Yes, another Prius owner in open revolt. From a reader:--------------------------------------------Related Posts:Bumper Stickers - The SeriesFollow me on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube...

I Can See November From This Video

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 06, 2010 9 Comments

...[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7QwRIxis7w?fs=1](h/t HotAir)--------------------------------------------Follow me on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube...

Predictable “Racially-Tinged” Charge Leveled Against Sharron Angle

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 06, 2010 9 Comments

I don't have as much time as I'd like right now to get into this, but I knew something was in the works when I had a Twitter spat with Nevada Journalist Jon Ralston over his link to a Slate article accusing Sharron Angle of...

The New “Change” Slogan

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 06, 2010 2 Comments

Photo below sent by a reader in Arlington, VA, which apparently has a large Green Party contingent. Some of the true believers have recognized that the change thing isn't working out as people expected. The old slogans were:Change We Can Believe InChange We NeedThe new slogan...

Fan Me

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 06, 2010 11 Comments

I really haven't tried to do the Facebook fan page thing, although I do have a Facebook Networked Blog with close to 500 followers.I find Facebook really confusing, although if my 80+ year old mother-in-law can do it, maybe I need to get with the program.So...

Nutroots Best and Brightest Isn’t

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 06, 2010 4 Comments

Jonathan Adler at Volokh Conspiracy (via Instapundit) has a very good take down of the nutroots best and brightest economics-professor blogger, Brad DeLong:Would you consider it sound for one academic to attack a paper written by another, calling it (among other things) “obviously erroneous” and...