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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

Obamacare Oral Argument – Day 1

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 26, 2012 19 Comments

This morning was the first day of oral argument in the Supreme Court on challenges to Obamacare. The audio should be available in a little while. Today was the issue of the Anti-Injunction Act, which arguably would prohibit court involvement if the mandate were viewed as...

Fix the tax code or we’ll shoot another rabbit

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 26, 2012 45 Comments

Herman Cain's Sick of Stimulus website has released a new web ad. It's right up there with the "greats" of web ads. (h/t Robert Costa, who says he is speechless.) Update: This reaction from one of the people behind the Rush boycott actually is quite unintentionally funny: And, Cain...

President Hot Mic can’t wait for a second term (Update: The bigger question)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 26, 2012 76 Comments

Notice how the Obama captured when he doesn't think he is being recorded is so differenct from campaign Obama. The "bitter clinger" remarks and the Netanyahu put-down are the most memorable. And there are the hot mic sound bites which the media won't release, like CBS refusing to...

In the future, everyone will be the 99%

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 26, 2012 15 Comments

so long as they put a 99% bumper sticker on their Saab. From reader Roxeanne: ...

Off road

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 25, 2012 124 Comments

Off the road, finally. I'm catching up on what was going on today. What did I miss? Okay, here's what I'm finding: Rick Santorum on Face the Nation prejudges the Zimmerman-Martin case, and attributes malicious motives to Zimmerman (emphasis mine): NORAH O'DONNELL: Senator, the President did not use the word...

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

Spike Lee didn’t “Do the right thing”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 25, 2012 60 Comments

There have been numerous threats made against George Zimmerman, the shooter of Trayvon Martin. It is unclear whether a crime was committed, and Zimmerman has not been charged. Spike Lee's most famous film was Do the Right Thing, about racial tensions which spill into violence: Yet Lee...

The words “brokered convention” may not be as scary as once thought

Posted by Bryan Jacoutot on March 25, 2012 50 Comments

As the primary season has continued to wear on, some supporters from the not-Mitt Romney voting bloc are deciding to fold up shop and reluctantly begin shifting their support from their candidate of choice. They do this largely because they’re worried that if conservatives don’t...

Harvard Week

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 25, 2012 34 Comments

Starts today. More evidence of the education bubble. On Monday be sure to check out: Positivity: Tips for a Modern World from Good Vibrations: Join HLSRJ and Good Vibrations for a short discussion of positivity, a demo, then Q&A. Free Food! You had me at "Free Food!" "HLSRJ" is the...

Your first mistake was ever having a thrill

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 25, 2012 3 Comments

Can't miss what you never had. From reader Jim, who took this photo in a Publix parking lot yesterday in Lake Mary, FL (suburb of Orlando), and notes that the license plat "kind of puts a nice twist on the anti-obama message." ...

Louisiana Primary — Open and Updates

Posted by Bryan Jacoutot on March 24, 2012 19 Comments

81% Reporting: Santorum: 50%, Romney: 26%, Gingrich: 16%, Paul: 6% ----------------- With 10% Reporting, Fox News has now called the primary for Rick Santorum as well. Here are the results so far: Santorum: 42%, Romney: 30%, Gingrich: 20%, and Paul: 5% Its not clear yet, but it appears that Gingrich...

Saturday Night Card Game (What happens when Zimmerman is found “not guilty”?)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 24, 2012 117 Comments

George Zimmerman has been tried and convicted in the media and public opinion for the shooting of Trayvon Martin, with the case almost uniformly being portrayed as racially motivated, with the wearing of a hoody by a young black male as the symbol. Violence is in the air. Already...

Israel warning to Global March on Jerusalem

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

Next Friday, March 30, the anti-Israeli Global March on Jerusalem will take place, with supposedly millions attempting to breach Israel's borders to march on Jerusalem. Israel has issue a warning to stay away from the borders, or else: Following the deadly clashes last year during the Naksa and...

The other parents

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 24, 2012 76 Comments

I advocated yesterday for letting the facts come out in the shooting of Trayvon Martin by George Zimmerman. And that's still my position. The case began to get attention when the Martins had to file a civil suit for release of the 911 tapes. I don't blame...

Tulane Prof. blasts music to drown out Newt speech

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 24, 2012 44 Comments

Newt Gringrich appeared at Tulane University yesterday the day before the primary. The overflow crowd necessitated that speakers be set up outside the lecture hall so those who could not get in could hear the speech. When a professor complained, the volume was lowered, but that...

Um, excuse me, haven’t you forgotten someone?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 24, 2012 5 Comments

I mean, you know, the guy who made the gutsiest call and most audacious plan in the past 500 years. From Linda in Tennessee, who spotted this vehicle at Macy's in Frankin, TN: ...

Pop!

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 23, 2012 36 Comments

Pop! Goes Carbonite backup service just after announcing 'World Backup Day' (h/t @markinct, who asks: Are you responsible?) Pop! Goes Physician-Owned Specialty Hospitals under Obamacare. Pop! Goes Peter Lewis' Donations to Democracy Alliance, The Liberal Donor Network. Yes, but has Flo popped too? Pop! Goes the Law School Bubble. Pop! Goes the Lawsuit challenging...

Zimmerman-Martin questions

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 23, 2012 118 Comments

Trayvon Martin was shot and killed by George Zimmerman, that much is certain. It is a tragedy for the Martin family. It's not worth opining on the facts, as so many are doing, because we don't have enough facts, much less all the facts. Was Zimmerman, who is...