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Miscellaneous weirdness

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 24, 2012 36 Comments

Why Madison has become the weird news capital of the Midwest. (h/t Dan Collins) Of the Midwest? How about of the nation? Weirdest Correction of the Day. They are so precise in everything they do. Democrats Are Praying for a Santorum Nomination. SoccerDad says I'm going to bronze...

Sarah Palin, October 2008

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 24, 2012 55 Comments

A former editor in chief of Ms. Magazine observed in October 2008: It's difficult not to froth when one reads, as I did again and again this week, doubts about Sarah Palin's “intelligence,” coming especially from women such as PBS's Bonnie Erbe, who, as near as I...

Algae Neutral

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 24, 2012 88 Comments

Obama on our energy future: "We’re making new investments in the development of gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel that’s actually made from a plant-like substance, algae -- you've got a bunch of algae out here," Obama said at the University of Miami today. "If we can...

28 minutes to energy independence

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 24, 2012 53 Comments

Newt has released a 28 minute video discussing energy independence. (h/t numerous readers) Via Human Events, the video will be broadcast in key markets, in its entirety. Also, it was done entirely from memory, without aid of notes or a teleprompter. Big question: Will people watch a...

A public notice about your private history.

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on February 24, 2012 10 Comments

I don't worry that some of my information can be easily accessed on the web. I think I'm typical of most people in my generation who have grown accustomed to taking privacy into their own hands. My rule of thumb is this: if it's a free...

Duke University Cut Hundreds of Millions Through Various Means in Response to Federal Cuts

Students and Faculty at UC-Berkeley Unhappy About Suspension of Anti-Israel Lecturer

Erika Kirk Says Turning Point USA Will Continue College Campus Debates

U. San Francisco to Employ AI in Admissions Process

U. Minnesota Profs Enter Third Year of Study on ‘Antiracist Parenting’

Credit Rating Agencies Issue Unfavorable Outlook for Higher Education in 2026

Did Romney really lie about forcing Catholics to violate their consciences?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 24, 2012 36 Comments

An article at Boston Catholic Insider asserts that Mitt Romney lied during the Arizona debate about forcing Catholic Hospitals to provide the "morning after" pill to rape victims. Here's the debate passage (via Right Scoop): KING (Moderator): Governor Romney, both Senator Santorum and Speaker Gingrich have said...

Sanity and hope

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

From Democratic pollster Stan Greenberg (h/t @ChuckTodd): The President and the Democrats are indeed doing very well at the outset of 2012, and the Republicans are doing pitifully. They are not unrelated. Republicans in Congress and in the primary battles are driving independents into the Democrats’...

Blind faith

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 24, 2012 3 Comments

From reader and frequent photographer Matt in Denver: Please don't worry. I made up for their saved gas going a little out of the way on our way home from to get this picture within the LI safety standards. Unfortunately, I could not make out the...

Charles M. Blow is the mob

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 23, 2012 24 Comments

I bet the reaction would be quite different if NY Times columnist Charles M. Blow mocked religious Jewish undergarments the way he mocked religious Mormon undergarments in this tweet (h/t Jim Geraghty): But then again, he's a NY Times columnist with a long history of foul hyperbole directed at the Tea...

The haunting Specter of Arlen

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 23, 2012 32 Comments

Rick Santorum endorsed Arlen Specter because he was a good establishment Republican in 2004, and that's what the Republican President wanted. The precursor to the Tea Party movement backed Pat Toomey. Santorum's endorsement was no crime. It was a pure political calculation, one which many others in Santorum's place...

Standing up for taxpayers is a winning political strategy even in Rhode Island

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 23, 2012 12 Comments

Republicans can learn something from Rhode Island about standing up for taxpayers as a winning political strategy. I have written many time before about the efforts of Democratic Mayor of Providence Angel Taveras, who has taken on school teacher unions and other public sector employees in...

What don’t you (or didn’t Obama) understand about killing a baby born alive?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 23, 2012 46 Comments

Newt made headlines for this comment at the debate last night: I had forgotten about that controversy, involving Obama's obfuscation of his failure to support the Born Alive Infant Protection Act as an Illinois state senator. Jill Stanek was responsible for bringing attention to the practice of killing babies who survived...

Romney’s “hollow and dispiriting” win last night

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 23, 2012 47 Comments

I posted last night and again this morning that Rick Santorum had a terrible debate. But it's fair also to point out that many of the shots Romney scored on Santorum were cheap shots, as pointed out by George Neumayr at The American Spectator (h/t reader OccamsrazorX): Romney,...

“I have spiritual reasons to support Israel, but it goes beyond that”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 23, 2012 26 Comments

I am really liking The Times of Israel, the new online publication I posted about a week ago. This story is one of the reasons, Onward Christian Soldiers: Think North American campus activism for Israel and chances are you won’t think of a Hispanic Catholic organizing pro-Israel...