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Video Released of ICE Agent's Perspective of Minneapolis Shooting

Kathy Hochul, Zohran Mamdani Announce Billions in New Spending on 'Free' Childcare Program

Mamdani and the “Woke Jihad”

Obligatory: Rush apologizes for use of those words

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 03, 2012 64 Comments

Rush Limbaugh posted this statement (h/t HotAir): For over 20 years, I have illustrated the absurd with absurdity, three hours a day, five days a week. In this instance, I chose the wrong words in my analogy of the situation. I did not mean a personal...

Saturday Night Card Game (Repeat after me: “The Shirley Sherrod tape was not misleading”)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 03, 2012 23 Comments

With Andrew Breitbart's death this week, one of the most persistent falsehoods has resurfaced, the claim that the original tape released of Shirley Sherrod's speech to an NAACP Chapter was misleading or defamatory in that it did not reveal that Sherrod's discrimination against a white farmer was...

This is your gov’ment on sex

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 03, 2012 38 Comments

It's all coming together this week, the absurdity of the entitlement state where everything must be subsidized: It works for me, GM laying off 1300 due to low Volt sales: ...

Food fight in the culture war

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 03, 2012 42 Comments

Tolerance. The concept could be a bumper sticker. But if so, it would not be welcome on the campus of Northeastern University, which just banned Chick-fil-A from campus. From The Boston Glove via TaxProf (h/t Instapundit): Northeastern University said yesterday that a Chick-fil-A fast-food restaurant will not be...

Something missing from Georgetown Law’s condemnation

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 03, 2012 61 Comments

Two hundred fifty Georgetown University Law Center (the name of the law school) faculty, staff and students signed the following statement: The undersigned faculty members, administrators and students of Georgetown University Law Center and other law schools strongly condemn the recent personal attacks on our student, Sandra...

Jewish Students Locked in Cooper Union Library During Anti-Israel Protest Settle With College

Georgetown U. Hires Hamas Apologist Mehdi Hasan as Visiting Fellow

Astoria, NY, is Becoming the American Center of Democratic Socialism

Shooting at Mott Community College in Michigan Ends in Arrest

Brown Chooses DEI Official With No Security Expertise to Lead Post-Shooting ‘Physical Security’ Initiative

Florida Atlantic U. Prof to Remain Suspended for Spring Semester Over Charlie Kirk Comments

Marine One

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 03, 2012 5 Comments

From previous photographer Zach: Wanted to send along another submission from the mountains of NC. I took these in the parking lot of the American Legion post in Hendersonville, NC. Thought the one was particularly relevant considering the Ted Kennedy reference and the prevalent excuse for...

The world has gone mad

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 02, 2012 46 Comments

U.S. soldiers who accidentally burned Korans to be charged, "“For the soldiers, it will be serious — they could lose rank." Feels like a good night for a White House document dump. Yup, something in the air. Ted Kennedy too conservative for today's Dem party? Not sure,...

How long until Obama says Georgetown is acting “stupidly”?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 02, 2012 89 Comments

JWF has some background on the Georgetown Law student who is challenging Georgetown's contraception policy. She went to the law school knowing the university's policy, and per JWF, intending to challenge it. Unfortunately, Rush walked into this one without seeing the set up, and now the...

So Close to Right

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on March 02, 2012 29 Comments

An eighth grader in upstate New York has ruffled some feathers with an essay that casts the public school system as modern slavery. I wish I hadn't clicked on the hyperlink, because - at face value - she seemed so right. Public schools discriminate based on...

If we’re so sure to lose playing it safe, why not shoot for the moon?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 02, 2012 93 Comments

George Will and Erick Erickson predict near certain loss in the presidential election. George Will: “[T]here would come a point when… conservatives turn their energies to a goal much more attainable than… electing Romney or Santorum president. It is the goal of retaining control of the House...

David Frum’s ghoulish attack on Breitbart

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 02, 2012 22 Comments

Upon hearing of the death of Andrew Breitbart, Breitbart's Twitter nemesis Eric Boehlert of Media Matters sent a respectful and classy tweet: Even Media Matters itself, with whom Breitbart sparred almost daily, issued a respectful statement: Media Matters has a long history with Andrew Breitbart. We've disagreed more...

Time to get going

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 02, 2012 4 Comments

Another one from reader Bruce, taken in Manhasset, NY: ...

Man against the mob

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 01, 2012 31 Comments

This is a classic. The story and a longer video are here. On Saturday, September 18th, Glenn Beck and Andrew Breitbart headlined an event entitled “Right Nation 2010,” held just outside of Chicago, Illinois. As you will see in our video report from the scene, when Andrew Breitbart...

Elsewhere

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 01, 2012 23 Comments

Koch brothers accuse Obama campaign of intimidation tactics Delegate dispute in Michigan Gay marriage signed into law in Maryland Thomas Sowell again points to Newt: "Newt Gingrich is the only candidate still in the field who can clearly take on Barack Obama in one-on-one debate and cut through...

A personal note on the death of Andrew Breitbart

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 01, 2012 112 Comments

I only spoke once with Andrew Breitbart. He reached out to me, and we spoke by phone. The topic is not important, but I was shocked that he even knew who I was; but as I've come to learn, Andrew seemed to know who everyone...

Andrew Breitbart dead

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 01, 2012 101 Comments

Very sad news to report, just breaking. Andrew Breitbart is dead. Via Big Journalism: Andrew passed away unexpectedly from natural causes shortly after midnight this morning in Los Angeles. We have lost a husband, a father, a son, a brother, a dear friend, a patriot and a happy...

Look Drudge’s gift horse in the mouth

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 01, 2012 35 Comments

When it mattered in the period between the South Carolina and Florida primaries, Drudge was all anti-Newt all the time, promoting falsehoods about Newt's history with Ronald Reagan and assorted other Romney campaign themes. Now Drudge is being nice to Newt, with this banner linking to...