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USA Men's Hockey Team Wins Olympic Gold in Absolute Thriller

Intersectionality is an "intellectual foundation for violence, terrorism, antisemitism, and anti-westernism"

Purges of Conservative and pro-Israel Faculty leave "very few to speak up for Jewish students"

Ron Paul at Cornell

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on April 20, 2012 37 Comments

Last night, Ron Paul delivered a speech to over 4,000 people at Cornell's Lynah Rink. Naturally, I was part of the audience - it's not every day that a presidential candidate comes to Cornell and it's even rarer that I don't have any homework in...

Zimmerman bail hearing

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 20, 2012 56 Comments

Here is George Zimmerman's testimony at the bail hearing this morning. I find it very curious as to why he took the stand at all, other than for publicity and to start reshaping his image for potential jurors. While the cross-examination was limited, you can see...

Anti-Israel sentiments in higher education: Not just for the Ivy League

Posted by Bryan Jacoutot on April 20, 2012 5 Comments

This blog has often highlighted the pervasive anti-Israel sentiments present in the higher education system of this country. Last month, Cornell Professor of Physics, Yuval Grossman, wrote a guest post here regarding a pro-Palestinian Cornell student group attempting to orchestrate a boycott against a Technion-Cornell collaborative...

Taking over the institutions, just like Saul Alinsky wanted

Posted by Anne Segal on April 20, 2012 31 Comments

Coverage emerged yesterday of a recent conference held by Al Sharpton's National Action Network (NAN) in Washington, DC. Among the breakout sessions, one entitled "The Church: Becoming Spiritually Fed and Feeding the Hungry" appears to have been especially ineptly titled given the actual content conveyed: The...

Zimmerman head photo bloodies those who politicized the case (Update: Zimmerman to be released on bail)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 20, 2012 65 Comments

I suspected this day would come, when all of those who jumped to politically driven conclusions about injuries or not to George Zimmerman would have to confront actual evidence. So now the Martin family attorney who went on television to proclaim Zimmerman a liar about suffering...

Florida Democrat Says Charlie Kirk 'Was Not Assassinated'

Wesleyan U. President Writes Blog Post Praising Anti-ICE Efforts During 'War on Minnesota'

Women Now Outnumber Men in Medical and Law School Enrollment

Yale Investigating Antisemitic Graffiti Spray-Painted Into Snow on Campus

Pro-Abortion Prof Backs Out of Notre Dame Leadership Role After Protests

Teacher Claims School Threatened to Fire Him for Refusing to Read LGBT Book to 1st Graders

Dick Lugar at risk of losing Senate seat and reputation

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 20, 2012 16 Comments

Dick Lugar has the reputation, deserved or not, of being the gentleman of the Senate, a now-grandfatherly figure who is well-liked personally if not politically. Lugar now is in the political fight of his life against Richard Mourdock. Lugar is fighting back, as I pointed out previously,...

I don’t know how much more of this positivity I can take

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 20, 2012 19 Comments

Considering some of the bumper stickers on this car, I wonder what the owner considers negativity. One person's positivity is another person's negativity, I guess. Spotted in Ithaca not too far from my house: ...

Sniper rifle manufacturer alleges political bias by Bank of America

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 19, 2012 45 Comments

McMillan International and its affiliates, based in Arizona, manufacture a variety of rifles and accessories, including highly regarding sniper rifles. A reader called to my attention a Facebook post by McMillan alleging that Bank of America terminated its lending relationship for political reasons based on McMillan's involvement...

First hookers, now Ted Nugent

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 19, 2012 31 Comments

CNN columnist LZ Granderson demanded an arrest: Ted Nugent should be arrested. Not because he doesn't like Barack Obama but because he got up in front of a group of people and insinuated he would attempt to assassinate Obama if he's re-elected. Or let's put it this...

When #StopRush met #ObamaDogRecipes

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 19, 2012 5 Comments

The merger of the absurd and the surreal, or something like that. Tweet of the Day: For an ongoing display of both the absurd and the surreal, sometimes merged sometimes not, visit #StopRush. Related updates: Angie's List apparently still is holding out against the boycott, as is 1-800-Flowers, which...

Etan Patz

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 19, 2012 9 Comments

My wife and I were talking about him not long ago. For each of us, his disappearance left an indelible mark. Whenever there was a report of a missing child, we inevitably said, I wonder what happened to Etan Patz. video platform video management video solutions video...

The other front

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 19, 2012 21 Comments

It always has been a two front political war. Here's the other front, Tim Carney at The Washington Examiner, K Street and Tea Party again fight for soul of GOP: Big business and the Tea Party are at swords' points once again, with GOP Senate primaries for...

U.N. Observers observe but not for long

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 19, 2012 7 Comments

UN monitors flee protest when Assad forces open fire: Syrian security forces opened fire Wednesday on anti-regime demonstrators surrounding the cars of a UN team meant to monitor a shaky cease-fire, sending the observers speeding off and protesters dashing for cover, according to activists and amateur...

Is “marrying up” really the conservative female ideal?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 19, 2012 50 Comments

With friends like this, those who want to defeat Obama don't need enemies. Having savaged Newt Gingrich for months, S.E. Cupp now is coming to the aid of Ann Romney by praising Ann for "marrying up": As a thirtysomething, city-dwelling, hypereducated, independent-thinking woman, I suppose I should...

Dick Lugar flailing with false tax accusations against Richard Mourdock

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 19, 2012 13 Comments

The Indiana Republican primary is moving against Richard Lugar, and now his campaign and SuperPAC are getting desperate, running false ads against Richard Mourdock claiming Mourdock cheated on taxes. Matt Lewis at The Daily Caller explored the falsehood yesterday: In what appears a pathetic last gasp at...

It means they want your stuff

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 19, 2012 41 Comments

for free. Because taking your stuff is a basic human right. And they know their rights. From reader Tacitus2: Greetings from Wisconsin, land of the permanent election cycle. Spring is here and I have been seeing more bumper stickers than usual. I append one I had not encountered before. What...

If this is “into the light”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 18, 2012 29 Comments

I'd rather sit in the dark. That's my sense of today: Secret Service agent scandal gets worse with allegations of cocaine use, and here is a headline which tells us this drama will play out for a while: Escort Recounts Quarrel With Secret Service Agent. Image of the Day,...