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Higher Ed DEI is in "hunker-down mode... trying to wait out the Trump administration"

Gov. Tim Walz Compares ICE To Nazis Hunting Anne Frank

Equal Protection Project Impact Reports – Year-End 2025

Carbonite’s Saturday Night Massacre

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 10, 2012 43 Comments

One week agao, on Saturday night, March 3, 2012, Carbonite announced its decision to break off relations with its key radio endorser. It appears to have been a fateful decision. From Chuck Jaffe at MarketWatch, Don’t ‘rush’ to Carbonite shares (h/t commenter Eliot Ness): When Carbonite Inc. stock took...

“That, Madame, is intellectual baby-talk”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 10, 2012 29 Comments

Monckton’s Schenectady showdown, h/t reader John: As they filed in, Lord Monckton was chatting contentedly to a quaveringly bossy woman with messy blonde hair who was head of the college environmental faction. Her group had set up a table at the door of the auditorium, covered...

People who live in anti-conservative misogynistic houses should not throw indignation

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 10, 2012 49 Comments

Rush Limbaugh used an analogy including the words slut and prostitute, and the liberal media and political sphere went wild. It was just what Media Matters, Think Progress, and others needed to organize attacks on advertisers in an attempt to force Limbaugh off the air. The self-righteous indignation...

You have been warned

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 10, 2012 10 Comments

Don't say you didn't see it coming. Thanks to reader John, who writes: Seen this afternoon on an SUV in Chantilly, VA. ...

Alabama and Mississippi polls: Gingrich on top, but not by much

Posted by Bryan Jacoutot on March 09, 2012 197 Comments

A slew of new polls have recently been released showing that the Presidential campaign in the southern states is essentially a dead heat. Newt Gingrich appears to have a tenuous lead over the other candidates but, in almost every poll, he is within the statistical...

Graduate and Professional Students at Yale Demand Greater Campus Security

Penn Scientists Claim Recent Winter Storm is Evidence of Global Warming

Ohio University Students Stage Walkout to Protest ICE

Texas A&M University Cancelling Women and Gender Studies Program

Boston University Course Encourages Students to Interpret Meals as Expressions of Gender Identity

MIT Allegedly Sidestepping DEI Ban in Hiring Practices

Any self-respecting liberal should be screaming, “Gloria STOP trying to help.”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 09, 2012 59 Comments

Gloria Allred just couldn't help herself, she had to get in on the Sandra Fluke / Rush Limbaugh story. Allred has gone public with a letter she sent to officials in Florida seeking to have Rush prosecuted under a Florida law, which makes it a misdemeanor, with...

KONY, or on the weaknesses of democracy

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on March 09, 2012 24 Comments

This week my Facebook feed was littered with postings about KONY, the latest viral "activist" movement to sweep the web. A brief recap: a charity called "Invisible Children" launched a video campaign to bring about awareness of Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony. The #stopkony campaign has been trending...

The “Filthy” State of Values in Our Schools

Posted by Michael Alan on March 09, 2012 45 Comments

Earlier this week I had the pleasure of sitting in on a lecture given by Dr. Richard Baer, professor emeritus of environmental ethics and education, at an event hosted by the Cornell Republicans. Baer spoke at length about how, in their rush to ensure that they're not promoting religious...

The lesson of Carbonite

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 09, 2012 37 Comments

Probably not a good idea to make decisions which could alter the course of company history on a Saturday night. Will Carbonite become the next Sleep Train, and attempt to regain access to Limbaugh's audience? Via Instapundit, Rush said no to Sleep Train and probably would...

Thought police at Univ. Rochester

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 09, 2012 58 Comments

From University of Rochester (NY) Professor Stephen E. Landsburg, a blisteringly refreshing view of Sandra Fluke, Rush to Judgment (via Althouse h/t Instapundit): But while Ms. Fluke herself deserves the same basic respect we owe to any human being, her position — which is what’s at issue here...

Eliminationists!

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 09, 2012 10 Comments

They are concentrating on the coasts. And they are for real, unlike their targets. From reader Philip: Here is another one Prof. This was in the local supermarket parking lot. San Diego is turning hard left and it might be time for me and the Mrs. to...

Twitchy?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 08, 2012 33 Comments

A new service from Michelle Malkin and team, which I noticed because they twitched (twitchy-ed / twitchied ?) me today. Scandal at The Washington Post: Fraud, Lobbying & Insider Trading. "If we don't do better among Latinos, we are not going to be talking about how to...

The “civility” comedy gold practically writes itself

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 08, 2012 41 Comments

There's another "victim" of Rush Limbaugh, according to Adam Clark Estes at The Atlantic Wire, Rush Limbaugh's Latest Verbal Victim Feels Derided, Dismissed: Less than a week after calling Sandra Fluke a "slut" on the air, Rush Limbaugh ran his mouth again on Tuesday, calling investigative...

When the wind blows too much

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 08, 2012 37 Comments

I'm all in favor of wind energy. If it works, do it. But the notion that windmills will be anything more than a small aspect of electricity production is blowing smoke. I previously highlighted the problem in Britain, where wind turbine owners are paid not to...

Carbonite shoots its business model in the foot

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 08, 2012 51 Comments

The decline in the price of Carbonite stock since it announced it was dropping its longstanding advertising on the Rush Limbaugh show is not the real story of the damage done to Carbonite. The price of Carbonite stock has been dropping since October for reasons unrelated to this controversy,...

You’ll never walk alone

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 08, 2012 10 Comments

From reader and frequent photographer Scott, who sent this photo with the subject line "It seems I'm not alone": I regret that I've been remiss in getting images out to you, especially since Raleigh seems the perfect battleground state again in 2012. I'll try to do better...

Wisconsin, Wisconsin, it’s a …

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 07, 2012 33 Comments

place where judges act strangely, Judge draws flak for signing Walker recall petition and Judge Flanagan must step aside in voter ID case: After signing a petition to force a recall of Gov. Scott Walker, the liberal judge had the audacity to issue a temporary injunction against the...