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Ukrainian skier drops out of Olympics to protest violence

Posted by Mandy Nagy on February 20, 2014 10 Comments

A Ukrainian skier has dropped out of the Sochi Winter Olympics as an act of solidarity with protesters in Ukraine, amid escalated violence in Kiev this week. From the Associated Press via ABC News: A Ukrainian skier has withdrawn from the Olympics in response to...

The Rushdie Fatwa and the Moderate Rouhani

Posted by David Gerstman on February 20, 2014 5 Comments

35 years ago was the Iranian revolution. The Rushdie fatwa was 25 years ago.

McGill student who apologized for Obama GIF now undergoing mandated sensitivity training

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 20, 2014 38 Comments

The banality of political correctness on campus.

Branco Cartoon – What Difference Does it Make?

Posted by A.F. Branco on February 20, 2014 22 Comments

Note: You may reprint this cartoon provided you link back to this source. To see more Legal Insurrection Branco cartoons, click here. Branco’s page is Cartoonist A.F.Branco

https://legalinsurrection.com/2013/06/its-530-a-m-and-a-phone-is-ringing-in-harper-texas/

Israel: More popular than ever in U.S., and not as isolated as you think

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 20, 2014 11 Comments

Focus on containing the BDS disease, and educating the youth.

LIVE: Truce falls apart in #Ukraine, violence flares in #Euromaidan protests

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 20, 2014 9 Comments

Death toll mounts in Kiev in renewed clashes.

Consciousness of Guilt — the flaw in Michael Dunn’s self-defense narrative

Posted by Andrew Branca on February 20, 2014 106 Comments

Dunn's actions in fleeing the scene and failing to contact police all pointed to a "guilty mind"

“Truce” declared in Ukraine

Posted by Mandy Nagy on February 19, 2014 18 Comments

President and opposition say negotiations to begin, aimed at stabilizing the situation in the country

Now this Microaggression is funny

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 19, 2014 48 Comments

Does one microaggression justify another?

Earth revolves around Liberal Democrats

Posted by Bryan Jacoutot on February 19, 2014 65 Comments

It’s not the “religious right” that caused America to fail the “Does the Earth revolve around the Sun” survey

Kathleen

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 19, 2014 6 Comments

What's in a name?

Wendy Davis needs to denounce and disassociate from Battleground Texas

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 19, 2014 21 Comments

Davis' close ties to the group are coming back to haunt her.

Three Ukrainian lessons for the United States

Posted by edgeofthesandbox on February 19, 2014 42 Comments

The United States is not Ukraine, so, I hope, we don’t find ourselves living in interesting times. 1. Somewhat educated young people with no opportunities are a revolutionary class. Between 1990 and 2006, as Ukraine’s population declined, the number of students entering colleges shot up...

https://twitter.com/SeniABC/status/435961632087609344

Dunn Juror Speaks: State’s Failure to Disprove Self-Defense Hung Murder Conviction

Posted by Andrew Branca on February 19, 2014 113 Comments

A juror from the “loud music” murder trial of Michael Dunn for the shooting death of Jordan Davis became the first to speak with the press, on this evening’s episode of Nightline. (Video of this interview is embedded at the bottom of this post.) The...

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