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Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 30, 2013 4 Comments
In a campus culture devoted to giving everyone a trophy: The most common grade at many schools? “A” of course! Ignoring Failure in Higher Education LA Times Report: Getting into College is Easier Except for white males, whose Trophy Privilege has gone on long enough:...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 30, 2013 4 Comments
Voting for Obama “despite everything” was enough to get him through 2012. Spotted in Ithaca at the Wegmans shopping center.

Posted by Mandy Nagy on November 29, 2013 1 Comment
The FEC has fined the campaign committee of former U.S. Representative Jesse Jackson Jr. for failing to file its required 2012 year-end campaign finance disclosure report. From Roll Call: A small fine from a small federal agency for not reporting may be the least of...

Posted by Mandy Nagy on November 29, 2013 1 Comment
It’s not entirely clear yet exactly what’s happened, but something funny appears to be going on. I first noticed it a little while ago when this tweet appeared in my Twitter timeline (the tweet has since been deleted, so below is a screenshot). Others caught...

Posted by Mandy Nagy on November 29, 2013 7 Comments
Since the announcement of the Iran nuclear deal and the administration’s release of a fact sheet on the matter, Iran has disputed the White House’s interpretation of the agreement.  While Iran has insisted that the agreement recognizes its right to enrich uranium, Secretary of State...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 29, 2013 247 Comments
Charles Krauthamer observes the lawlessness of the Obama administration: Remember how for months Democrats denounced Republicans for daring to vote to defund or postpone Obamacare? Saboteurs! Terrorists! How dare you alter “the law of the land.” This was nonsense from the beginning. Every law is...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 29, 2013 30 Comments
It will stand the test of time. Those who were willing to stand against Obamacare despite all the name calling, and who are proven to have been correct. Obama and Democrats now are scrambling to delay various portions of the Obamacare rollout, even though such...

Posted by New Neo on November 28, 2013 19 Comments
The New York Times chose the following photo to illustrate a front-page article about genetic screening in Israel for a breast cancer gene: There’s been a lot of flak about the photo’s inclusion of the nipple—or to be more accurate, the half-aureole. But that’s hardly...

Posted by Laurel Conrad on November 28, 2013 10 Comments
After a long bus ride from Cornell back to Virginia yesterday, I get the rare chance today to escape the campus lefties and spend some quality time with my family. And while it’s easy to fixate on scary things like the job market I’m about...
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