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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

Fiscal Chart of the Day: Heritage Shows That Unprecedented Spending, Not Taxation, Is Our Real Problem

Posted by Matthew Knee on August 11, 2011 21 Comments

Monday, President Obama issued yet another call for a "balanced" approach to our budget crisis, which is of course Obamaspeak for tax increases combined with small or phantom cuts in spending (with the possible exception of very real cuts in defense). This wording is calculated...

Steal this bumper sticker

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 11, 2011 4 Comments

Not just this book. Sent by reader and photographer Bob who writes: In über-liberal Seattle, this is a brave act of insurrection. People here are real jerks about their liberalism. ...

Britain is our past and our future

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 10, 2011 21 Comments

A look at our future on the current road to a permanent dependency state where there is little marginal incentive to work, and those who produce and provide jobs are demonized and ridiculed to the point of no return. From Max Hastings of The Daily Mail Online,...

Iran Demands UK Restraint With Protesters, Seeks To Send Human Rights Delegation To Observe

Posted by Matthew Knee on August 10, 2011 13 Comments

Reports the Jerusalem Post: As riots have spread across the UK leading to hundreds of arrests and the death of one 26-year-old man, Iran has called on British police to avoid using violence against rioters and demonstrators, and to show "restraint" when dealing with protesters, Iranian FarsNews Agency reported. The Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman...

The Battle of Wisconsin was not Democrats’ finest hour

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 10, 2011 15 Comments

Never in the field of human conflict have so many been so disappointed so frequenttly in so short a period of time at so high a cost of money with so few lessons learned. [Yes, I know the title alludes to one speech and the text...

Student Government at U. Nebraska to Consider Anti-Israel BDS Resolution

TPUSA Students at Ohio U. Face Gun Threat and Harassment

Story About Black Student Terrorized by White Classmates in Texas is a Hoax

Minneapolis's 'ICE Watch' Network is Getting People Killed

College Board Bans Wearing of Smart Glasses While Taking the SAT

Student Government at Stanford Endorses Anti-ICE Walkout

“I can see 2012 from my house”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 10, 2011 14 Comments

Great reaction to yesterday's Wisconsin recall elections, from blogger Lexington Green at Chicago Boyz (via Instapundit). Read the whole thing. Leaves me with that "wish I'd said that" feeling: The people have spoken. Again. Get used to it. Next: More rollback. Here, there and everywhere. Today Madison, tomorrow DC. Today Wisconsin,...

Republican super-committee members – Any weak links?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 10, 2011 19 Comments

Yesterday Harry Reid appointed John Kerry, Patty Murray and Max Baucus. Today Republicans appointed: Speaker John A. Boehner chose three senior Republican House memebrs: Jeb Hensarling of Texas, and Dave Camp and Fred Upton, both from Michigan. Mr. Hensarling, who is chairman of the House Republican Conference, will...

London Rioters Ran Rampant Over Disarmed Populace

Posted by Matthew Knee on August 10, 2011 11 Comments

As thugs have been burning, beating, and stealing their way through London, citizens of that disarmed society had little to defend themselves with as the police were completely overwhelmed. I have the utmost respect for police officers and the work they do, but they cannot be...

Salon.com grasping at anti-Rick Perry straws

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 10, 2011 5 Comments

To say that Justin Elliott of Salon.com has it out for Rick Perry is an understatement. Last month I focused on Elliott's fruitless attempt to paint Perry as a neo-confederate by association. Now Elliott is trying to paint Perry as, get this, both anti-Muslim and pro-Sharia,...

The Wisconsin Recalls Are Not Over

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 10, 2011 27 Comments

Yes, you are celebrating. But the Wisconsin Senate recall elections are not over. Republicans have a chance to deliver a political coup de grâce to the national union and Democratic intimidation tactics next Tuesday when there are two elections seeking to recall Democratic State Senators Robert Wirch...

Wisconsin Recall Tweet of the Night

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 10, 2011 2 Comments

What a night. Thanks to all those who stopped by and commented. I thought this tweet perfectly captured the evening: ...

You mean like the ones

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 10, 2011 2 Comments

... who said the Tea Party was a bunch of violent extremists, that Kloppenburg would beat Prosser, and the Dems would take back the Wisconsin Senate? Why so skeptical? They have journalism degrees, and you don't. Taken by the wife yesterday in Swansea, Massachusetts: ...

Wisconsin Recall Results (R4, D2) // Republicans Hold Senate – Victory Dance Added

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 09, 2011 62 Comments

Polls closed at 8 p.m. Central. Will be updating through the night with the most recent news at the top. Updates or tips in the comments would be appreciated. Democrats need to take three races to take control of the Senate (there are two recalls against...

John “Tea Party Downgrade” Kerry named to Super Committee

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 09, 2011 20 Comments

along with Patty "Why Won't the Koch Brothers Donate to Democrats?" Murray, and Max "Obamacare creates near chaos" Baucus. (via HotAir) What possibly could go wrong? Or right (is Baucus a weak link?)? Analysis, please....

#LondonRiots Tweet of the Day

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 09, 2011 4 Comments

Tweet of the day (yesterday, technically, but I saw it today): The runner-up: ...

Class warfare has consequences

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 09, 2011 24 Comments

Obama plays with fire with his relentless class warfare. It tears at the seams which hold a country together. Demonizing the "top 2%" and claiming they don't "pay their fair share" is not harmless when it is the singular focus of one's political...

Cornell Study: ObamaCare includes up to $66 billion in unexpected subsidies

Posted by Michael Alan on August 09, 2011 4 Comments

Cornell professor of policy analysis Dr. Richard Burkhauser, along with Sean Lyons and Indiana University's Dr. Kosali Simon, has released a study showing that the ObamaCare legislation provides a significant incentive for employers and their employees to take advantage of the taxpayer subsidized insurance exchange. According to their...