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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

How do you square this with “original intent”?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 04, 2011 13 Comments

Spotted by reader Bob in Mountlake Terrace, WA. If the drafters of the Bill of Rights had known, they would have worded the 1st Amendment to read as follows: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or...

The 500

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 03, 2011 22 Comments

Late this afternoon, the 500th person registered with this blog just two weeks after registration opened. Thanks for signing on. If only they had had our 500, who knows: Update: In response to some reader questions, registering has nothing to do with WordPress. If you have a WordPress...

Dems getting punchy

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 03, 2011 45 Comments

Communications Director of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin, on the anniversary of Medicare (h/t a reader in WI): But not to worry, he was using "punch" metaphorically and when he said "punch" did not really mean "punch." This guy, on the other hand, seems to have meant it (h/t HotAir): [Democratic]...

Blogging Advice

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 03, 2011 10 Comments

From Robert Stacy McCain, on the eve of the 7 millionth visit to The Other McCain: One of the common complaints of newbie bloggers is that it’s impossible for them to break through into the top ranks of the blogosphere, because Big Bloggers hog up all the...

So tell me precisely what the Manhattan DA did wrong?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 03, 2011 24 Comments

The New York Times and New York Magazine have the long knives out for Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance, Jr. But tell me, what precisely is it the DA's office did wrong in the Strauss-Kahn case? There was a quick indictment and serious terms to home confinement based upon...

U. Wyoming Students Protest Proposed $40 Million State Budget Cut

Harvard Students Receiving Fewer As After Grade Inflation is Exposed

Trump Admin Joins Race-Based Admissions Lawsuit Against UCLA Med School

Lawyers for Alleged Charlie Kirk Assassin Don't Want Video Introduced as Evidence

UNC Professors Sign Anti-Israel BDS Pledge

Young Democratic Socialists of America at U. Oregon Demand Abortion Drugs on Campus

Waiting

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 03, 2011 21 Comments

About those lackluster Republican presidential candidate fundraising numbers. I think I'm fairly typical. I'm sitting on my wallet because the field is not complete, or if it is complete, we don't yet know it. And yes, there's a lack of excitement in the current field. The most solid...

You are “The Other” to them

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 03, 2011 19 Comments

Spotted in Franklin, TN, by reader Linda, who writes: "[A]s a native Nashvillian, I am offended by the message." ...

Saturday Night Card Game (Would this rewrite of Michigan Prop. 2 be constitutional?)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 02, 2011 16 Comments

This is the latest in a series on the use of the race card for political gain: The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a ruling on Friday holding that Michigan Proposal 2, which banned the use of racial and other preferences in a variety of contexts,...

Prediction – Manhattan DA going to come out of Strauss-Kahn case looking pretty good

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 02, 2011 20 Comments

I suggested yesterday that readers take the statements by the lawyer for the alleged victim about injuries to the alleged victim, etc., with a grain of salt. I had confidence that the Manhattan District Attorney's Office would not be proceeding as it is unless the DA's...

Still Temperamentally Unfit for Office

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 02, 2011 18 Comments

I still can't put aside Obama's press conference earlier this week. Obama was seething with mockery and disdain for almost everyone other than himself, with Republicans in Congress a focus. To say that the press conference was not presidential is an understatement. Mark Halperin was right,...

Good News Story of the Day

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 02, 2011 7 Comments

There is a really interesting article by Sean Trende at Real Clear Politics regarding congressional redistricting. The common mainstream wisdom has been that redistricting really is not helping Republians that much, and that Democrats even may gain a seat or two nationwide. But Trend details how...

Prepare for the Lombardi Rule to take effect

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 02, 2011 21 Comments

Obama is planning on 5 1/2 more years in office, so he can complete what he has not yet finished. At a campaign fundraiser on June 30, Obama made these comments, as reported byReal Clear Politics (emphasis mine): "And, Philadelphia, I know there are some of you...

Next Question

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 02, 2011 3 Comments

Spotted by reader Verlin in Sweetwater, TN: ...

Not. Shovel. Ready.

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 01, 2011 9 Comments

This ad by Crossroads GPS, for which Karl Rove consults, has been running very heavily in upstate NY. It's critically important that these type of ads run early before Obama starts spreading his hoped-for billion dollars around, the unions spend their hundreds of millions, and Hollywood/Wall...

Strauss-Kahn and credibility problems

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 01, 2011 19 Comments

Dominick Strauss-Kahn was released today on his own personal recognizance, as detailed in The NY Times: In a letter sent to Mr. Strauss-Kahn’s lawyers and filed with Justice Michael J. Obus on Friday, prosecutors outlined some of what they had discovered about Mr. Strauss-Kahn’s accuser, poking...

Obama’s Tax Hikes Aren’t a Last Resort, They Were the Plan All Along

Posted by Michael Alan on July 01, 2011 3 Comments

In his rather "prickly" press conference on Wednesday, President Obama made it sound as if tax increases (or, to use the Democrats' language, "cutting spending in the tax code") were part of a last resort at trimming the deficit as the federal government reaches its...

More please

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 01, 2011 5 Comments

From the NRSC: ...