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Will U. Chicago trans-speech policing be a trans-formative event?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 09, 2014 14 Comments

"Policing language is something no gay person should ever countenance"

2001 was Hillary’s Year of Great Fortune, not of being “dead broke”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 09, 2014 39 Comments

It was not a "Hard Choice" for Hillary simply to have told the truth about the vast fortune she and Bill accumulated immediately upon leaving office.

Mariachi Band pranks in, Cinqo de Mayo themes out

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 09, 2014 22 Comments

Are some "cultural appropriations" more equal than others?

Upcoming Florida Sup Ct ruling on 10-20-Life sentences may seal Marissa Alexander’s fate

Posted by Andrew Branca on June 09, 2014 26 Comments

Decison on mandatory consecutive sentences will determine whether Marissa Alexander faces 60-plus year sentence on re-trial

Sunday Night Links

Posted by Mandy Nagy on June 08, 2014 6 Comments

Updates on Bergdahl story, Obama to issue executive order on student loans, parents outraged over photos shown in sex-ed class

Shortest list in America: Obamacare promises that were true

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 08, 2014 12 Comments

Emergency room visits spiking, not declining.

CNN’s new Political Director smeared Romneys as racist in 2012

Posted by Mike LaChance on June 08, 2014 9 Comments

"They are happy to have a party with black people drowning."

Since when do DA’s investigate non-crimes? Oh yeah >> #MSSEN

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 08, 2014 8 Comments

Hinds Co. Sheriff says no crime committed by three people locked in Courthouse where ballots counted, but prosecutors will investigate anyway at request of county supervisor.

Three Strikes Against U.S. support for Fatah-Hamas Unity Agreement

Posted by David Gerstman on June 08, 2014 8 Comments

Americans oppose it, it's against American law and it won't work

Bill Whittle Goes There – Is Obama Evil or Stupid?

Posted by Mike LaChance on June 08, 2014 52 Comments

"These things are starting to add up you see."

Elizabeth Warren surges in Wisconsin Democratic straw poll

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 07, 2014 12 Comments

Among the party faithful, it's a race between Hillary and Liz.

When everyone shuts up, we will have reached the “safe space”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 07, 2014 23 Comments

Saturday Night Card Game: Silence like a cancer grows.

Shudder: Imagine Susan Rice as Secretary of State

Posted by Mike LaChance on June 07, 2014 17 Comments

"If I were Rice, I’d start taking Sundays off."

Retaliation against VA whistleblowers under investigation

Posted by Mandy Nagy on June 07, 2014 5 Comments

Office of Special Counsel investigating retaliation allegations from 37 VA whistleblowers

Palestinians threaten Australia after East Jerusalem announcement

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 07, 2014 16 Comments

Seek "review [of] the relations of the Arab and Islamic world with Australia"

Voter ID law wins big in Mississippi primary, even though not on ballot

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 07, 2014 10 Comments

Perhaps the Mississippi experience will be Exhibit A in the next court challenge to Voter ID laws.

British student Marxists play Fascist Card to justify banning Nietzsche Club

Posted by Adam Kissel on June 07, 2014 12 Comments

What will they say when someone tries to ban Marxism?

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