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True Story

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 26, 2014 5 Comments

From Danelle: Just too funny! A friend of mine sent this too me from Corinth, Texas today! I confirmed with the friend, it’s a true story.

Bloomberg’s anti-gun group just got a little smaller

Posted by Bryan Jacoutot on April 25, 2014 14 Comments

Tom Ridge: "I have decided that I am uncomfortable with their expected electoral work"

What’s the strategy here?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 25, 2014 22 Comments

Seriously.

Eric Holder will stay on as Attorney General through mid-term elections

Posted by Mandy Nagy on April 25, 2014 7 Comments

Eric Holder will stay on in his job as Attorney General at least through the mid-term elections in November. From Reuters, via Yahoo News: U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder plans to stay on through November’s mid-term elections and has no timeline for an exit after...

Elizabeth Warren would crush Hillary, and they both know it

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 25, 2014 41 Comments

Run, Elizabeth, Run.

http://www-personal.umich.edu/~mejn/election/2012/

National Popular Vote Compact – The mother of all unintended consequences

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 25, 2014 24 Comments

It's a national scheme whose time has not yet come, and likely never should

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2014/04/accused-kansas-shooter-was-protected-federal-witness-but-hateful-ways-continued/

Overland Park KKK Shooter was federal informant

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 25, 2014 2 Comments

And had been caught mid-act with a black male cross-dressing prostitute

The mostly nonchalant reaction to Fatah’s embrace of Hamas

Posted by David Gerstman on April 25, 2014 9 Comments

And why Abbas gets away with it.

Will sensitivities trump historical facts in teaching about September 11 attacks?

Posted by Bryan Jacoutot on April 25, 2014 29 Comments

Manhattan Imam demands references to Islam be dropped from 9/11 Memorial exhibit film

On The Lisa Wexler Show, talking Vassar and BDS

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 24, 2014 2 Comments

Background on the American Studies Association boycott and how it's playing out

Resisting the urge to fly towards the flame

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 24, 2014 93 Comments

Better to miss the show than to get burned.

Russia to launch military drills near Ukraine border

Posted by Mandy Nagy on April 24, 2014 3 Comments

Russia on Thursday announced that it would begin military drills along the border of Ukraine, as the crisis there has continued to escalate in recent days. From CNN: Following days of simmering unrest, tensions in Ukraine escalated sharply Thursday, with Russia embarking on new military...

Branco Cartoon – Please Stop Helping

Posted by A.F. Branco on April 24, 2014 2 Comments

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Dorm storming at NYU targets Jewish students (Updates)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 24, 2014 23 Comments

Mock eviction notices slid under doors in dorm known to have high concentration of Jewish students, including only "Shabbat elevator"

IRS Rewards Agency Scofflaws

Posted by Jack Park on April 24, 2014 6 Comments

It's the bureaucracy, stupid, and not just at the IRS

Don’t Blame Bibi

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 24, 2014 10 Comments

"They’re still allowing Abbas to make fools of them, as they wait for the Palestinian Godot, who will never show up."

Piketty on income inequality

Posted by New Neo on April 24, 2014 21 Comments

Taking away the bulk of the rich’s money will fix income inequality, according to French economist Thomas Piketty: Piketty’s terror at rising inequality is an important data point for the reader. It has perhaps influenced his judgment and his tendentious reading of his own evidence....

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