Search

Ukraine parliament names interim president

Posted by Mandy Nagy on February 23, 2014 7 Comments

After voting Saturday to remove President Viktor Yanukovich from office, Ukraine’s Parliament on Sunday named its speaker to serve as acting President. From Reuters: The speaker of the Ukrainian parliament, the closest confidante of freed opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko, was temporarily handed the role of...

http://www.sunnewsnetwork.ca/video/free-speech-on-campus-under-attack/3237801126001

“To see this as a microaggression… is the microaggression”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 23, 2014 14 Comments

McGill student speaks out against Microaggression Mania

Venezuelans take part in rival rallies

Posted by Mandy Nagy on February 22, 2014 3 Comments

Both opponents and supporters of President Nicolas Maduro took to the streets in Venezuela on Saturday to participate in competing rallies, after days of unrest. From the Associated Press via ABC News: Venezuelans on both sides of the nation’s political divide took to the streets...

Breaking – E.J. Dionne unable to grasp Stand Your Ground laws

Posted by Andrew Branca on February 21, 2014 51 Comments

Ignorance of true nature of SYG blinds journalists to the law's overwhelming success and popularity

Ukraine: Deal or no deal? (Update – agreement signed)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 21, 2014 10 Comments

Where does Ukraine go now?

Ukrainian skier drops out of Olympics to protest violence

Posted by Mandy Nagy on February 20, 2014 10 Comments

A Ukrainian skier has dropped out of the Sochi Winter Olympics as an act of solidarity with protesters in Ukraine, amid escalated violence in Kiev this week. From the Associated Press via ABC News: A Ukrainian skier has withdrawn from the Olympics in response to...

Consciousness of Guilt — the flaw in Michael Dunn’s self-defense narrative

Posted by Andrew Branca on February 20, 2014 106 Comments

Dunn's actions in fleeing the scene and failing to contact police all pointed to a "guilty mind"

Three Ukrainian lessons for the United States

Posted by edgeofthesandbox on February 19, 2014 42 Comments

The United States is not Ukraine, so, I hope, we don’t find ourselves living in interesting times. 1. Somewhat educated young people with no opportunities are a revolutionary class. Between 1990 and 2006, as Ukraine’s population declined, the number of students entering colleges shot up...

Syrian peace talks end as expected, with total failure

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 17, 2014 35 Comments

Childlike belief that Assad would talk himself out of power may have done more damage than doing nothing.

Fleeing scene and not calling police “made robust claim of self-defense very difficult”

Posted by Andrew Branca on February 17, 2014 25 Comments

Andrew Branca discusses Loud Music Murder Trial on Teri O'Brien Show

Looking at “Loud Music” Murder Trial deliberations through race-colored glasses

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 15, 2014 20 Comments

Will verdict change or confirm preconceived notions of the role of race in the case?

Not a Model Week at College Insurrection

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 15, 2014 1 Comment

Another week of college antics, political correctness and general lunacy in the place we call “Higher Education”

Report: Palestinians already told John Kerry “No” on key elements of framework

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 14, 2014 5 Comments

Until Arab Muslims accept a Jewish state in their midst, any peace deal is just a stepping stone to more war.

Sochi: Stunning Display of Cultural Confidence… For Some Reason

Posted by edgeofthesandbox on February 14, 2014 15 Comments

In the best Soviet tradition, Russians couldn't help exaggerating.

Before Obamacare: what about those pre-existing conditions?

Posted by New Neo on February 13, 2014 25 Comments

Complaints about lack of access to insurance for preexisting conditions may be overstated

“Loud music” Murder Case: Closing Arguments; Jury in Deliberations

Posted by Andrew Branca on February 12, 2014 48 Comments

Defense and State conclude their closing arguments, Judge Healey instructs the jury, and sends into deliberations

Ray Kelly shout-down and anti-Israel academic boycott have something in common

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 12, 2014 3 Comments

No surprise that a Brown U. faculty member who supported the student protesters now supports the American Studies Association Israel boycott

708
709
710
of 821
712
713
714

Search

CONTRIBUTORS