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Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 04, 2013 3 Comments
The video below is linked at The Washington Post (h/t Dan Riehl) as showing a large fire on the outskirts of the Damascus airport around the time Israel reportedly attacked a missile shipment destined for Hezbollah: The strike took place about 4 a.m. Friday at an air...

Posted by David Gerstman on April 10, 2013 2 Comments
1) Egyptian plagues Last week Zvi Mazel wrote in the Jerusalem Post (h/t Leslie Eastman) In a remarkable and enduring show of unity, non-Islamic opposition parties under the banner of the National Salvation Front are boycotting the regime until their demands – canceling the Islamic...

Posted by Anne Segal on March 20, 2013 9 Comments
Remember when this exchange was overheard by journalists about Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu? Sarkozy: “I can’t stand him. He’s a liar.” Obama: “You’re tired of him — what about me? I have to deal with him every day.” After four years of snubbing Israel’s Prime Minister,...

Posted by David Gerstman on March 15, 2013 7 Comments
1) Why is this debate a virtue? Yesterday, I wrote about Joseph Levine’s outrageous article at the New York Times arguing that Israel is not a legitimate secular democratic state. At the Daily Beast, Ralph Seliger writes: I think it’s odd that we should still...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 17, 2013 40 Comments
I did get a chance, on my voyage yesterday, to listen to this part of Rush’s show (emphasis mine): RUSH:  I’m gonna take a stab at answering my question.  Obama is literally pushing people to snap, attacking the very sanity of the country.  To what end? ...

Posted by 0387erp on January 15, 2013 16 Comments
A couple of days ago I charitably described Andrew Cohen’s embarrassingly gushing celebration of Justice Sonia Sotomayor and her new book in The Atlantic as “treacly drool.” It is not alone, accompanied now by a full court liberal press (NPR, CBS News, the New York...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 01, 2013 35 Comments
Coming up very soon.  Doesn’t seem like much doubt will pass. The bill passed 257-167. Boehner and Ryan voted for it. Cantor and McCarthy against. John Boehner is a yes vote for the deal. — Jim Antle (@jimantle) January 2, 2013 The Bush tax cuts...

Posted by Joel Engel on December 21, 2012 22 Comments
In the immortal words of Speaker John Boehner (via the New York Times): “God only knows” how Washington is going to get control of its finances. Unlikely as it seems, there may have been more feckless Speakers of the House than John Boehner.  But if...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 15, 2012 1 Comment
The Blind Are Ivy League Presidents Grossly Overpaid? Fairness — University Presidents Avoid Paying Their Own Taxes Dartmouth Caves to SEIU Most Californians Think Their Public Universities are Politically Biased Data mining may be used to cheat on restrictions on Affirmative Action NC Community Colleges...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 22, 2012 22 Comments
The Muslim Brotherhood President of Egypt already had brought the military to heel. Now he is discarding the judiciary: With a constitutional assembly on the brink of collapse and protesters battling the police in the streets here over the slow pace of change, President Mohamed Morsi issued...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 17, 2012 8 Comments
Fordham Republicans v. Coulter: The College Republicans regret the controversy surrounding our planned lecture featuring Ann Coulter. The size and severity of opposition to this event have caught us by surprise and caused us to question our decision to welcome her to Rose Hill… We...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 17, 2012 26 Comments
The Southern Poverty Law Center is back in the news because of the shooting at the Family Research Council, a group the SPLC had designated a “hate group” along with the Klan and Neo-Nazis. Based on the available evidence, it is clear the shooter was...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 28, 2012 12 Comments
Please read this bumper sticker before rendering your decision. From Linda, taken at the Riverwood mansion, Nashville, on June 23: “The right to be left alone—the most comprehensive of rights, and the right most valued by a free people.”— Louis Brandeis, dissenting, OLMSTEAD v. U.S.,...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 12, 2012 42 Comments
Jews are a core Democratic liberal constituency, except for Orthodox Jews. In the greater New York City area, there is a demographic time bomb for Democrats in the form of a surge in Orthodox Jewish children who now constitute over 60% of all Jewish children in...
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