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Posted by Mandy Nagy on April 19, 2013 14 Comments
UPDATE 1:30 pm EST: The Associated Press is reporting that the FBI is at the New Jersey home of the alleged Boston Marathon bomber’s sister.  Authorities say that she has been cooperative and that there are no reports that she was involved in any of...

Posted by Leslie Eastman on April 13, 2013 5 Comments
My son just earned his Space Exploration Merit Badge in Boy Scouts. So, we were very interested to learn about plans to rope-an-asteroid for closer study: The plan would speed up by four years the existing mission to land astronauts on an asteroid by bringing...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 13, 2013 12 Comments
The bad news? Saudi Arabia beheads 7 men after appeals rejected: Seven Saudi men convicted of theft, looting and armed robbery were beheaded on Wednesday, according to the country’s official news agency, more than a week after their families and rights group appealed to the...

Posted by David Gerstman on March 12, 2013 3 Comments
Mendacious Max Beyond Iron Dome Max Fisher, the blogger for the Washington Post who publicized the picture of Jihad Mishrawi has now responded to a new United Nations report that concluded that the rocket that killed Mishrawi’s son was likely fired by Hamas. Originally he...

Posted by David Gerstman on March 11, 2013 5 Comments
1) More fallout over the Samira Ibrahim selection Robert Mackey has established himself as an anti-Israel activist. Following last week’s revelation that Egyptian activist Samira Ibrahim had been making antisemitic and anti-American comments, Mackey was back in business. He asked, Samuel Tadros, the scholar who...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 06, 2013 19 Comments
There have been numerous reported instances at Oberlin College of writings scrawled on campus using racist, anti-Semitic and anti-gay language.  That backdrop led to a shut-down of classes and mass gatherings of students when there was a reported sighting of someone in a Klan outfit, which turned...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 27, 2013 9 Comments
Van Cliburn died today at age 78. The name lives on with the piano competition named after him. RIP, tall Texan: Renowned American classical pianist Van Cliburn died Wednesday morning at the age of 78 after a battle with bone cancer, publicist and longtime friend...

Posted by Leslie Eastman on February 07, 2013 11 Comments
My son just asked for the definition of a “Sisyphean task“, as he is studying Greek myths in school. My answer: Trying to address the most liberty-crushing item from the Obama Administration. For example, I caught a Twitter hashtag that highlights a new concern about...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 26, 2013 30 Comments
This makes things even more interesting — via AP: Iowa Sen. Tom Harkin says he will not seek re-election in 2014. The 73-year-old Harkin tells The Associated Press in an interview, “It’s just time to step aside,” because by the time he would finish a...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 27, 2012 11 Comments
Just breaking: The Associated Press is reporting that retired General Norman Schwarzkopf has died. He was 78. Schwarzkopf served as the commander of coalition forces during the Persian Gulf War in 1990. His strategy of using a “left hook” to go behind Iraqi forces occupying...

Posted by Bryan Jacoutot on December 14, 2012 85 Comments
UPDATE (6:13): Shooter identified as the son of a teacher from the school. Motive for the rampage is still unknown. Via Fox News: The shooter, who sources identified as Adam Lanza, 20, shot his mother in the face at their home in Newtown, Conn., then went...

Posted by Joel Engel on November 30, 2012 23 Comments
Yesterday I wrote a post titled Associated Press and the Profit of Mohammed.  Citing a recent story, it said the AP “apparently insists that Mohammed be preceded by the word Prophet.” AP has responded to Legal Insurrection with a denial that the term “Prophet Mohammed” is...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 20, 2012 14 Comments
After election day in Utah-04, Democrat Jim Matheson was ahead of Mia Love by 2,646 votes. But there were approximately 72,000 provisional and absentee ballots yet to be counted.  The results for the final canvass are being released today.  We will update. Thx @nra and...
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