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NASA’s climate research may be jettisoned by Trump

Posted by Leslie Eastman on December 04, 2016 33 Comments

The agency rockets back to its original mission: Space exploration!

Israeli filmmaker disinvited at Syracuse U: “BDS faction on campus will make matters very unpleasant”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 01, 2016 10 Comments

BDS is destroying academia, it's time that Syracuse and other universities stop covering up the problem

Burning fossil fuels cools local environment, says … NASA

Posted by Leslie Eastman on December 22, 2015 12 Comments

Brace Yourselves: Winter is Coming!

California Chapter of ASA refuses to apply anti-Israel academic boycott

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

An important crack in the ASA academic boycott facade.

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Incoming ASA President plays “homophobia” card on boycott critic

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 04, 2014 13 Comments

NYU Prof. Lisa Duggan falsely accuses Forbes author of "implied homophobic smears"

Modern Language Assn split verdict: Adopts watered-down Israel visa resolution, rejects pro-ASA boycott resolution

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 11, 2014 3 Comments

Non-binding resolution "urges the US Dept of State to contest Israel's denials of entry to the West Bank by US academics"

Middlebury American Studies Program: Israel boycott violates ASA’s Constitution and Mission

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 08, 2014 1 Comment

Demands that Institutional Membership not be in Middlebury College name, only in American Studies Program name.

Princeton Pres: “I do not intend to denounce the ASA”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 20, 2013 14 Comments

Appears that Princeton will keep its Institutional Membership even as American Studies Assn imposes academic boycott on Israel

ASA issues member talking points to counter university pushback over Israel boycott

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 16, 2013 23 Comments

American Studies Association coaches members how to defend ASA academic boycott against criticism by Deans, Administrators and Faculty.

Peasants storm Castillo de San Marcos, beaten back by trespass warnings

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 08, 2013 21 Comments

A group of 40 tourists peasants stormed Castillo de San Marcos in St. Augustine, Florida, as reported by First Coast News (h/t Amy): A group of tourists didn’t let the government shutdown or the gate at the Castillo de San Marcos in St. Augustine stop them...

Nidal Hasan GUILTY on all counts in Fort Hood shooting

Posted by Mandy Nagy on August 23, 2013 62 Comments

In a unanimous verdict, Nidal Hasan has been found guilty on all counts in the November, 2009 Fort Hood massacre. #BREAKING Maj. Nidal Hasan has been found guilty on all counts for the 2009 mass shooting at #FortHood http://t.co/0vnO9yaf2Q — NBC DFW (@NBCDFW) August 23,...

Judge refuses to let Hasan lawyers drop out of case

Posted by Mandy Nagy on August 08, 2013 12 Comments

The Fort Hood shooting trial resumed Thursday after the judge refused to grant a request from Nidal Hasan’s standby defense attorneys to drop out of the case. The attorneys argued Wednesday that Hasan’s strategy in court thus far has demonstrated that the defendant – who...

Defense lawyers: Hasan wants to get death penalty, so let us off case

Posted by Mandy Nagy on August 07, 2013 21 Comments

Day two in the trial of the accused Fort Hood shooter came to an unexpected halt Wednesday morning, after standby defense attorneys for Nidal Hasan requested to either be reinstated as official counsel or be removed from the case entirely. The attorneys filed a motion,...

Trial of Major Nidal Hasan starts today – gov’t still toes “workplace violence” line

Posted by Mandy Nagy on August 06, 2013 21 Comments

Excerpts of a report from a December 2010 sanity board hearing of Major Nidal Hasan were released yesterday by the Fort Hood shooter to FOX News. The information, along with other documents recently released to the cable news network at Hasan’s request, may offer a glimpse...

Judge Rules Major Hasan May Represent Himself in Fort Hood Trial – Update: Will use “defense of others” argument

Posted by Mandy Nagy on June 03, 2013 20 Comments

The alleged Fort Hood shooter will be representing himself in court, despite repeated warnings about the disadvantages of doing so from the military judge who issued the ruling today. From the Associated Press: The Army psychiatrist charged in the 2009 Fort Hood shooting rampage will...

If Jevon Belcher didn’t possess a gun, would he and Kasandra Perkins really both be alive today?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 03, 2012 46 Comments

Bob Costas’ commentary on the murder-suicide involving Kansas City Chiefs player Jevon Belcher is receiving a lot of attention. I understand the points, via Ed Morrissey, that people don’t tune in to a football game for gun control proselytizing, and that Costas focused on the...

Uprising of the peasantry reaches the suburbs

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 17, 2012 15 Comments

First they came for the countryside, now they’re coming for the suburbs From Meg in the Philadelphia “Main Line” suburbs: I thought that you would enjoy this picture of a pickup with bumper stickers. What is very interesting is where it was parked – in...

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