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Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 21, 2011 10 Comments
Wonkette has removed its latest post mocking Trig Palin, and instead posted a snide comment about how it really meant to mock Sarah Palin and her followers (emphasis mine): “A post on this page satirizing Sarah Palin using her baby as a political prop was very...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 20, 2011 25 Comments
Ken Layne, the owner and lead editor of Wonkette, is in damage control mode over the article by recent college grad Jack Stuef ripping into and mocking Trig Palin. Dave Weigel (h/t Instapundit) received this e-mail from Layne: I have four kids myself and I wouldn’t want...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 07, 2011 5 Comments
TaxProf has the details on a campaign to prevent a conservative scholar from becoming Dean of Case Western Reserve Law School:  And now a public controversy has erupted over one of its dean search finalists:  Bradley A. Smith, Josiah H. Blackmore II/Shirley M. Nault Designated Professor of Law...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 31, 2011 24 Comments
Judge Maryann Sumi has issued this morning a two-page ruling saying the budget repair bill is not in effect.  Via JSOnline: A state law to sharply curb union bargaining by public employees is not in effect, a Dane County judge ruled Thursday, continuing the turmoil...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 30, 2011 37 Comments
There has been a lot of talk lately in the right-blogosphere about the importance of the upcoming Supreme Court election in Wisconsin, which is next week.  National unions and leftist groups have poured millions into attacking current Supreme Court Justice David Prosser, including a malicious...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 21, 2011 13 Comments
A few weeks ago I posted a video of anti-Israel activists from the Boycott Divestment Sanctions movement who targeted Aroma Cafe, an Israeli coffee shop chain, as they do a wide range of Israeli-related products and companies. Their thing is to create flashmobs, where they...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 18, 2011 38 Comments
A Wisconsin Circuit Court Judge has issued a Temporary Restraining Order preventing the publication (i.e. implementation) of the budget repair bill. I have not seen the opinion yet — it is unclear whether there is a written opinion or this was issued orally from the...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 09, 2011 24 Comments
The video sting operation which showed two senior NPR employees, including Ron Schiller, dining with purported members of a Muslim Brotherhood-affiliated group which was considering a large donation to NPR, is being presented by NPR and its supporters as some sort of horrific surprise. In fact, the contents...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 25, 2011 16 Comments
Aroma Cafe is an Israeli chain of espresso bars which has expanded internationally, including in the U.S.: Being Israeli, Aroma Cafe has come under attack (h/t AussieDave) by the Boycott Divestment Sanction movement of anti-Israeli activists.  Watch as the moonbats protest outside an Aroma Cafe location in...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 21, 2011 10 Comments
The worldwide Boycott Divest Sanction (BDS) campaign against Israel has mostly been a failure in the U.S., but that does not stop brainwashed youth brigades from trying to delegitimze Israel anyway. Via IsraellyCool comes this video posted by the Philadelphia wing of the BDS movement, trying stop a supermarket chain from...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 11, 2011 10 Comments
I posted earlier today about a study by Cornell Professors Wendy Williams and Stephen Ceci finding that career and other choices, not discrimination, are the best explanations for the currently low levels of female participation in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Profs. Williams and Ceci...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 27, 2011 8 Comments
The situation in Egypt does not look dire at this moment, but it does look very serious.  Given the speed with which events can move, the situation could change dramatically for the worse in hours or days. Pursuant to the 1979 peace treaty between Israel...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 22, 2011 47 Comments
I was going to write a post about Dana Milbank’s attention-seeking column in The Washington Post about how he supposedly is going to stop writing about or even talking about Sarah Palin for the month of February.  The Milbank column really is a window into the mind of...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 29, 2010 7 Comments
Here are Legal Insurrection’s Official predictions for 2011: Obama will give an unscripted speech announcing he is resigning to take a year-long road trip to play golf in each of the 57 states. Joe Biden, the second in line to the presidency, will become President upon Obama’s resignation,...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 05, 2010 6 Comments
I’m trying really, really hard not to take the bait.  I promised you I would be better next time. At least I’ve recognized that I have a problem, which is the first step, right? You see, the thing is, I just enjoy it too much,...
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