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Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 08, 2012 16 Comments
We know that Elizabeth Warren was not Cherokee or any other Native American tribe when she listed herself that way for the national law faculty directory, at U. Penn. and Harvard Law Schools for federal reporting purposes, and as a “woman of color” in the Harvard...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 06, 2012 27 Comments
This is too funny.  David Bernstein, a writer at The Boston Phoenix, previously warned that the “right-wing smear machine” was coming to get Elizabeth Warren.  I offered a Challenge to Boston Phoenix: Defend Elizabeth Warren on Cherokee issue, or drop “right-wing smear machine” accusation. Bernstein...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 31, 2012 39 Comments
No one could have seen this coming. No one. I don’t mean that Elizabeth Warren was stretching things a bit when she said that people on Wall Street have told her she’d save capitalism. No, the complete surprise is that Warren has fessed up and...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 31, 2012 77 Comments
CNN is hyping this story, but when you dig into it, there’s no firm evidence, only piecing together assumptions and conjecture. Obama’s family tree connection to first African American slave (emphasis mine): His family tree has been linked to Brad Pitt, Sarah Palin and both Presidents...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 23, 2012 29 Comments
Elizabeth Warren’s viral rant about evil factory owners who live off others has damaged the Obama campaign, which foolishly inserted similar language into the teleprompter which then was read by Obama. The “you didn’t build that” narrative was more than a single line, it was...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 21, 2012 13 Comments
I have posted about Elizabeth Warren’t Google search bar auto-fill problem both in the United States and Japan. I recently discovered the Google Insights for Search tool, which provides information gathered by Google based on search terms  As opposed to the auto-fill problem, this doesn’t measure...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 19, 2012 17 Comments
Stuart Rothenberg still sees no Dem wave in sight: Democratic strategists need a dramatic shift in the House playing field if they are going to have any chance of netting the 25 seats they need to regain a majority in the House of Representatives. And...

Posted by Anne Segal on July 16, 2012 23 Comments
Elizabeth Warren has developed a story line to counter questions about her claims to Native American, minority, and woman of color status based upon family lore that has no documentary support. But only when you compare her recent response during a Patch.com livechat with her own...

Posted by Anne Segal on July 13, 2012 12 Comments
Elizabeth Warren cannot escape the public’s questions about her claims to Native American ancestry. A live chat today demonstrates how deeply the issue has permeated the campaign dialogue. On the local Massachusetts community news website, Patch.com, Elizabeth Warren participated in a live chat where the site invited readers to...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 04, 2012 25 Comments
A reader [see update] sent me the link to the article below which examines the “box checker” phenomenon in college and law school admissions.  I think the same analysis applies with regard to professional advancement in fields where there is enormous pressure to diversify, such as...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 01, 2012 21 Comments
Anyone who has seen Elizabeth Warren deal with the Cherokee issue knows the routine — immediately change the subject, answer the question you wanted asked not the question actually asked, keep talking rapidly, and most of all, act as if you have not just been...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 25, 2012 22 Comments
Michael Patrick Leahy rolls out the second in his series of four posts on the investigation — or meaningful lack thereof — into allegations of “scientific misconduct” and misleading use of data contained in a scathing review of Warren’s book,  As We Forgive Our Debtors: Bankruptcy and...
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