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The power of ideas

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 22, 2013 2 Comments

Kind of like wearing the ribbon. Spotted by my wife in Rhode Island.

Zimmerman Jury Selection Profiles – “Top 40” Advanced to Next Round

Posted by Andrew Branca on June 19, 2013 5 Comments

Your guide to jurors who will be subject to more intensive voir dire questioning starting today.

After passing immigration amnesty, Republicans should go on an overseas apology tour

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 17, 2013 32 Comments

If Lindsey Graham, Marco Rubio and others in the Republican Party want to reward adults who broke the immigration laws with citizenship, they should have the guts to announce it as such. And then go on an overseas apology tour to apologize to the millions...

Zimmerman Jury Selection — Day Three Wrap-Up

Posted by Andrew Branca on June 12, 2013 12 Comments

FOR TODAY’S MOST SHOCKING PROSPECTIVE JURORS, SCROLL DOWN TO E73, R39 & E7, BELOW. Today the Court continued its preliminary questioning of prospective jurors, moving through 10 candidates by the end of the day. As was the case yesterday, questions were limited to how much...

It’s 5:30 a.m. and a phone is ringing in Harper, Texas

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 12, 2013 13 Comments

At least we can be comfortable how it will be answered. From Danelle: 5:30 am Harper, Texas Came across this handpainted wall while dodging deer early this morning 20 miles south of Fredericksberg, Texas. Left El Paso at 9pm last night, still have a couple...

Zimmerman Jury Selection — Day Two Wrap-Up

Posted by Andrew Branca on June 11, 2013 16 Comments

CLICK HERE FOR LIVE COVERAGE OF THE ZIMMERMAN TRIAL FOR WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12 (Note: Link goes live when Court goes into session.) Today the Court continued its preliminary voir dire of prospective jurors, moving through 11 candidates before recessing right at 5PM. As was the...

Regardless of how Sup. Ct rules in Fisher, race-based affirmative action’s time has come and gone

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 11, 2013 20 Comments

We will find out by the end of the month, maybe sooner, the Supreme Court ruling in Fisher v. U. Texas and whether the Court further limits the use of race in college admissions. The main problem with affirmative action, particularly when there is competition for...

Zimmerman Case: Experts Call State’s Scream Claims “Absurd” “Ridiculous” and “Imaginary Stuff”

Posted by Andrew Branca on June 09, 2013 58 Comments

A Badly Mismatched Battle of the Experts We covered yesterday’s testimony of the state witnesses at length here, so no point in going over that again. Today we’re going to take a deep dive into the expert witness testimony of two more of the defense...

GOP outrage over IRS targeting of Tea Party — genuine or kabuki theater?

Posted by Leslie Eastman on June 06, 2013 44 Comments

Following the unfolding scandal of the Internal Revenue Service’s targeting of the Tea Party, I keep the following thought in mind: Neither party in Congress can be relied upon to satisfactorily resolve this issue. They created the IRS, fund the IRS, and oversee the IRS. ...

The myth of Andrew Breitbart’s “deceptively edited” Shirley Sherrod tape lives on at Slate.com

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 04, 2013 15 Comments

Saw this over at Instapundit (emphasis mine): ANN ALTHOUSE: George Packer’s Unfair Attack on Andrew Breitbart. Well, Andrew’s been dead over a year. So I guess Packer feels safe now. The “deceptively edited video” claim is false, of course. Althouse links to this post at Slate.com,...

Now for the “Lamentation of the Women”

Posted by Leslie Eastman on June 02, 2013 25 Comments

I am still chuckling over Glenn Reynolds’ lede into a story about California: WHAT IS GOOD IN LIFE? Dems Enraged Over Perry ‘Raids’ on Out of State Businesses. “Texas Governor Rick Perry has angered some Democrats for his high profile visits to blue states, inviting...

“Fight and win the battle for truth” about Israel

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 29, 2013 8 Comments

Via Times of Israel: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke out Tuesday against what he described as a rising trend of anti-Semitism around the world, calling for an international effort to combat the phenomenon. Addressing delegates in Jerusalem for the Foreign Ministry’s fourth annual anti-Semitism conference,...

Book Review: Men on Strike by Dr. Helen Smith

Posted by Leslie Eastman on May 28, 2013 27 Comments

A real eye-opener about the feminist cultural demonization and trivialization of men, and the consequences.

Elizabeth Warren’s low-information student loan spear

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 18, 2013 14 Comments

You remember Upworthy, the epitome of low-information in support of Obama and progressives, Upworthy — or, How we are losing the internet to lowest of low information young liberals. They have maps which demonstrate The high cost of low information voters. I need to stop...

Hating Breitbart producers provide opportunity to “adopt a liberal member of the establishment”

Posted by Anne Segal on May 15, 2013 1 Comment

The producers of the Andrew Breitbart documentary “Hating Breitbart,” have found a unique way to further ensconce the Happy Warrior into the minds of his detractors: send them a copy of their movie. The upcoming wider theater release this upcoming Friday (it will also be...

The ignored DOJ scandal — anti-free speech codes on campuses

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 14, 2013 9 Comments

Amidst all the scandals exposed these past two weeks, one is being ignored by the mainstream media and most of the conservative media as well — the actions of the Department of Justice and Department of Education to force colleges and universities to impose anti-free speech codes....

More on the bad economics of Elizabeth Warren’s student loan proposal

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 10, 2013 15 Comments

Pitting Federal Reserve risk-free short-term lending to banks versus long-term risky lending to students was pure political demagoguery.

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