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Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 06, 2011 8 Comments
The State of Ithaca, NY, has been the subject of multiple posts here, reflecting on what it is like living in “10 Square Miles Surrounded By Reality.” One question I frequently hear is, “Is there a Tea Party in Ithaca?” The answer is, yes there is,...

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on December 21, 2010 15 Comments
There was a great post on Reason yesterday about the failings of the American education system. Steve Chapman explained that “[there] is a widespread impulse to treat all kids as equally able and willing to learn. But the results often fall dismally short of the...

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on December 04, 2010 6 Comments
Yesterday I posted on the Manhattan Institute’s online magazine, Minding the Campus, which “is dedicated to the revival of intellectual pluralism and the best traditions of liberal education.” The post was in response to the outrage that ensued after an announcement that the African Studies...

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on December 03, 2010 9 Comments
When I first came to Ithaca, I knew I’d be in a liberal college town. I was fine with that, after all, I was coming from the most liberal college city (New York, NY). Amidst all the “fair trade” (what was unfair about trade in...

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on November 28, 2010 0 Comments
After the Four Loko craze a few weeks ago, it was only a matter of time before someone created an actually tasty, potent alcohol. According to the Daily Mail, alcohol-infused whipped cream is the latest sensation among college kids. “Whipahol Drink Toppings come in different...

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on November 18, 2010 19 Comments
As a college student, my Facebook feed has been saturated with complaints about the recent discontinuation of “Four Loko,” an alcoholic drink which is sold in 23.5-ounce cans containing 12% alcohol by volume. The combination is now illegal following several reports of underage drinkers being...

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on November 09, 2010 4 Comments
Politico is reporting on the gender gap that has emerged in the GOP. Nobody can doubt that ladies like Michele Bachmann have contributed to GOP success in 2010, but are any of them really suited to be Speaker of the House? Nancy Pelosi was certainly...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 06, 2010 14 Comments
The award for the “Least Likely to be True Headline” goes to William Saletan at Slate.com, Pelosi’s Triumph:  Democrats didn’t lose the battle of 2010. They won it. But least likely does not mean wrong. How could Democrats have won the battle of 2010.  Didn’t we...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 30, 2010 6 Comments
There is a key difference between Republican and Democratic attacks ads this year.  As I previously noted, Republican attacks focus mainly on policy, such as Obamacare, stimulus, and national deficits and debt.  That’s not to say that there are not individual ads which may get personal,...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 10, 2010 10 Comments
Could this be the year in which I completely shed myself of the dubious distinction of splitting the year between Congressional Districts controlled by Patrick Kennedy and Maurice Hinchey? We know Patrick is gone, but are recent reports (via HotAir) of Hinchey’s demise accurate? First,...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 15, 2010 3 Comments
No, NOT HIM. Him: Coons, the New Castle County executive who is running against GOP Rep. Michael Castle [my note – heh] for the state’s open Senate seat, wrote of his political evolution in the May 23, 1985, edition of the Amherst Student. The source...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 15, 2010 30 Comments
The victory last night of Christine O’Donnell over Mike Castle in the Delaware Republican Senate primary signals a sea change.  Not so much because O’Donnell won over the heavily favored establishment GOP candidate; that pattern is not new this election season. Instead, the reaction of...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 03, 2010 5 Comments
Tipping point approaching.  From The NY Times, Fewer Young Voters See Themselves as Democrats The college vote is up for grabs this year — to an extent that would have seemed unlikely two years ago, when a generation of young people seemed to swoon over...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 05, 2010 21 Comments
Ethan Haines is a law school graduate who blogs at unemployedJD.com, a website devoted to the plight of law students who graduate with loads of student loan debt and few job prospects. Glenn Reynolds has written of the higher education bubble in general, and law...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 01, 2010 7 Comments
Glenn Reynolds writes in the Knoxville News today about the Journolist, Controversy proves collusion among liberal journalists: Like most email lists, much of the content was profane or sophomoric – like [Eric] Alterman’s reference to Bush supporters as “f***ing Nascar retards,” public radio producer Sarah...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 02, 2010 8 Comments
The media has been there (Obamamania), done that (destroyed its credibility and any pretense of objectivity). Now it’s time for “Presidential Scholars” to befool themselves, Professors rank President Obama 15th best president: A new poll of leading presidential scholars ranks Barack Obama as the 15th...
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