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Anti-Israel academic boycotters demand Freedom From Criticism

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 12, 2014 16 Comments

The days of the hateful BDS ideology going unchallenged on campuses and in academic organizations are over.

Low information artist tries to cash in on Zimmerman success

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 25, 2013 75 Comments

The painting above is, or was, available on Ebay, and was catching on after George Zimmerman’s famous art success. It portrays George Zimmerman as a hooded Klansman executing Trayvon. At this point, people like that artist are beyond hope. He obviously didn’t watch the trial...

List of Universities rejecting academic boycott of Israel (Update – 250!)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 22, 2013 25 Comments

The universities and colleges below are confirmed to reject the academic boycott of Israel passed by the American Studies Association. This list is based on positions expressed by the Presidents of such Universities or others in a position to state a university’s position (e.g., communications staff). We...

University statements rejecting academic boycott of Israel

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 22, 2013 9 Comments

Dozens and growing

The worst Twitter day of all time

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 21, 2013 47 Comments

Saturday Night Card Game

Four arrested in connection with fatal NJ mall carjacking

Posted by Mandy Nagy on December 21, 2013 20 Comments

Authorities announced today that four men have been arrested and charged in connection with a carjacking outside an upscale NJ mall last Sunday that left one victim dead. From the Star Ledger / NJ.com: Nearly a week after 30-year-old Hoboken lawyer Dustin Friedland was gunned...

My email to President of UT-Austin regarding academic boycott of Israel

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 18, 2013 16 Comments

I just sent my first e-mail to a University President regarding the academic boycott of Israel by the American Studies Association, and the similar boycott just announced by the small and relatively new Native American and Indigenous Studies Association. I could not find a direct...

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.

Mahmoud Abbas rejects boycott of Israel as American Studies Association votes on boycott

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 14, 2013 6 Comments

An interesting thing happened at the funeral of Nelson Mandela. Mahmoud Abbas, the head of the Palestinian Authority, rejected the Boycott Divest and Sanction campaign against Israel, urging only a boycott of Israeli products made in the West Bank. While in South Africa this week for...

Bloomberg’s anti-gun money fails to get results in Congress

Posted by Anne Segal on December 13, 2013 6 Comments

According to the left-leaning Sunlight Foundation, “Thanks in part to outgoing New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, gun control groups could match or outspend gun rights forces in 2013 electoral contests, and are heading into 2014 with formidable campaign war chests.” It was Bloomberg, via his “Mayors...

NJ restaurant parts ways with gay waitress who claimed she was stiffed on tip

Posted by Mandy Nagy on December 08, 2013 26 Comments

A gay waitress who claimed she had been stiffed on a tip because of her lifestyle is no longer employed by the NJ restaurant at which she’d worked, according to a statement posted on Saturday. Dayna Morales, a former Marine and waitress at the Gallop...

Who killed Hezbollah biggie?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 08, 2013 16 Comments

The assailants got in and out without notice, the sign of a professional job.

Security breach at UW Medicine affects 90,000 patients

Posted by Mandy Nagy on December 01, 2013 12 Comments

The personal information of approximately 90,000 patients of Harborview Medical Center and University of Washington Medical Center, which are part of UW Medicine, has reportedly been compromised as the result of a malware attack that affected a facility computer that stored patient data. From KOMO...