Americans for Peace and Tolerance is releasing a 70-minute documentary on the rise of antisemitism and anti-Israel activity on campuses and the role played by the BDS movement and Students for Justice in Palestine.
The movie is titled Hate Spaces: The Politics of Intolerance on Campus.
I was interviewed for the documentary, along with...
This is the first time this semester I’ll have a public speaking engagement. My travel schedule and other commitments just haven’t permitted it otherwise.
In the past, it’s been great to meet LI readers at such events, so if...
I was a guest on The Michael Koolidge Show on 1440 WROK in Rockford, Illinois and numerous other stations.
The discussion started with my take on the VP debate.
“I was left with the feeling wondering why Mike Pence wasn’t the presidential nominee because he was so much better on his feet than...
Last night was the night Mr. Donald J. Trump took a big step towards a first ballot win. As abhorrent at that result may be, there’s no sense deluding ourselves.
Trump still isn’t there, however, and isn’t yet on a trajectory to be there. But he’s a lot closer as a result...
On March 28, 2016, I gave a lecture at the University of Chicago Law School, When Does Anti-Israelism Turn Into Anti-Semitism. The lecture was sponsored by the Office of the Dean of Students and the Louis D. Brandeis Center, Inc.
The video is embedded below and includes PowerPoint slides, which also are...
It doesn’t sound quite as good as “on the cover of The Rolling Stone.”
A reader emailed me a photo of a NY Times front page story today in which I am quoted.
Thing is, the Times article suggests I opposed the proposal:
Ever since Mr. Myrick, 29, unveiled a plan last month for...
Numerous news reports indicate that at 11 a.m. this morning Obama will hold a press appearance to introduce Merrick Garland, currently Chief Judge of the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, as his nominee to fill the vacancy created by the death of Antonin Scalia.
We will add...
I’ll never forget my one and only visit to a heroin shooting gallery.
It was my first summer of law school, and I was working at the Manhattan (New York County) District Attorney’s Office. It didn’t pay much; we were paid $100 a week, in crisp $100 bills handed out at the...
Bernie Sanders has done plenty of favors for Hillary in this election cycle but instead of having his good will returned, he’s coming up against the Clinton smear machine.
A rumor is circulating that Sanders supporters are planning to win the Iowa caucus by flooding it with college students from out of...
I was a guest on Caffeinated Thoughts Radio on 93.3 FM in Iowa on Saturday, January 16, 2016. (Full audio at bottom of post.)
The topic was Ted Cruz and the “...
I was interviewed recently by Legal Insurrection reader Dr. Kenneth Friedman, for the Baltimore Jewish family magazine, Where What When:
The WHERE WHAT WHEN is a monthly family magazine of Jewish information, inspiration, and opinion. Established in 1985, it is Baltimore’s liveliest Jewish magazine, approximate readership is 40,000. The Where What When is...
A reader alerted Professor Jacobson that Legal Insurrection and I got a mention on the Mark Levin Show. Naturally we tracked down the mention in order to crow about it and share it with you loyal readers (but mostly to crow about it).
In fairness, it’s probably more accurate to say that...
I was a guest earlier today on The Craig Silverman Show on 710 KNUS in Denver.
For almost 20 minutes we talked about the use or refusal to use the term “radical Islam,” Obama’s world view and foreign policy, Jesse Watters’ visit to Cornell, and the vote at the American Anthropological Association...
I was a guest last night on the Mark Levin Show, the 4th highest rated talk show in the country with over 7 million weekly listeners, regarding our post, ALERT: Faculty Association anti-Israel Boycott season has started.
This is the second time I have discussed the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS)...
A storm of controversy erupted when the Ithaca, NY, chapter of Jewish Voice for Peace brought Palestinian activist Bassem Tamimi to a third grade class.
Tamimi is best known for the viral videos and photos he creates by sending children, including his own, to confront Israeli soldiers. Tamimi, who argues that it is...
My column at USA Today, Time to talk about gun free zones, is gaining a lot of attention, with over 6600 shares, plus over 11,000 shares at The Blaze which excerpted the column.
I’ve enjoyed reading the comments, most of which are along the line of this comment at The Blaze:
Lets see.....
Yesterday a Texas teenager, who happens to be a Muslim, brought a homemade clock to school and was arrested because the clock was mistaken for a bomb. Some people are blaming racism but zero tolerance policies are the real problem.
NBC News reports that he won’t be charged:
No Charges For Ahmed Mohamed,...
