Archive for November, 2010

Pajamas Media » York University Moves to Suppress Offensive Speech — But Only When Jews Are Speaking

York University Moves to Suppress Offensive Speech — But Only When Jews Are Speaking The Canadian university hosts the odious anti-Semite and pro-terrorist George Galloway, and moves to suppress the free speech rights of a Jewish rabbi for condemning him. by Richard Cravatts York University in Toronto, which has gained for itself the dubious distinction [...]

November 19th, 2010
Topic: News and Press Coverage

Why the Arizona Civil Rights Initiative Was Needed

Why the Arizona Civil Rights Initiative Was Needed by Roger Clegg This week Arizonans overwhelmingly enacted the Arizona Civil Rights Initiative, which bans state and local discrimination on the basis of race, ethnicity, and sex in contracting, employment, and education – including racial preferences in university admissions. Opponents of such initiatives frequently claim that they [...]

November 17th, 2010
Topic: News and Press Coverage

Islamist Clown | FrontPage Magazine

By Robert Spencer Reza Aslan is an increasingly comic figure as he races around the country slandering freedom-fighters and trying to pretend that people have a negative view of Islam because of “Islamophobes” rather than Islamic jihad terrorism. It’s rather surprising that this diminutive Islamic supremacist snake-oil merchant still finds willing audiences of dupes, but [...]

November 15th, 2010
Topic: Uncategorized

Conservatives Love War, They Say

Conservatives Love War, They Say by Mark Bauerlein I write this on Nov. 2, before the election returns have come in. This morning at a weekly gathering at the James Madison Program, estimates of how many seats the Republicans would pick up in the house ranged from a low of 45 to a high of [...]

November 11th, 2010
Topic: News and Press Coverage

UC San Diego Graduate Speaks out on Her Campus Experiences « Orange County Independent Task Force on Anti-Semitism

My Question for Mark Yudof Natalie Katz Last Thursday Mark Yudof, UC President, spoke to the Jewish community in Newport Beach. I was made aware of the event by Gary Fouse who thought it might be a great opportunity for me to share some of my experiences. The event was strictly controlled. The audience was [...]

November 10th, 2010
Topic: News and Press Coverage

HINKLE: You Can’t Say That Here — This Is a University! | Richmond Times-Dispatch

By A. BARTON HINKLE | TIMES-DISPATCH COLUMNIST Teresa Sullivan has been in the president’s office for only a brief period, but the University of Virginia already has made a tremendous improvement on her watch. The Foundation for Individ ual Rights in Education FIRE, an organization dedicated to protecting free speech on campus, reports that it [...]

November 8th, 2010
Topic: News and Press Coverage

Israel’s academics protect the McCarthyites of Zionism – Haaretz Daily Newspaper | Israel News

A considerable number of instructors in these departments teach their students that Israel is the spearhead of colonialism in the Middle East, that Zionism is a racist movement that supports expulsion and that the Law of Return is racist.

November 4th, 2010
Topic: News and Press Coverage

Top Democrat Says Party Will Face “Bloodbath” Today

by Michael O’Brien Democrats could be facing a political “bloodbath” tomorrow if the polling is accurate, the third-ranking House Democrat said Monday. House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-S.C.) said Democrats must show up in full force on Nov. 2 if they want to keep control of the House in the pivotal midterm elections. Read the [...]

November 2nd, 2010
Topic: NRB

To Obama And His Progressive Friends: No You Can’t

No matter how the lamestream media tries to spin it, today’s mid-term election is a referendum on the Obama administration and the Democratic-controlled Congress. And it looks like a clear vote of no confidence. Having trouble processing the message that the American people are trying to deliver with their votes, the sore losers are advancing  bogus [...]

November 2nd, 2010
Topic: NRB

Liveblogging the Election Returns, 6 p.m. to Midnight

November 2nd, 2010
Topic: NRB