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Shootings at Jewish locations in Overland Park, KS
When these types of shootings take place, initial news reports often are inaccurate, so caution is urged. Three dead, teenager critical after shootings at Jewish facilities – Los Angeles Times...
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Ukraine launches ‘anti-terrorist operation’
Amid escalating tensions in eastern Ukraine where pro-Russian separatists have seized buildings over the weekend, Ukraine’s acting president said the government would deploy troops to launch a...
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Fighting the anti-Israel boycott is an honor
As readers know, Legal Insurrection has devoted much of the past several months to fighting the academic boycott of Israel and Boycott, Divest and Sanctions movement on campus. We have relatively few...
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The Overland Park murders, anti-Zionist conspiracy theories, and the blame game
When Anders Behring Breivik shot and killed dozens of Norwegians in 2011, the media was quick to assign responsibility to authors Brevik had read, as reflected in Breivik’s diaries. The New York Times,...
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Law Prof Blog Traffic Rankings
TaxProf has released the rankings of blogs run by law professors, for the 12 months ending December 31, 2013. Go to Law Prof Blog Traffic Rankings for the full list, including percentage changes from...
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Branco Cartoon – Card Shark
Note: You may reprint this cartoon provided you link back to this source. To see more Legal Insurrection Branco cartoons, click here. Branco’s page is Cartoonist A.F.Branco 5.00 / 5 5 1 / 5 2 / 5 3 /...
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Deficit bull trap
Bull Trap definition and explanation from Investopedia: A false signal indicating that a declining trend in a stock or index has reversed and is heading upwards when, in fact, the security will...
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Hamas’ attorney, Stanley Cohen, pleads guilty to tax offenses
Stanley Cohen is an activist lawyer most identified with Hamas and other anti-Israeli causes and groups. Late last month The Jewish Daily Forward had an extensive article about Cohen’s political...
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Russian fighter jet buzzes U.S. warship
Adding to tensions between the U.S. and Russia over the situation in Ukraine, a Russian fighter jet made numerous close-range passes near a US Navy ship in the western Black Sea over the weekend. The...
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First Night of Passover
By the time you read this, I’ll be deep into the first Passover seder, wondering when we’re finally going to get to eat thinking about the meaning of the Exodus from Egypt: For not just one alone has...
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Voter fraud: is it “significant”?
The left likes to argue that since there’s no significant amount of voter fraud there’s no need for voter ID laws, and that those who support them are inherently racist. But wouldn’t even one case of...
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Why aren’t mainstream Israel critics defending Max Blumenthal?
Max Blumenthal is experiencing what goes around coming around. Having blamed various critics of radical Islam as well as international Zionism for the 2011 mass murder in Norway, unfairly, Blumenthal...
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Census Bureau sends Obamacare comparative data into the abyss
Census Survey Revisions Mask Health Law Effects The Census Bureau, the authoritative source of health insurance data for more than three decades, is changing its annual survey so thoroughly that it...
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Jumbaliar
So much about this Mary Landrieu ad is fake. Start with her attempt to distance herself from Obama. Yeah, that’s believable. She has been a loyal soldier on just about everything. Remember the...
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Texas women running away from Wendy Davis
It’s been a while since we’ve focused on the Texas Governor race between Wendy Davis and Greg Abbott. Davis’ now-infamous fudging of her personal narrative and Gumby-like political posturing stopped...
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Interception
I have been skeptical of the trading value of journalists, whose prices have been bid up, “Journalists” are the new no-money-down mortgages: A whole lot of money is chasing the new cool kids, the newly...
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Ukraine takes control of airfield amid conflicts with pro-Russia separatists
Ukraine’s government says it has secured a small airport in eastern Ukraine after reported clashes with pro-Russia separatists, though some of the details remain unclear. From the Associated Press (via...
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Which One?
From Phil: My wife got this picture yesterday just outside the Independence Mall in Kingston, Ma. 5.00 / 5 5 1 / 5 2 / 5 3 / 5 4 / 5 5 / 5 2 votes, 5.00 avg. rating (97% score)
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China property bubble bursting
China Housing Market Bubble Start to Pop as Economy Faces Hard-Landing: China’s property bubble has already started to burst as the country struggles to avoid a hard-landing after the housing market...
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If Kathleen Sebelius runs for Senate, isn’t Dr. Milton Wolf better positioned...
As soon as Kathleen Sebelius resigned as Secretary of HHS, my first thought was, hmm, wonder if she’ll run for Senate in Kansas. Apparently I’m not the only one thinking about that, Sebelius Said to...
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