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Free Markets; Free Press

May 5 | Posted by mrossol | 1st Amendment, Economics

WSJ 5/2/2018   By Kevin Brookes And Patrick Déry

Sixty-five journalists were killed while plying their trade in 2017, according to a report from Reporters Without Borders. This was the grimmest detail from the organization’s press-freedom update, which depicts dark times for the media. This Monday, nine journalists were among at least 25 people killed in two bombings... Read more

Who is Being Reckless Here?

May 5 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Law, Losing Freedom, US Constitution

I sure hope Congress does not back off doing its job.. ===== 5/3/2018 Rod Rosenstein this week invoked an unusual defense to explain his slow-walking of documents to Congress. “They should understand by now that the Department of Justice is not going to be extorted,” Mr. Rosenstein said. “We’re going to do what’s required by the rule of law, and any kind of... Read more

Is Trump Really Ready to Negotiate?

May 5 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, N Korea, Trump

You- and Trump -may not like history, but there it is. ==== 5/3/2018 WSJ. By Jay Winik How risky is the proposed summit between Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un? As America’s greatest modern presidents have found, summitry is an inherently high-stakes gamble. No matter how well scripted, events can take on a life of their own—or go dangerously awry. In... Read more

Governments Steal Money

May 5 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Big Govt, Democrat Party, The Left

You are not surprised, are you? ==== WSJ 5/3/2018 Progressives might get more Americans to trust them with health care or education if Democratic state politicians could do the government basics of enforcing public safety and picking up the garbage. Witness how states are diverting fees that fund 911 emergency services into other priorities. Commissioner Michael O’Rielly of the Federal Communications Commission has... Read more

Marx’s Apologists Should be Red in the Face

May 5 | Posted by mrossol | Communism, Losing Freedom, Socialism

WSJ – 5/3/2018 Paul Kengor OK, one of my daughter’s favorite professors… ===== May 5 marks the bicentennial of Karl Marx, who set the stage with his philosophy for the greatest ideological massacres in history. Or did he? He did, but deniers still remain. “Only a fool could hold Marx responsible for the Gulag,” writes Francis Wheen in “Karl Marx: A Life” (1999).... Read more

Student Interrogated … For Going to Gun Range with Dad

April 25 | Posted by mrossol | 2nd Amendment, American Thought, Losing Freedom, Politically correct

I can hardly believe, and yet I can. This country is going so … PC that some days it is hard to leave the house. ===== ==== If it weren’t clear enough where bureaucrats stand in the 2nd Amendment vs. gun control debate, one need look no further than high school student Kyle Kashuv. While the media swarm around left-leaning kids who are... Read more

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