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What De Blasio Won’t See

December 30 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Policing

New York’s mayor doesn’t understand how police maintain order. The scene around midtown Manhattan during the holidays is something of a madhouse—in a good way. Tens of thousands of tourists, including families, descend on Rockefeller Center to see the tree, Radio City to see the shows, and Fifth Avenue to see the department store windows, culminating in the New Year’s Eve... Read more

Investing in the ObamaFund

December 30 | Posted by mrossol | Big Govt, Obama, US Constitution

Hey, kids. Uncle Sam has a new investment offer for you. Even if you have several decades of productive work ahead—and thus a long investing time horizon—the White House wants you to consider a retirement plan that will invest in nothing but U.S. government debt. Any financial professional who advised a young investor to avoid stocks and corporate bonds—and everything else... Read more

“Soon to be Cancelled”

December 30 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Losing Freedom, US Constitution

The encroachment onto the First Amendment right to “freedom of expression” by the ‘vocal opposition’ is something that should concern everyone. Especially true freedom loving people. I don’t like everyone’s speech content either, but I am more confident that the truth will prevail than I am about wanting to protect my ears and the ears of everyone else. ============= An essential freedom-of-speech... Read more

The Worldview that Makes the Underclass

December 29 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Big Govt, Economics, Socialism

This is a rather long piece, but it is well worth your time. “Where there’s smoke, there’s fire.” Reading this, its almost impossible to see from one paragraph to the next for all the smoke. ================= The following is adapted from a speech delivered on May 20, 2014, at a Hillsdale College National Leadership Seminar in Dearborn, Michigan. I worked for 15 years... Read more

Fannie Med Implodes

December 29 | Posted by mrossol | ObamaCare

Dec. 28, 2014 7:19 p.m. Liberals claim ObamaCare is “working,” whatever that means, but the reality is that the law is seeding the insurance markets with land mines that will explode over time. The sudden detonation of a taxpayer-backed insurer in Iowa and Nebraska is an early warning. Last week the Iowa Attorney General and insurance commissioner forced a nonprofit insurance start-up... Read more

Colleges Need a Business Productivity Audit

December 29 | Posted by mrossol | Economics, Education

And you would think universities would be leading the effort to figure this out. Not. =========== By Frank Mussano And Robert V. Iosue Dec. 28, 2014 6:54 p.m. College tuition rates are ridiculously out of hand. Since the late 1970s, tuition has surged more than 1,000%, while the consumer-price index has risen only 240%. The percentage of annual household income required to... Read more

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