We need more ‘tiger Moms’… ======== A lot of people have asked me whether I still “tiger mom” my older daughter, Sophia, now that she’s in college. Do I block sleepovers from afar, drill her on schoolwork remotely, monitor piano practice by Skype and make sure that she never watches TV or plays computer games? Actually, it’s just the opposite. My husband and... Read more
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Amy Chua: Tiger Mom’s Long-Distance Cub
December 28 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Philosophy, Politically correctThe Pentagons Vindication
December 28 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Military, The Left“Ops, I was wrong… ” Senator … (don’t hold your breath) ======== U.S. forces left Iraq this month, but at least one Iraq war tradition has continued: Years after politicians and pundits manufactured a headline-grabbing controversy to tar the Bush-era Pentagon, investigators have found no wrongdoing. That’s the conclusion of the Defense Department’s Inspector General after a two-year probe of the Pentagon’s program... Read more
An ‘Arab Winter’ Chills Christians
December 5 | Posted by mrossol | Middle East, Politically correct, Radical Islam, Religious PersecutionWho is speaking for these people? Or do they deserve their lot? ================== By SAM DAGHER WSJ_December 5, 2011 BARTELLA, Iraq—The plight of Iraqi Christians since the fall of Saddam Hussein has been agonizingly personal for Aram Butrus Matti. Hanging on the wall in his parents’ home here in northern Iraq are photographs of his cousin Yonan, his cousin’s spouse and their three-month-old son, who... Read more
Chinese Foreign Aid to USA
December 5 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, EconomicsEconomist Mark J. Perry at american.com, Dec. 2: Let me break from [the] consensus about China’s currency policy and present an alternative position: In the best of all possible worlds for the United States, China would use its labor and capital to manufacture consumer products like clothing, footwear, furniture, electronics, and appliances and send $300 billion worth of these products to... Read more
A narrow suffocating chamber of dogmatism.
December 5 | Posted by mrossol | Party Politics, Politically correct, Radical Islam, The LeftBy NINA SHEA AND PAUL MARSHALL Last July in Istanbul, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton co-chaired a “High-Level Meeting on Combating Religious Intolerance” with the Saudi-based Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC). Mrs. Clinton invited the OIC to Washington for a conference to build “muscles of respect and empathy and tolerance.” That conference is scheduled for Dec. 12 through Dec. 14. For more... Read more
Part of the battle…
December 4 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Politically correct, Radical IslamBrigitte Gabriel speaking on the subject how anti-American Islam is infiltrating the educational system of the United States. A very good video.
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