What Ails the U.S. Press? – WSJ
August 21 | Posted by mrossol | 1st Amendment, American Thought, Jenkins, Special CounselA timeworn TV commentator and professor of politics, in the moments before Robert Mueller ’s testimony began last week on MSNBC, told the audience that Russia’s meddling in the 2016 election was an “act of war” by a “sworn enemy of the United States.”
A Theory of Disinvitation
April 15 | Posted by mrossol | 1st Amendment, American ThoughtHow often do you look in the mirror? When was the last time you did not want to look in the mirror? ===========
The Crucifix in Every Building?
August 11 | Posted by mrossol | 1st Amendment, Christianity, Europe, Losing Freedom, Religion, Western CivilizationI am thinking through this one. I appreciate that a country is certainly shaped by it’s culture and religious history, but is this the best way to present it? But why should a people not want to retain their heritage? Hmm. ==== BY FRANCIS X. ROCCA AND DREW HINSHAW WSJ 9/10/2018 ROME—Lawmakers in Italy’s new parliamentary majority want a crucifix to hang in every... Read more
Anarchy in Portland – WSJ
August 5 | Posted by mrossol | 1st Amendment, Policing, The LeftHard to believe this one. ====== WSJ 8/4/2018 Along the trolley tracks behind the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office, a biohazard cleanup crew works under police protection. It finds used needles and buckets of human waste simmering in nearly 100degree heat. The smell of urine and feces fills the block. For more than five weeks, as many as 200 people had... Read more
A Movement Rises to Take Back Higher Education – WSJ
June 20 | Posted by mrossol | 1st Amendment, Politically correctGood news, indeed. ====== By Emily Esfahani Smith – June 17, 2018 1:59 p.m. ET Debra Mashek, a psychology professor at Harvey Mudd College, was leading a class discussion about intellectual humility this past semester when the conversation came to a halt. Ms. Mashek asked the students to think of ways in which, during an argument, they could signal intellectual humility—that is, admit... Read more


