Well, finally some clarity. =========
From “My Position on the Iran Deal,” by Sen. Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.), Aug. 6. A related editorial appears nearby: If one thinks Iran will moderate, that contact with the West and a decrease in economic and political isolation will soften Iran’s hardline positions, one... Read moreArchive for the ‘American Thought’ Category
IT Modernization.. that’s what the US Gov calls it.
July 12 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Big Govt, Democrat Party, Liberal Press, Obama, Technology, The LeftThe liberal press is not paying that much attention, or are they? ============ WSJ July 10, 2015 7:10 p.m. ET From a Nov. 8, 2013, post by Katherine Archuleta on the “Director’s Blog” of the Office of Personnel Management; she resigned Friday from the agency where cyber thieves stole personal information about more than 20 million people: My first week at OPM is already... Read more
More than sound bites
July 12 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Marriage, Religion, SportsSo, you want an athlete not just spouting off? ======== NFL tight end Benjamin Watson goes beyond the conventional wisdom By Andrew Branch July 25, 2015 Marriage and race crises haven’t been lost on athletes, but the online world of sound-bite activism was one-sided. Christian athletes largely kept their two cents in their private circles, away from media. ESPN, alternatively, collected the cheers and... Read more
One God, One Vote!
July 12 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Marriage, UncategorizedWorld Magazine is addressing the issues head on. =========== It’s two weeks since the Supreme Court rocked American evangelicals by nationalizing same-sex marriage. It’s also 150 years since the greatest inaugural address ever given. Abraham Lincoln at his second inaugural culminated his attempt to find meaning in the Civil War by finally trusting God—and we can learn from his conclusions. Here’s a key... Read more
Magna Carta
June 15 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Western CivilizationNot a surprise that the New York Times has this as their Quote of the Day. History being re-interpreted to their liking. The West is Bad. ====== QUOTATION OF THE DAY (from NYT) The myth of Magna Carta lies at the whole origin of our perception of who we are as an English-speaking people, freedom-loving people who’ve lived with a degree... Read more
Summer Reading List
May 29 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Education, Personal DevelopmentBy Gilbert T. Sewall May 29, 2015 6:30 p.m. ET Parents often think fate has singled their children out for poorly chosen school reading assignments. It hasn’t. A distressed father recently told me about seeing his high-school-age daughter’s summer reading list and realizing that it was devoted exclusively to contemporary writers such as David Eggers, Malcolm Gladwell and Barbara Ehrenreich.... Read more
