Archive for the ‘American Thought’ Category

State Court influences elections?

September 6 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Democrat Party, Party Politics, US Courts

Not sure if this is a good thing or not.
WSJ  9/4/2019   BY BRENT KENDALL A panel of state-court judges struck down North Carolina’s legislative districts Tuesday, ruling that Republicans improperly gerrymandered state voting lines to provide an enduring political majority for the GOP. The case highlights the new legal playbook for critics of gerrymandering after... Read more

Duty, democracy and tribalism

September 4 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Party Politics

Probably worth getting his soon to be published book.WSJ 9/1/2019 Lessons in leadership from a lifetime of service, from fighting in the Marine Corps to working for President Trump. By Jim Mattis In late November 2016, I was enjoying Thanksgiving break in my hometown on the Columbia River in Washington state when I received an unexpected call from ... Read more

Wahooing Betsy Ross – WSJ

August 24 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Henninger, Losing Freedom, Politically correct, Social Engineering

Mr Henninger has it right: “…corporation headquarters are not profiles in courage…” WSJ 7/10/2019 The remarkable thing about Colin Kaepernick ’s banning of Nike ’s Betsy Ross flag sneaker to commemorate the Fourth of July isn’t that it happened, but how easily it happened. Nike’s management simply folded over “concerns that it could unintentionally offend.” Translating this waffly phrase into... Read more

The Deep Dangers of Life Online – WSJ

August 23 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Henninger, Social Engineering, Technology

By Daniel Henninger WSJ 8/7/2019 The online forum 8chan is better known than it was last week because the El Paso shooter, Patrick Crusius, uploaded his “manifesto” to the site before he murdered 22 people. 8chan has also been linked to the mass murder in Christchurch, New Zealand,... Read more

What Ails the U.S. Press? – WSJ

August 21 | Posted by mrossol | 1st Amendment, American Thought, Jenkins, Special Counsel

A 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.”

Notice how each word is the sheerest nonsense. There is no forum in which countries “swear”... Read more

Where are the authorities?

July 5 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Law, Losing Freedom

Seems reminiscent of police ignoring racial violence during the 20th century [in America]. = = = = = =
WSJ.  7/3/2019  By Andy Ngo, Portland, Ore. ‘No hate! No fear!” chanted the left-wing crowd as they marched downtown Saturday. I walked to the front of the line to record the protesters with my new GoPro camera... Read more

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