This is a long piece. If you rather watch the interview, great. I quote this from The Epoch Times. I think they are much more objective than other media “sources”.. Jan Jekielek is especially good. The United States of America that many of us have known our whole lives is very much under attack and the risk is significant... Read more
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Victor Davis Hanson: Spygate, Impeachment, and the Assault on Trump For Undoing the Progressive Agenda
April 13 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, The Left, Trump, US Constitution
Lockdowns won't stop it now
April 10 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Coronavirus, EconomicsWe are where we are; we need to live with our decisions to-date. Dr Ladapo has perspective worth consideration.
WSJ 4/10/2020 By Joseph A. Ladapo
The pandemic crisis now rests on a fulcrum. On one side is Covid-19 and every possible action that might prevent people from contracting and dying from infection. On the other side is everything...
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the virus kills red and blue alike
April 3 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Democrat Party, Party Politics, Strassel, The LeftCrises have a way of separating the leaderlike wheat from the opportunistic chaff. Coronavirus is the crisis of our time, and the political winnowing is something to behold. Example: The Trump administration spent this week distributing ventilators, standing up small-business loans, dispatching hospital ships, erecting alternate care facilities, explaining virus modeling, revamping regulations to keep truckers on the road, and plastering... Read more
protect who?
April 2 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Coronavirus, UnionsThe disease can’t be that deadly if the ODE is taking this position, can it? WSJ 4/1/2020
Oregon has cancelled public-school classes amid the pandemic, but political self-interest never sleeps. The Oregon Education Association and its labor allies are now blocking hundreds of children from continuing their education at virtual public charter schools.
As of Oct. 1, more than 14,000...
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SHould I try to get Covid-19?
April 2 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, CoronavirusWSJ 4/1/2020
In pursuit of something called Q rating, TV presenters and others with public images prefer to talk about ideal outcomes rather than optimal ones.
This is a problem I have alluded to more than once in the Covid-19 crisis. Then it was all thrown out the window when a noted stock picker on CNBC asked Mike Pence a...
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What Victory looks like
March 23 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Economics, HealthAs I have said before, it is good to have alternative views to consider. And this is one. mrossol ====== WSJ 3/20/2020 A telling moment came on CNBC Thursday. A host gently shushed the learned Jim Grant, editor of Grant’s Interest Rate Observer, saying discussion of tradeoffs was not encouraged. On TV, delivering up unpleasant choices is bad for the brand. Unfortunately policy... Read more
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