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Girl Power!

February 21 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Losing Freedom, Politically correct

Where are the women?????????

= = = = Are athletes who are born male but identify as female cheating girls? Tennis legend Martina Navratilova says they are. “To put the argument at its most basic,” she wrote this weekend in an op-ed for the Sunday Times of London, “a man can decide to be female, take hormones if... Read more

A Lesson for Socialists- WSJ

February 21 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Democrat Party, Party Politics, Socialism

I am not sure why this is a difficult concept. =====

Years ago, when an editor asked me if Boeing would be around to pay off a 100-year bond it had recently offered, I flippantly replied that 100 years was only two product cycles for the company. I underestimated the duration of its products. The Boeing 747 first... Read more

Who Should Run The Census?

January 27 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, The Left, US Constitution

Let elected officials govern. ===== WSJ 1/25/2019 Another week, another liberal court injunction against the Trump Administration. This month a federal judge blocked the Commerce Department from adding a citizenship question to the 2020 Census. At issue is whether the President and his appointees control the government bureaucracy or the other way around. Liberals cheered when Obama officials invoked executive discretion to... Read more

Not to Late to Quit Social Media – Cal Newport

January 27 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Personal Development, Technology

Should be required reading for all. [As in ‘everyone’]. ===== WSJ 1/26/2019 by By Kate Bachelder Odell Americans may not agree on much, but here’s one point of consensus: Social media isn’t entirely wonderful. Facebook has its privacy scandals, and who would join Twitter for the camaraderie? This week an ugly online mob demonstrated the point by setting upon a... Read more

What Trump Might be doing Right – Letters

January 9 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Noonan, Republican(s), The Right, Trump

Some very good responses to Peggy Noonan’s editorial of 12/29/2018, where she tried to encourage “Trump insiders” to “speak up – on the record”. ======= Peggy Noonan asks “Trump insiders” to speak candidly about how the administration conducts the people’s business (“Trump Insiders, Come Out of the Shadows,” Declarations, Dec. 29). Two years are indeed enough time to evaluate the conduct of... Read more

Why Kansas City – NR

January 6 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Military

Why Kansas City?In a recent letter to the editor following Allen C. Guelzo’s informative piece “The Great War’s Great Price” (November 12), Colin Calhoon pointed out that a memorial does exist in Washington, D.C., honoring District of Columbia residents who bravely served during the war. In his response, Mr. Guelzo commented that a national World War I memorial also “oddly”... Read more

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