WSJ 8/31/2019 THE WEEKEND INTERVIEW with Camille Paglia
By Tunku Varadarajan
When Camille Paglia was an “obnoxious adolescent” of 15, she had what she describes as “this huge fight with a nun” in upstate New York. Ms. Paglia, 72, remembers the incident with a clarity that suggests a lifetime of unresolved umbrage.
“We were released from school...
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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...
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Duty, democracy and tribalism
September 4 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Party PoliticsProbably 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
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.”
Notice how each word is the sheerest nonsense. There is no forum in which countries “swear”...
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