Pretty good for a college student. ==== WSJ 4/5/2018 My name is David Hogg and I’m not from Parkland, Fla. I first found out about the other David Hogg from my grandfather. He called and asked my parents to turn on the TV because there was a David Hogg who looked similar to me and was close to my age—I’m 16,... Read more
Archive for the ‘American Thought’ Category
I’m David Hogg, and I Support Gun Rights
April 5 | Posted by mrossol | 2nd Amendment, American ThoughtWho is Really to Blame?
March 15 | Posted by mrossol | 2nd Amendment, American Thought, Big Govt, Losing FreedomI thought this “update, request” was informative enough to post. Especially with all the “gun control” hype that is going on. ======== As I have pointed out to you before, controlling the public narrative is the most important tool of propaganda. And after the horrendous Florida school massacre, the public narrative in the mainstream media and “correct” political circles has been to... Read more
Tariffs
March 7 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Economics, TrumpWe’ve seen this movie before.. ==== WSJ 3/7/2018 From a 1930 letter signed by 1,028 economists opposed to the Smoot- Hawley Tariff Act: We are convinced that increased protective duties would be a mistake. They would operate, in general, to increase the prices which domestic consumers would have to pay. By raising prices they would encourage concerns with higher costs to undertake production,... Read more
Blaming Racism
March 7 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, EconomicsInteresting, yes. ====== BY Jason L. Riley, WSJ 3/7/2018 After the deadly riots of the 1960s in Los Angeles and Detroit, President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed a commission—which is what politicians do when they don’t really know what to do or need to stall for time. The result was the Kerner report, issued 50 years ago last month. The report blamed black... Read more
Are We Free to Discuss America’s Real Problems? – Imprimis
March 1 | Posted by mrossol | 1st Amendment, American Thought, Losing FreedomVery timely article. Thanks to Hillsdale College. https://imprimis.hillsdale.edu/are-we-free-to-discuss-americas-real-problems/ ====== The following is adapted from a speech delivered on December 12, 2017, at Hillsdale College’s Allan P. Kirby, Jr. Center for Constitutional Studies and Citizenship in Washington, D.C., as part of the AWC Family Foundation Lecture Series. There is a lot of abstract talk these days on American college campuses about free speech and the... Read more
Romney’s Vindication
February 21 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Democrat Party, Russia, The LeftPoliticians… will they never, ever change??? ===== WSJ 2/20/2018 Mitt Romney announced Friday that he’s running for the U.S. Senate from Utah, and the timing on the same day as the Justice Department indictments of Russians for meddling in the U.S. presidential election was apt. Mr. Romney was right about the Russian threat in 2012, and Democrats who are now echoing him when... Read more
