This one is flying under most people’s radar…to America’s harm. ===== WSJ 2/21/2018 Political chaos has broken out in Pennsylvania after the state’s high court last week redrew the congressional map for this year’s midterm elections. Behold our future judicial overlords if the U.S. Supreme Court rules that partisan gerrymanders are unconstitutional. Last month a 5-2 liberal majority of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court... Read more
Archive for the ‘American Thought’ Category
Redistricting and the US Supreme Court
February 21 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Democrat Party, Law, US ConstitutionCost of Doing Business in China
February 21 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, ChinaWhen will US companies begin standing for something more than their bottom line? ===== WSJ2/21/2018 Mercedes-Benz, the luxury unit of Daimler AG, recently learned the price of crossing Beijing. Earlier this month the German car maker was attacked by state media after posting an anodyne Dalai Lama quote on Instagram. The company quickly and abjectly apologized to the Chinese government. It then went... Read more
Have You Wondered About the NFL?
February 12 | Posted by mrossol | American ThoughtAre you willing to look at some facts? In 2012 the NFL had an issue with Tim Tebow kneeling for each game to pray, they also had an issue with Tebow wearing John 3:16 as part of his eye-black to avoid glare, and made him take it off. In 2013 the NFL fined Brandon Marshall for wearing green cleats to raise awareness... Read more
Financial Retirement “Rules”
February 12 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, EconomicsWorth considering some different perspectives on the subject. ===== WSJ 2/10/2018 by Anne Tergesen When saving for retirement, calculate your “number,” the amount you’ll need without running a big risk of depleting your savings. When in retirement, spend no more than 4% of your initial balance, adjusted annually for inflation. And when investing in retirement, start out with a relatively high percentage in riskier... Read more
Last of the Over-The-Road Men
February 10 | Posted by mrossol | AI, American Thought, Work worldThis one for a good friend who lived this life for a while. Mr. Cohen has some wistful dreams, but I do wonder how many miles, and days, he actually spent in the seat he dreams about. ========= WSJ 2/10/2018 BY RICH COHEN THE REPORT was supposed to reassure those worried about the fate of the American trucker. Last week, Uber Advanced Technologies... Read more
You Can Do It!!
February 9 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, InterestingFor my friend, Grant. ===== WSJ 2/3/2018 BY ALEX HUTCHINSON The Mental Tricks Of Athletic Endurance Olympians often seem to achieve the impossible in competition. But what about the rest of us? New research suggests that even weekend athletes can dramatically extend their physical and psychological limits. For the Slovenian cross-country skier Petra Majdič, the unlikely key to Olympic glory was misdiagnosis. While warming... Read more
