One of the best “short” analysis of how the USA got to where we are relative to health insurance. Imprimis is a publication of Hillsdale College. ========== Imprimis – September 2018 By John Steele Gordon The following is adapted from a talk delivered on board the Crystal Symphony on July 25, 2018, during a Hillsdale College educational cruise to Hawaii. Perhaps the most astonishing thing about... Read more
Archive for the ‘American Thought’ Category
High Noon
October 5 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Democrat Party, KavanaughWSJ 10/4/2018 By Danial Henninger In the matter of the Democratic Party versus Judge Brett Kav anaugh’s nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court, it is time to have it out. We have arrived at an inevitable moment in every classic Western showdown. There is nothing left to talk about. We don’t need any more FBI reports. It’s time to go out... Read more
Destroy the Judge
October 5 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Democrat Party, Kavanaugh, The LeftVery good piece. ===== WSJ 10/2/2018 William McGurn As malignant as were the campaigns against Supreme Court nominees Robert Bork and Clarence Thomas, even they didn’t face accusations as vile and unrelenting as the unsubstantiated charges against Brett Kavanaugh. Adding to the injustice is that the frenzy surrounding his nomination isn’t really about him. It’s about Roe v. Wade. The 1973 Supreme Court... Read more
The New McCarthyism?
October 5 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Kavanaugh, The Left, US ConstitutionMuch about which I disagree with Mr. Dershowitz, but I give him much credit for this piece. ====== WSJ 10/1/2018 Alan Dershowitz Until Judge Brett Kavanaugh was accused of horrible crimes—sexual assault, lewd conduct and even gang rape—his confirmation hearings could fairly, if not entirely accurately, be characterized as a “job interview.” The burden was on him to demonstrate his suitability to serve... Read more
Kavanaugh Attack is Un-American
September 27 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Democrat Party, Kavanaugh, Party Politics, The LeftAgree… === WSJ 9/27/2018 By Libby Locke A reputation is a fragile thing. Last week was a testament to that simple truth. Within hours of being accused of an unsubstantiated and uncorroborated three-decades old assault, Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s reputation as a highly respected jurist with an unblemished personal record was permanently damaged. Many rushed to declare Judge Kavanaugh guilty merely because he had... Read more
