Put a sticky-note on this one. ============== WSJ – By Holman W. Jenkins, Jr. May 26, 2017 8:06 p.m. ET The Trump -Russia business is finally coming into clearer, more rational focus. Former Obama CIA chief John Brennan, in testimony this week, offered no evidence of Trump campaign cooperation with Russian intelligence. Instead he spoke of CIA fears that Russia would try to recruit/blackmail/trick... Read more
Archive for the ‘American Thought’ Category
Trump-Russia Story Starts Making Sense – WSJ
June 2 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Liberal Press, Party Politics, Russia, TrumpSweet Deal for the Unions
May 31 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, UnionsI understand that unions might be necessary, but this kind of strategy does not help them at all. ============= WSJ 5/31/2017 By Alex Cortes And Jarrett Skorup The year was 1993. Bill Clinton had recently been elected president. A gallon of gas cost $1.16, and the Chicago Bulls won the first of three consecutive National Basketball Association championships. Over in Lansing, Mich.,... Read more
Heroes on the Golf Course
May 28 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Military=== WSJ 5/25/2017 By Karl Rove The three men on the golf course didn’t look like superheroes. But Nick Bradley, Saul Martinez and Rod Rodriguez are just that. So are the other combat veterans who joined them on the links Monday at this year’s Warrior Open in Dallas. The tournament, sponsored by the George W. Bush Presidential Center since 2011, celebrates... Read more
Noonan: On Democracy and Trump
May 20 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Noonan, TrumpAnother thoughtful piece by Peggy Noonan. ========== By Peggy Noonan. WSJ 5/20/2017 This will be unpleasantly earnest, but having witnessed the atmospherics the past 10 days it’s what I think needs saying: Everyone, get serious. Democracy is not your plaything. This is not a game. The president of the United States has produced a building crisis that is unprecedented in our history. The question, at... Read more
The 25th Amendment? Forget It
May 20 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Trump, US ConstitutionInteresting, indeed. I cannot remember this section of the 25th Amendment. ====== WSJ 5/19/2017 By Brian C. Kalt Interest in Section 4 of the 25th Amendment is peaking. Multiple amateur constitutional scholars have advocated its use to remove President Trump from office, as an alternative to impeachment. But Section 4 is a tool for a different job. Its use under today’s circumstances has the... Read more
Rod Rosenstein’s Justice – WSJ
May 11 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Party Politics, The Left, US ConstitutionWhy isn’t the press talking about facts? ====== WSJ 5/11/2017 Nixon. Watergate. Tuesday night massacre. Coup. Dictator. Impeachment. Those are the words political elites are throwing around after President Trump’s firing of FBI Director James Comey, and that’s in the news stories. The meltdown reflects the temper of the times and hostility to Mr. Trump, but it also ignores the need to repair... Read more
