Archive for the ‘American Thought’ Category

So Much for Donald Mussolini

March 30 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Liberal Press, Trump

Is it possible the popular media could be wrong more then the weatherman is? ====== WSJ 3/8/2017 Well, that was fast, if predictable. We’re referring to the conventional wisdom that has moved without a moment of self-reflection from declaring Donald Trump to be a dangerous fascist to a hopeless incompetent. Not too long ago our leading media lights were using Mussolini and Hitler analogies... Read more

Senatorial Embarrassment

March 30 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Democrat Party, Party Politics, The Left

====== By Orrin G. Hatch WSJ 3/26/2017 During last week’s confirmation hearing for Judge Neil Gorsuch, some of my Senate colleagues heard from teachers who were using the occasion as an educational tool. Indeed, Supreme Court confirmation hearings can be a civics lesson for the nation. They offer unparalleled insight into the Constitution and the proper role of judges in our system... Read more

Bill Gates on Robots

March 30 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Economics, Tax Issues, Technology

Bill Gates is a smart guy, but I think he is missing the point with his view of robots and the impact on jobs. ===== WSJ 4/26/2017 By Andy Kessler Bill Gates, meet Ned Ludd. Ned, meet Bill. Ludd was the 18thcentury folk hero of anti-industrialists. As the possibly apocryphal story goes, in the 1770s he busted up a few stocking frames—knitting machines used... Read more

Where did today’s Campus Culture Come From?

March 29 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Losing Freedom, Ruling Class, Social Engineering

No one should be surprised… ======= WSJ By Crispin Sartwell We are witnessing the second great era of speech repression in academia, the first coming during the “culture wars” of the late 1980s and early ’90s. One force behind the new wave is a theory of truth, or a picture of reality, developed the first time around. This theory, which we might call “linguistic... Read more

Supreme Court Hearings

March 29 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Democrat Party, The Left, US Courts

So why are Democrats so up in arms against the current nominee? ==== WSJ 3/25/2017 From the 1986 Senate confirmation hearing of Judge Antonin Scalia, nominated to the Supreme Court: Sen. Ted Kennedy (D., Mass.): Judge Scalia, if you were confirmed, do you expect to overrule the Roe v. Wade? Scalia: Excuse me? Kennedy: Roe v. Wade Do you expect to overrule the Supreme Court decision... Read more

The GOP’s ObamaCare Choke

March 16 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Henninger, Republican(s), Stupidity

I have no idea what Republican senators are smoking, but they are f***ing out of their mind.  GET YOUR ACT TOGETHER, PEOPLE!! ======= WSJ 3/16/2017 Less than three months into full control of government and the chance to reshape the American system for a generation, Republicans are doing something no one thought possible: They are reinventing the circular firing squad. Even... Read more

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