This would be laughable if it weren’t true… =========== WSJ 12/7/2016 The reality of a Donald Trump Presidency has been hard to process for much of Washington, but one example is especially notable. The good progressives at Google have announced they are looking for someone who can communicate with those strange humanlike life-forms: conservatives. Google recently posted a job opening in Washington for a... Read more
Archive for the ‘American Thought’ Category
Remembering Army-Navy Saturdays
December 5 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, MilitaryI honor these men… ===== WSJ 12/3/2016 By Bob Greene It once was a big day in the United States, an end-of-autumn Saturday when, inside the walls of homes in huge cities, small towns and rural hamlets, everything seemed to stop for a few hours. The black-and-white television sets would be turned on, the shades in the rooms drawn or lights dimmed to prevent... Read more
Safeguarding Knowledge
December 5 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Education==== Roger Scruton, writing in “What’s the Point of Education?”—a Nov. 3 article for the British magazine, the Spectator: Why does the state take an interest in education? The prevailing view . . . has been that the state takes an interest in education because it is the right of every child to receive it. . . . The assumption has been,... Read more
Letters: Pardon for Clinton??
December 5 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Hillary Clinton, TrumpI happen to agree with most of these letters. Trump should not pre-empt getting the facts into the light. ========== The thrust of your Nov. 23 editorial “Democracy’s Verdict on Clinton” is that President-elect Donald Trump did the right thing by deciding not to prosecute Hillary Clinton for her email and Clinton Foundation issues. But the subject is much larger and more important... Read more
Democrats Send Their Regrets
December 5 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Democrat Party, Ruling Class, StrasselWell, well, well. Now isn’t that special.. ====== WSJ 12/2/2016 Regrets? Delaware Sen. Chris Coons has a few— and not too few to mention. At the top of his list is his party’s decision in 2013 to blow up the filibuster for most presidential nominees. “Many of us will regret that in this Congress,” a dejected Mr. Coons told CNN on Tuesday. “Because it... Read more
Trump vs Press Corp
November 28 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Liberal Press, TrumpPlease, Mr. Trump, let some better people into the room.’ ======= WSJ 11/28/2016 O utsider Donald Trump was elected president in significant part because of his promise to shake up Washington. He’ll soon find that one of the most entrenched forces that object to any change affecting them is the White House press corps. As last week’s meetings with the media showed, a... Read more
