Wow… ====== WSJ 11/10/2016 By Frank Furedi Rancorous trends such as microaggressions, safe spaces, trigger warnings and intellectual intolerance have taken hold at universities with breathtaking speed. Last year’s controversy over Halloween costumes at Yale led to the departure of two respected faculty members, and this year made the fall festival a flashpoint of conflict at campuses across the country. The recent explosion... Read more
Archive for the ‘American Thought’ Category
Trumping the Elites,
November 15 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Trump==== WSJ 11/10/2016 The map tells all. Clinton won by large margins in the Northeast and on the West Coast, and in states—Colorado, New Mexico, and Nevada— where Trump’s intemperate comments roused Latino voters. But outside of Illinois, a whole swath of the country, from the hills of Appalachia to the fringes of the Rockies, went solidly for Trump. Why would that... Read more
The Electoral College Is Anything But Outdated
November 15 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, US ConstitutionA great article and worth everyone’s read. ============= WSJ 11/15/2016 By Larry P. Arnn The outrage from Hillary Clinton supporters came immediately: Donald Trump might have won the Electoral College, but he appears to have lost the popular vote. This was said to be a violation of democracy, one that defied the principle of “one man, one vote.” A Yale professor slandered the... Read more
The ‘Excellent’ Electoral College
November 15 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, US Constitution=========== WSJ 11/15/2016 Hillary Clinton looks likely to win the popular vote for President, and so arrive the perennial calls for a direct popular election. Even Donald Trump said on CBS’s “60 Minutes” this weekend that he’d prefer “simple votes.” But the Electoral College, for all its imperfections, is still a better way to choose a President. The fact that Mrs. Clinton won... Read more
Trump and the Democrats
November 14 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Democrat Party, Obama, Ruling ClassWell, well, well. ============ WSJ 11/11/2016 Donald Trump’s victory is already inspiring reflection about the future of the Republican Party, and rightly so, but Democrats don’t seem to be undertaking any similar introspection. This is a mistake, because they wouldn’t have been ushered out of power up and down the ballot if the American public wasn’t rejecting the results and methods... Read more
Meltdown at Justice
November 5 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Big Govt, Democrat Party, Party Politics, The LeftIts beyond belief- the ineptitude, if not outright abuse -how this Democrat Administration operates. ================= WSJ 11/2/2016 Fewer than three of 10 Americans trust government to do the right thing always or most of the time, Gallup reports, and the years since 2007 are “the longest period of low trust in government in more than 50 years.” The details emerging about the multiple... Read more
