A bit more on this important event. It will be interesting to see the landscape 4 years hence. ================= WSJ 2/9/2017 By Daniel Henninger The extraordinary battle over Betsy De Vos’s nomination to be secretary of education is the defining event of the Trump presidency’s early days. As presented, the DeVos confirmation appeared to be a standard partisan conflict between Democrats... Read more
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The DeVos Apocalypse
February 9 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Democrat Party, Education, Henninger, The LeftAt the Trump Trauma Center, Nobody Comes for Treatment
February 9 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, The Left, Trump====== WSJ 2/8/2017 By Joseph Epstein I live in Evanston, Ill., a city of roughly 80,000 just outside Chicago at whose center is Northwestern University. Evanston went 88% for Hillary Clinton to 7% for Donald Trump. The morning after the election, the general glum in town was palpable. At Peet’s Coffee, at Whole Foods, among students, one could everywhere see the depression... Read more
The Real Democratic Party
February 9 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Democrat Party, Education, Party Politics, The Left, Unions===== WSJ 2/8/2017 The Senate made history Tuesday when Mike Pence became the first Vice President to cast the deciding vote for a cabinet nominee. The nominee is now Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos. The vote came after an allnight Senate debate in a futile effort by Democrats to turn the third Republican vote they needed to scuttle the nomination on claims that... Read more
The Next American Farm Bust Is Upon Us
February 9 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Economics, TechnologyEcclesiastes 1:9-11 What has been is what will be, and what has been done is what will be done, and there is nothing new under the sun. Is there a thing of which it is said, “See, this is new?” It has been already in the ages before us. There is no rememberance of later things yet to be among those who come after. ======== WSJ 2/8/2017 ... Read more
Who’s ‘Normalizing’ Donald Trump Now?
February 7 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Democrat Party, The LeftThe protesters’ words and actions don’t need my interpretation. =================== By WILLIAM MCGURN WSJ Updated Feb. 6, 2017 7:21 p.m. ET Quick: What do “Tonight Show” host Jimmy Fallon, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, NBC’s “Saturday Night Live,” US Weekly and former President Barack Obama have in common? All have been accused of the high crime of “normalizing” Donald Trump. The idea is that anyone... Read more
A New Retirement-Income Option for IRAs
February 7 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, EconomicsHas some down-sides, but might be worth a look. ===== By ANNE TERGESEN – WSJ Updated Sept. 10, 2015 1:51 p.m. ET A new product intended to help retirees avoid running out of cash late in life is now available to holders of individual retirement accounts at Fidelity Investments. The Boston financial-services company said Thursday it has begun offering “qualified longevity annuity contracts” from... Read more
