Please pass the tissues… ========= WSJ 12/10/2016 This has been a disappointing political year for Democrats, and those with Senate seats decided to end it with a final blaze of ineptitude. Joe Manchin of West Virginia and colleagues were threatening a partial government shutdown ahead of a midnight deadline, only to fold shortly before we went to press on Friday. On Thursday the House... Read more
Archive for the ‘American Thought’ Category
Free Speech on the Quad
December 11 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Losing Freedom, Politically correctGreat to see this progress. ========= WSJ 12/10/2016 It’s slow going, but the campaign to highlight censorship on campus may be getting somewhere. That’s the message of a new report from the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (Fire), which tracks the speech bullies in academia. Fire’s 10th annual report surveyed speech policies at 345 four-year public colleges and 104 private schools.... Read more
The Spoils of the GOP’s State Conquest
December 11 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Republican(s), The RightAt the end of the article Ms. Sharp tells of the harrassment that conservatives like her receive. Not that you would read about it in the New York Times…. =========== WSJ 12/10/2016 By Kyle Peterson In the war of ideas, a think tank is like a munitions factory, churning out the matériel to push the trench line a few miles forward. As luck... Read more
Obama’s Last Stand
December 7 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Law, Obama, The LeftWell, maybe not “last”… ======= WSJ 12/6/2016 The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on Sunday delivered a symbolic victory to the environmental left by denying a permit to complete the 1,200 mile Dakota Access oil pipeline. The political obstruction illustrates why it’s so hard to build anything in America these days. Construction is almost complete on the Dakota Access, which aims to transport a... Read more
What the Dakota Pipeline Is Really About
December 7 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Environment, Law, Obama, The LeftAgain, this is so sad, that the President of the USA would ignore the law… =========== WSJ 12/7/2016 A little more than two weeks ago, during a confrontation between protesters and law enforcement, an improvised explosive device was detonated on a public bridge in southern North Dakota. That was simply the latest manifestation of the “prayerful” and “peaceful” protests against the Dakota Access... Read more
Help Wanted at Google
December 7 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, The LeftThis 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
