Review & Outlook: Right From the Start – WSJ.com. I remember reading these guys, especially Rusher. = Consumed by today’s debates, we too often forget those who labored in the past to secure our current freedom. Two men who were right about the Cold War and the great debates of the 20th century—William Rusher and Igor Birman—recently died and deserve... Read more
Archive for the ‘American Thought’ Category
Book Review: Moral Combat
April 15 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, PhilosophyBook Review: Moral Combat – WSJ.com. If you haven’t thought about personal philosophy and war, you might want to spend some more time thinking.
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The Tea Party’s First Victory
April 12 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Economics, Obama, Party PoliticsReview & Outlook: The Tea Party’s First Victory – WSJ.com. This is getting to be a habit. President Obama ferociously resists tax cuts, trade agreements and spending cuts—right up to the moment he strikes a deal with Republicans and hails the tax cuts, trade agreements and spending cuts as his idea. What a difference an election makes. This is... Read more
Meanwhile, in the War in Afghanistan…
April 9 | Posted by mrossol | American ThoughtSgt. Matthew Abate is the Third Platoon’s hero. When a patrol hit a minefield in late October, Sgt. Abate had left his safe position and run to apply tourniquets and carry out the screaming, grievously wounded men. He was killed in action five weeks later, but only the platoon remembers his name. Meanwhile, in the War in Afghanistan… – WSJ.com. Let’s not... Read more
Quran Burning: Aid to the Enemy
April 8 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Radical IslamRabinowitz: Petraeus Misfires on Quran Burning. Excerpt: To this the only sane response is no. They are not understandable, these passions that so invariably find voice in mass murder, the butchery of imagined enemies like the people hunted down in the U.N. office Friday, and of everyone else the mobs encountered who might fit the bill. We... Read more
