I think the WSJ is on to something here. ======= Even amid a terrorist massacre on the scale of Orlando, the American people are getting more reasons to justify their unhappiness with the political class. By which we mean the day-after responses of President Obama and the two presumptive nominees, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. The American people deserve a better... Read more
Archive for the ‘American Thought’ Category
The Parlance of Pilots
June 14 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, InterestingInteresting, indeed. And I’m sure there are other applications. =========== From “The Parlance of Pilots,” by Mark Vanhoenacker, a British Airways senior first officer, for Aeon online, June 9: Imagine a plane that flies from London to Bangkok. The pilots speak first to British air-traffic controllers but, just a few minutes after takeoff, the British controllers hand them over to Belgian... Read more
Clinton Email Deceptions
May 26 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Hillary ClintonDon’t expect to hear this from the liberal left leaning press corp. =========== WSJ 5/26/2016 Hillary Clinton has said for more than a year that her use of a private email server as Secretary of State violated no federal rules and posed no security risk. Only the gullible believed that, and now everyone has proof of her deceptions in a scathing report... Read more
American Dead in Foreign Fields
May 26 | Posted by mrossol | American ThoughtLeft and Right, this is for all of us. ========== By Uwe E. Reinhardt WSJ 5/26/2016 If you have not ever done so, I urge you to program into your next trip abroad a visit to an American military cemetery. There are quite a few in Europe, and some in Asia. You can find a list online. These cemeteries are settings of an awesome... Read more
Farm to Fable
April 19 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Food10% of the world’s population might have the $$ to pay for local, happy food, but the other 90% doesn’t want to pay the price of starvation on behalf of the 10%. =========== WSJ 4/18/2016 From the first in a series of “Farm to Fable” articles by Tampa Bay Times food critic Laura Reiley, April 13: With the tagline “Local, simple and honest,”... Read more
Climate and War
April 19 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, MilitaryWSJ 4/18/2016 ========= From April 13 testimony by Robert H. Scales, a retired Army major general, before the U.S. Senate Committee on Environmental and Public Works regarding the Obama administration’s linking of climate change and national security: The common spark for all wars is jealousy and greed amplified by centuries-long animosities and political ambitions. The catalyst for war is the ignorance of... Read more
