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Diane Furchtgott-Roth on the National Labor Relations Board

December 27 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Democrat Party, US Constitution

I don’t hear any Democrats complaining.  Must be this is their MO. ========= Economist Diana Furchtgott-Roth writing for RealClearMarkets.com, Dec. 23: On Friday, just before the holidays, NLRB General Counsel Richard Griffin announced that he had issued complaints against McDonald’s MCD +1.01% franchised restaurants and McDonald’s USA, the parent corporation, as joint employers. Workers complained that they were unfairly disciplined in retaliation for... Read more

Daily Doses From the Harvard Classics

December 27 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Education, Personal Development, Western Civilization

Pursuing a liberal education with disciplined attention to Cicero, Swift, Hume and others on the ‘five-foot shelf.’
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Science Increasingly Makes the Case for God

December 27 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Science

Facts too conveniently ignored by many. In a recent Smithsonian article, total ignoring of what is in this article. Sure let’s have the discussion, but let it be a full discussion. ‘bubkis’ – had to smile… ============ By Eric Metaxas Dec. 25, 2014 4:56 p.m. ET [1761 COMMENTS] In 1966 Time magazine ran a cover story asking: Is God Dead? Many have accepted the cultural narrative... Read more

Is a Roth Account Right for You?

December 26 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Tax Issues

I thought this a helpful article. Hope you do to. ============= By Laura Saunders Dec. 19, 2014 Roth accounts can be a great way to save for retirement—and it is getting easier to use them. Roths include both tax-sheltered individual retirement accounts and company-sponsored 401(k) savings plans, and, as with traditional versions of these accounts, assets grow tax-free. In many other important ways, though, Roths... Read more

UVA, Ferguson and Media Failure

December 11 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Socialism

No one is surprised. ===== In March 2007 the New York Times Magazine ran a stunning 12,000-word cover story on the subject of “The Women’s War.” It told the story of several female veterans of the war in Iraq, of the sexual assault some had endured in the military, and of their subsequent struggles with alcoholism, depression, PTSD and other effects of... Read more

Polish Candor for Europe

December 11 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Russia

The least I can say is that my father was born in Poland. I am fortunate. ============ ‘Who do I call if I want to call Europe?” Henry Kissinger once asked. After Monday’s changing of the guard atop the EU, there’s Donald Tusk. The new president of the European Council, a group of the leaders of EU member states, brings a clear-eyed geopolitical... Read more

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