But we’re so much better off now, aren’t we? ……. [Cry me a river.] ============= In 2008 Fareed Zakaria wrote an influential book titled “The Post-American World.” It was, mercifully, not another lament about American decline. Instead, the book described “the rise of the rest”—China, Brazil, Turkey and other supposedly emerging powers—and made the case that the U.S. had to learn how... Read more
Archive for the ‘American Thought’ Category
Westchester USA
July 8 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Democrat PartyYour Democrat party in action. ====== Residents of the northern New York City suburbs were recently treated to a TV ad invoking images of the Jim Crow South and claiming that Westchester County executive Rob Astorino has “repeatedly violated anti-discrimination laws for years.” None of the ad is true, but it does reveal some important political news with national implications. To wit, Mr.... Read more
Obama’s Troublesome Congress
July 6 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Henninger, Obama, US ConstitutionWill no one rid me of this troublesome priest?—King Henry II Why work with the Presidency when the man in office thinks he can simply change lawfully enacted legislation at a whim? ========== The President of the United States went to Minneapolis the other day, where he gave a speech complaining about Republicans in Congress who stand in the way of what... Read more
The Daydream and the Nightmare
July 6 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Democrat Party, Noonan, Obama, The LeftI am worried how much more the world can slip into “bad places” over the final years for Obama’s presidency. “Still proud of the man you elected? He sure has brought ‘change'”. ====== I don’t know if we sufficiently understand how weird and strange, how historically unparalleled, this presidency has become. We’ve got a sitting president who was just judged in a... Read more
A Tale of Two Scandals
July 6 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, IRS, Losing Freedom, NoonanI do wonder how my friends and detractors on the left simply let this issue (IRS manipulation of conservative organizations) slide. Or wish it away. It has serious implications for THIS COUNTRY. ========== Forty-one years ago, during a small and largely ignored government scandal, a great mystery occurred. A group of determined congressional investigators, who had learned the president of the United... Read more
