Why is the left not willing to have open dialog, discuss facts, consider alternate opinions? Is it because they have no argument, so all they have left is to demonize individuals? ================ Kimberley A. Strassel March 26, 2015 7:12 p.m. ET Conservative thought on campus these days is rare, though for some it’s still not rare enough. Witness the growing campaign by politicians, unions... Read more
Archive for the ‘American Thought’ Category
The Campus Climate Crusade
March 28 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Global Warming, Liberal Press, Politically correct, The LeftConservatives, Please Stop Trashing the Liberal Arts
March 28 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Philosophy, The Right, Western CivilizationI couldn’t agree more with Mr. Scalia. And I consider myself way on the conservative end of the scale. We don’t diss math because white collar criminals use it. We don’t speak against sex because some men rape women. Why don’t we think and discuss liberal education the same way? ======= By Christopher J. Scalia March 27, 2015 6:07 p.m. ET Dismissing the... Read more
The Left’s Recusal Gambit
March 17 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, The LeftI have to hand it to them for creativity. And I might need to assail the court if it doesn’t use some common sense. ======== Updated March 16, 2015 4:47 p.m. ET If you’re a special prosecutor who keeps losing on the law, try rigging the judges. That’s the gambit in Wisconsin, where special prosecutor Francis Schmitz has filed a motion prodding judges... Read more
Two Travel for the Price of Two!
March 16 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, ObamaIts bad [according to the Left] when a ‘rich person’ has the money AND decides to spend it like this. But when The Obamas do it, its, well, no big deal. ======= Look, up in the sky, it’s a bird, it’s a plane … No, it’s two planes! Two taxpayer-funded planes, that is. And on those two planes last Thursday were two occupants... Read more
Economics of Growth and Prosperity
March 14 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Business, EconomicsI simply shake my head… ========= William Baumol,Robert Litan, and Carl Schramm, “Good Capitalism, Bad Capitalism, and the Economics of Growth and Prosperity” (2007): The most astonishing thing about the extraordinary outpouring of growth and innovation that the United States and other economies have achieved over the past two centuries is that it does not astonish us. Throughout most of human history, life... Read more
How Pizza Became a Growth Stock
March 14 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Business, EconomicsLots of companies like this one. Or maybe, lots of companies have the opportunity like this one. ============= By Stephen Moore March 13, 2015 6:39 p.m. ET Here’s a question that has been puzzling Patrick Doyle, the CEO of Domino’s, for months, as he puts it: “How do we list the calorie content of our pizzas on a menu when we have 34 million... Read more
