Gets to a critical argument… =========== By ALAN BLINDERMAY 20, 2014 DAYTON, Tenn. — William Jennings Bryan earned a permanent place in American history nearly nine decades ago in the Scopes trial, when he stood in a courtroom here and successfully prosecuted a teacher who broke the law by teaching evolution in a public school. While not quite “the fantastic cross between a circus... Read more
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What ‘Hard Work U’ Can Teach Elite Schools
May 20 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, DebtVery solid model. ============== May 16, 2014 6:15 p.m. WSJ – Point Lookout, Mo. ‘We don’t do debt here,’ says College of the Ozarks President Jerry C. Davis. Looking for the biggest bargain in higher education? I think I found it in this rural Missouri town, 40 miles south of Springfield, nestled in the foothills of the Ozark Mountains. The school is College of... Read more
Prayer in the Public Square
May 18 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Losing Freedom, Religious Persecution, US ConstitutionGod hangs on by a vote at the Supreme Court. ========== May 5, 2014 7:13 p.m. ET The Supreme Court did a good turn for religious freedom on Monday, ruling that prayer is permitted at government meetings and doesn’t amount to an endorsement of religion. The disconcerting surprise is that the decision was only 5-4. Greece v. Galloway dealt with a challenge to the... Read more
The Investors at War With Political Power
May 18 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Big Govt, US ConstitutionRather long, but folks – we need to start paying attention to “the government of ours’ which ‘managers’ of which are more and more thinking they can do as they wish. =========== How a once-obscure federal agency targeted two brothers, and what happened when they decided to fight back in the age of Obama. By JOSEPH RAGO CONNECT May 2, 2014 6:45 p.m.... Read more
A Selfie-Taking, Hashtagging Teenage Administration
May 13 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, ObamaNo one should be surprised. A president that can’t get enough of himself… those surrounding him have very similar feathers. But it is not good news for America. The prophet Isaiah (3:4) said: “And I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule.” ================= By Eliot A. Cohen May 12, 2014 6:56 p.m. ET As American foreign policy continues its long... Read more
