I 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
Archive for the ‘American Thought’ Category
The Daydream and the Nightmare
July 6 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Democrat Party, Noonan, Obama, The LeftA 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
US Personnel Required to “Bow” to Muslim practice during Ramadan?
June 30 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Losing Freedom, Radical Islam, US ConstitutionGideons can no longer distribute Bibles to service men/women, but all US service men/women will be required to adhere- more or less -to Muslim traditions during Ramadan. “A stricter practice of separation of ‘church and state'”. Say, what?!! The ACLU’s position on this is, er, ….. Not sure they have gone public with their opposition just yet. ================ MANAMA, Bahrain — U.S. personnel... Read more
Gluten-Free Craze: Is It Healthy?
June 24 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, HealthI’m inclined to discount the gluten-free ‘push’, but let the article speak. ================ A decade ago, few Americans had heard of gluten. Today, one survey says, almost a third are trying to avoid the element found in grain. In growing numbers, the world’s biggest food makers and restaurant chains are retooling recipes and labels to tap into the concern, creating a multibillion-dollar... Read more
Fouad Ajami on America and the Arabs
June 24 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Middle East, Radical IslamSome exerpts from a very good thinker and writer. =============== Editor’s note: Fouad Ajami, the Middle Eastern scholar and a contributor to these pages for 27 years, died Sunday at age 68. Excerpts from his writing in the Journal are below, and a related editorial appears nearby: “A Tangled History,” a review of Bernard Lewis’s book, “Islam and the West,” June 24, 1993: The... Read more
