Great advice for us all: my liberal friends, but also my conservative ones. ============== By WARREN KOZAK This is the season when college notifications go out, and a simple “yes” is seen as a ticket to success. Applicants, though, can never be quite sure why they were accepted or rejected—subjective criteria, in addition to test scores, are used in the evaluations. For many New... Read more
Archive for the ‘American Thought’ Category
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April 6 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Politically correctFind a Man Today, Graduate Tomorrow
April 6 | Posted by mrossol | American ThoughtI think Mrs Smith is right. And of course, we must demonize Susan Patton… ================= By EMILY ESFAHANI SMITH In 2008, when I was a college junior, I went home to New Jersey one weekend to visit my family—and almost immediately regretted it. My mother seemed more interested in my romantic life than my academic life: “Have you found a boyfriend yet?” I rolled... Read more
Indiana Voucher Victory
March 26 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Party PoliticsChoice. Hope there is more of it. ============== Indiana passed one of the nation’s most ambitious education reforms in 2011, so naturally teachers unions sued to kill it. The unions lost big Tuesday when the Indiana Supreme Court ruled unanimously that the state’s Choice Scholarship Program is constitutional. The Indiana State Teachers Association and the National Education Association sued to stop the statewide... Read more
A Clear, Unambiguous Position.
March 19 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Middle EastCan you top this? ================= From President George W. Bush’s address to members of Israel’s Knesset, May 15, 2008: As we go forward, our alliance will be guided by clear principles, shared convictions rooted in moral clarity and unswayed by popularity polls or the shifting opinions of international elites. We believe in the matchless value of every man, woman, and child. So we insist... Read more
Risking the Finlandization of the Persian Gulf
March 19 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Middle EastI do hope we have some thinking people still in the US Federal Govt that think about these things. ============ By SIMON HENDERSON AND GABRIEL SCHEINMANN Where is the Iranian nuclear showdown going? No doubt that will be a subject of discussion when President Obama visits Israel this week and meets with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. But in Washington, Jerusalem and other capitals, officials... Read more
