Noonan: Someone help me understand what Mrs Noonan is missing… ============= So many people this week mentioned Dodge’s great Super Bowl spot, “So God Made a Farmer,” from a 1978 speech by the late Paul Harvey. Here are some reasons it was great: • Because it spoke respectfully and even reverently of others. We don’t do that so much anymore. We’re afraid of looking... Read more
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The logic of it all.. B Stein
February 11 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, ObamaCareClassic Ben Stein! ========= Fathom the hypocrisy of a government that requires every citizen to prove they are insured…, but not everyone must prove they are a citizen. And now, any of those who refuse, or are unable, to prove they are citizens will receive free [health] insurance paid for by those who are forced to buy insurance because they are citizens. – Ben... Read more
Dr. Benjamin Carson Epic Full Speech at National Prayer Breakfast Attacks Obamas Policies! – YouTube
February 10 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Obama, US ConstitutionMy first exposure to Benjamin Carson. I like what I see here. =============== Dr. Benjamin Carson Epic Full Speech at National Prayer Breakfast – YouTube.
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A Jersey Lesson in Voter Fraud
February 6 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Party Politics, UncategorizedLet’s talk about who is disenfranchised. ===== By THOMAS FLEMING Some youthful memories were stirred by the news this week that the president plans to use his State of the Union speech next Tuesday to urge Congress to make voter registration and ballot-casting easier. Like Mr. Obama, I come from a city with a colorful history of political corruption and vote fraud. The president’s... Read more
Gold, Greenbacks and Inflation—A History and a Warning
January 17 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, US DebtGood Econ 201 Lesson. ======= By PAUL MORENO The Federal Reserve, which celebrates its 100th anniversary this year, is tasked by Congress with managing the money supply so as to preserve price stability while maximizing employment. But with the central bank having increased the money supply by 25% since the financial crash of 2008—while the federal government has borrowed $5 trillion—can inflation be... Read more
Notable & Quotable – WSJ.com
January 15 | Posted by mrossol | American ThoughtJust had a very related discussion Sunday with son and friend… ===== From George Orwell’s essay “Politics and the English Language” (1946): A man may take to drink because he feels himself to be a failure, and then fail all the more completely because he drinks. It is rather the same thing that is happening to the English language. It becomes ugly and... Read more
