John Wooden – a great man. ===== From “Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections,” published in 1997 by Hall of Fame UCLA basketball coach John Wooden: There was a rule against facial hair for players on UCLA basketball teams. One day Bill Walton came to practice after a ten-day break wearing a beard. I asked him, “Bill, have you forgotten something?” He... Read more
Archive for the ‘American Thought’ Category
The Second Amendment …
April 7 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, US ConstitutionSure gave me more to think about. Worth reading if you are at all interested in our way of life and the role the US Constitution plays in it. =========== September 2011 Edward J. Erler – Professor of Political Science, California State University, San Bernardino The following is adapted from a speech delivered at a Hillsdale College National Leadership Seminar on May 24, 2011, in... Read more
Build yourself a great story.
April 6 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, PhilosophySome good stuff. I’m pleasantly surprised. ========== From Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos’s commencement address at Princeton University, May 30, 2010: Tomorrow, in a very real sense, your life—the life you author from scratch on your own—begins. How will you use your gifts? What choices will you make? Will inertia be your guide, or will you follow your passions? Will you follow dogma, or will you be... Read more
9-24-177-620. Do you know this metric?
April 6 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Politically correctGreat 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
Find 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
