Archive for the ‘American Thought’ Category

Designing Your Death Dossier

July 11 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Economics

Designing Your Death Dossier/ 25 Documents Everyone Should Have Before They Die – WSJ.com. Trust me, we’re all going to need this advice. ===== By SAABIRA CHAUDHURI It isn’t enough simply to sign a bunch of papers establishing an estate plan and other end-of-life instructions. You also have to make your heirs aware of them and leave the documents where they... Read more

The Divorce Generation

July 11 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Socialism, The Left

The Divorce Generation – WSJ.com. I don’t believe cohabitation is the answer either. === By SUSAN GREGORY THOMAS

Stephen Webster Gen-X’s quest for perfect nests drove us to take out more home equity loans and to spend more on remodeling, per capita, than any generation before it, according to Harvard’s Joint Center for Housing Studies.
Every ... Read more

Why Friends Help Strengthen a Marriage

July 6 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought

Why Friends Help Strengthen a Marriage – WSJ.com. Well, what do you think? ===

By KATHERINE ROSMAN When our older child was about six months old, Joe said to me, “I miss having friends.” This surprised me — he always has had a ton of friends — and I pointed this out. “I know,” he answered, “but I never spend time... Read more

Agriculture and a Devil’s Bargain.

July 3 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Economics

Notable & Quotable – WSJ.com. Well, any thoughts on this one? =============== Victor Davis Hanson writing at townhall.com, June 23: The Department of Agriculture no longer serves as a lifeline to millions of struggling homestead farmers. Instead, it is a vast, self-perpetuating postmodern bureaucracy with an amorphous budget of some $130 billion—a sum far greater than the nation’s net farm... Read more

Evangelicals and the Gay Moral Revolution

July 3 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Philosophy, Politically correct, Religion

R. Albert Mohler Jr.: Evangelicals and the Gay Moral Revolution – WSJ.com. Timely article, indeed. ====== By R. ALBERT MOHLER JR. The Christian church has faced no shortage of challenges in its 2,000-year history. But now it’s facing a challenge that is... Read more

What Silent Cal Said About the Fourth of July

July 3 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Philosophy, Politically correct, Religion, US Constitution

Leon Kass: What Silent Cal Said About the Fourth of July – WSJ.com. Well said. ======== By LEON KASS Parades. Backyard barbecues. Fireworks. This is how many of us will celebrate the Fourth of July. In earlier times, the day was also marked with specially prepared orations celebrating our founding principles, a practice that has disappeared without notice. It is a tribute... Read more

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