William Deresiewicz: How Jane Austen Taught Me to Be a Man – WSJ.com. A great perspective. And the books/movies aren’t bad either. By WILLIAM DERESIEWICZ I was 26 when I read my first Jane Austen novel, “Emma,” the story of a spoiled young lady in Regency England who fancies herself a matchmaker. A graduate student at the time, I was as... Read more
Archive for the ‘American Thought’ Category
The Constitution and the Debt Ceiling
May 19 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, US DebtRivkin and Casey: The Constitution and the Debt Ceiling – WSJ.com. I keep learning something. By DAVID B. RIVKIN JR. AND LEE CASEY Congressional Republicans debating how to use the government’s debt ceiling to control runaway federal spending should examine one of the Constitution’s relatively obscure clauses: Section Four of the 14th Amendment. This provision, which forbids any default on ... Read more
Remembering the First Blow Against al Qaeda
May 19 | Posted by mrossol | American ThoughtKarl Rove: Remembering the First Blow Against al Qaeda – WSJ.com. It was a fitting end: The brutal terrorist who aspired to create an Islamic caliphate that stretched from the Straits of Malacca to Gibraltar was found hiding in a walled compound, isolated and reduced to communicating in fitful spurts by courier. It was the identity of a... Read more
Eric Holder’s bin Laden Moment.
May 6 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Liberal Press, Obama, Party PoliticsHenninger: Eric Holder’s bin Laden Moment. – WSJ.com. Give Obama credit for ordering the mission, but I believe he still hates the America that enable this success. He will use any political tool to move “America” in his socialist direction. === As the whole of America takes a bin Laden victory lap, let us pause to remember some of this celebrated event’s... Read more
From Guantanamo to Abbottabad
May 6 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Obama, Party Politics, Radical Islam, The LeftJohn Yoo: From Guantanamo to Abbottabad – WSJ.com. The bin Laden mission benefited greatly from Bush administration interrogation policies, but President Obama still prefers to kill, rather than capture, terrorists. This costs valuable intelligence. By John Yoo In the space of 40 minutes on Sunday night, two Navy SEAL teams descended on a compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, and... Read more
