Peter Berkowitz: Our Elite Schools Have Abandoned Military History – WSJ.com. The study of war elucidates some of mankind’s noblest virtues and bitterest vices. So why do colleges seem afraid of it? By PETER BERKOWITZ The Union’s victory in the Civil War, whose opening shots were fired by Confederate forces 150 years ago this month, established that the United States, which... Read more
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Solzhenitsyn’s Harvard Address
April 29 | Posted by mrossol | American ThoughtAge of America nears end.
April 25 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, EconomicsIMF bombshell: Age of America nears end – MarketWatch. Maybe the best article of the year… ==== BOSTON (MarketWatch) — The International Monetary Fund has just dropped a bombshell, and nobody noticed. For the first time, the international organization has set a date for the moment when the “Age of America” will end and the U.S. economy will be overtaken by that... Read more
Why I Still Support Nuclear Power
April 25 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Economics, EnvironmentWilliam Tucker: Why I Still Support Nuclear Power, Even After Fukushima – WSJ.com. The facts can be a hard sell, at times… ========= It’s not easy being a supporter of nuclear energy these days. The events in Japan have confirmed many of the critics’ worst predictions. We are way past Three Mile Island. It is not quite Chernobyl, but the ... Read more
ObamaCare Opt Out
April 20 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Health, ObamaCareReview & Outlook: ObamaCare Opt Out – WSJ.com. As a former corn trader I once worked with has state: “They’ re stupid.” === It’s not often that states turn their back on money from Washington, but at least two states may say no thanks to federal grants to implement the new federal health-care law. In February the federal Department of Health and... Read more
