Yes. ======= WSJ 8/227/2016 Noonan. With the campaign proper about to begin, on Labor Day, a last August thought, a very simple one: War is terrible. It is my impression our candidates for president don’t really know this. They never say it, not in formal speeches or in thinking aloud, in reveries in friendly interviews. I would say of most of America’s... Read more
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Ambivalent about Crime
August 20 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Henninger, Policing, TrumpOne of the primary roles of government is the safety of its people. =========== WSJ 8/18/2016 Richard Nixon, law and order’s most famous practitioner, used the reality of domestic unrest to defeat Hubert Humphrey in the annus horribilis, 1968. President George W. Bush persuaded voters in 2004 that John Kerry would provide uncertain leadership in the post-9/11 war on terror. Donald Trump, always willing... Read more
How We Might Defeat Radical Jihadism – Noonan
March 29 | Posted by mrossol | Big Govt, ISIS, Noonan, Obama, Politically correct, Radical Islam, Terrorism, The LeftA great read. ===== 3/26/2016 These things are obvious after the Brussels bombings: In striking at the political heart of Europe, home of the European Union, the ISIS jihadists were delivering a message: They will not be stopped. What we are seeing now is not radical jihadist Islam versus the West but, increasingly, radical jihadist Islam versus the world. They are on the move... Read more
The Court Needs Balance
February 20 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Noonan, Obama, US CourtsVery well said. ===== WSJ 2/21/2016 The president has every right to nominate a successor to Justice Antonin Scalia. He shouldn’t, but he has the right by law and precedent. The reasons he shouldn’t spring from facts particular to the moment and having to do with what Justice Scalia symbolized. In a 50/50 country, one that suffers deep ideological divisions and is constantly... Read more
13 Hours – Political?
January 21 | Posted by mrossol | Benghazi, Clinton, HenningerReally? Is there really something to discuss? If this isn’t as plain as the nose on your face … =========== It is possible to identify how far down the mountain American politics has fallen in one word—Benghazi. Benghazi is no longer the place in Libya where U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens was killed by Islamist militias. “Benghazi” is now just another neutralized buzzword in... Read more
