Well? ========== Put aside the numbers for a moment, and the daily argument. “Seven point one million people have signed up!” “But six million people lost their coverage and were forced onto the exchanges! That’s no triumph, it’s a manipulation. And how many of the 7.1 million have paid?” “We can’t say, but 7.1 million is a big number and redeems the program.” “Is it a... Read more
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Noonan: Warnings From the Ukraine Crisis
March 18 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Crimea, Losing Freedom, Noonan, Russia, The LeftA good read. ====== What has been happening in Ukraine is not a wake-up call precisely but a tugging at the attention, a demand to focus. There’s a sense that in some new way we are watching the 21st century take its shape and express its central realities. Exactly 100 years ago, in August 1914, the facts that would shape the 20th century... Read more
Noonan: Warnings From the Ukraine Crisis
March 14 | Posted by mrossol | Crimea, Noonan, Obama, The LeftI continue to wait for my friends on the left who tell me “Oh, you shouldn’t take this that seriously,” to provide some level of rationale assurance about their position. ================ What has been happening in Ukraine is not a wake-up call precisely but a tugging at the attention, a demand to focus. There’s a sense that in some new way we are... Read more
The Ideologue vs the Children
March 7 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Democrat Party, Noonan, UnionsFinally one Democratic politician willing to say, “No” – sort of -to union priorities over good education. ============ What a small and politically vicious man New York’s new mayor is. Bill de Blasio doesn’t like charter schools. They are too successful to be tolerated. Last week he announced he will drop the ax on three planned Success Academy schools. (You know Success... Read more
America and the Aggressive Left
March 1 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, NoonanMrs. Noonan hits the nail, once again. “…72% of those polled saying big government is a bigger threat to the future than big business and big labor—a record high…” ======= The constant mischief of the progressive left is hurting the nation’s morale. There are few areas of national life left in which they are not busy, and few in which they’re not making... Read more
Incompetence
December 18 | Posted by mrossol | Democrat Party, Noonan, Obama, The LeftWhere are the adults in the Democrat Party? ============== Everyone is doing thoughtful year-end pieces on President Obama. Writers and reporters agree he’s had his worst year ever. I infer from most of their essays an unstated but broadly held sense of foreboding: There’s no particular reason to believe next year will be better, and in fact signs and indications point to... Read more
