Poor Michelle. Breaks my heart. ============= WSJ 12/22/2016 Amid all the sentiments, ideas and stress that enwrap the Christmas season, one idea abides: hope. On Christmas Day, in every church the world over, whether a cathedral or the shell of an ancient chapel in Iraq, congregants will sit down to hear a homily on hope. This being post-election America in 2016, it is fitting... Read more
Archive for the ‘Henninger’ Category
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
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
Obama, Trump and Sanders
January 14 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Henninger, ObamaA huge percentage of Americans are blind. They simply do not think. ===== WSJ 1/14/2015 There is Barack Obama’s State of the Union and there is the state of the union anyone else can see. The new year began with an underground nuclear-bomb test in North Korea, the worst first week for the Dow since 1897, and Iran forcing 10 U.S. sailors to their... Read more
The Year Christmas Died – Wonderland
December 25 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Christmas, Henninger“…A Christmas celebration in disguise?” Its coming to that, yes. ======= As we moved into December and what for some time has been called “the holiday season,” the Office of Diversity and Inclusion at the University of Tennessee issued a “best practices” directive for the campus to “ensure your holiday party is not a Christmas party in disguise.” A Christmas party in disguise?... Read more
