Heading for moral disaster. ========= Daniel Henninger. WSJ – 11/19/2015 We are back where we came in. After 9/11, 98 U.S. senators voted to pass the USA Patriot Act. In time, the political and moral solidarity of that moment dissolved. The words “Patriot Act” became anathema on the global left—a moral affront. How long will the solidarity of Paris last? Before Islamic terrorists murdered... Read more
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Wonderland: Missouri and Paris
November 21 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Henninger, Losing Freedom, The Left, Western CivilizationForcing your Retirement Investing
November 21 | Posted by mrossol | Losing Freedom, ReligionTalk about forcing your religion on others… ====== By Andy Kessler The beauty of the stock market is that no one can tell you where to put your money—until now. Last month the Obama administration’s Labor Department issued Interpretive Bulletin 2015-01, which tells pension funds what factors to use when choosing investments, including climate change. Only a few tax lawyers noticed, but with... Read more
Yale’s Little Robespierres
November 9 | Posted by mrossol | Losing Freedom, Politically correct, The LeftWSJ 11/9/2015 Someone at Yale University should have dressed up as Robespierre for Halloween, as its students seem to have lost their minds over what constitutes a culturally appropriate costume. Identity and grievance politics keeps hitting new lows on campus, and now even liberal professors are being consumed by the revolution. On Oct. 28 Yale Dean Burgwell Howard and Yale’s Intercultural Affairs... Read more
From Kristallnacht … to America
November 9 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Losing Freedom, Politically correct, Radical Islam, Religious PersecutionYes, where is the US? ========== WSJ 11/9/2015 By John H. Lang Monday, Nov. 9, marks the anniversary of Kristallnacht in 1938, when Nazi hordes ran wild throughout Berlin, as well as in other German cities. Jewish houses of worship were desecrated and then set afire. Thousands of Jews were rounded up, some beaten to death, others sent to concentration camps. Jewish-owned businesses... Read more
Show Us Your Donors
November 5 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Losing Freedom, US ConstitutionDisclosure is the watchword for liberals who want to use campaign-finance laws to discourage political speech, but disclosure’s risk to the First Amendment reaches beyond politics. The Supreme Court may decide as early as Friday to hear a case on whether a government official can demand that a nonprofit group hand over a list of its major donors. The First Amendment... Read more
Zombie Prosecutors
August 22 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Democrat Party, Law, Losing Freedom, Party PoliticsThis operation needs to be “shut down”. ======== WSJ Aug. 18, 2015 7:02 p.m. Wisconsin’s prosecutors are starting to remind us of a zombie apocalypse because their rogue investigations never stay dead. That’s the news in a recent court filing in the state’s John Doe investigation that shows prosecutors haven’t accepted the Wisconsin Supreme Court’s July verdict shutting down their pursuit of... Read more
