A 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
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Noonan: Warnings From the Ukraine Crisis
March 18 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Crimea, Losing Freedom, Noonan, Russia, The LeftThe Consumer Financial Bureau’s Bias Shakedown
March 18 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Democrat Party, Losing Freedom, Obama, The LeftI wait for one of my friends on the Left to explain why they support this kind of “executive behavior”? [Which I’m sure they must support…] =========== How does the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau figure out when employers unintentionally discriminate against minorities? The bureau’s lawyers know, or maybe they’re making it up as they go along. Whatever it is, they’re not telling... Read more
Welcome to the 19th Century
March 18 | Posted by mrossol | Crimea, Losing Freedom, Obama, RussiaWell, well, well. Hows the dialog working for you, Mr. President? ========= ‘You just don’t in the 21st century behave in 19th century fashion by invading another country on completely trumped up pretext,” declared John Kerry on March 2 as Russia began its conquest of Ukraine’s Crimean peninsula. Though he didn’t intend it, the U.S. Secretary of State was summing up the... Read more
Auto Union Wants to Muzzle Public Officials
March 4 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Losing Freedom, UnionsIf I’m missing part of the story, please leave a comment and input. ========== Bob Corker WSJ_March 3, 2014 6:59 p.m. ET Picture an election where an entity is given nearly unfettered access to voters for two years and then is allowed to call for a surprise vote with only a few days’ notice. Then imagine that the entity loses the vote and... Read more
Connecting the Dots in the IRS Scandal
February 27 | Posted by mrossol | IRS, Losing FreedomIts not plain if you don’t want it to be. ========= The mainstream press has justified its lack of coverage over the Internal Revenue Service targeting of conservative groups because there’s been no “smoking gun” tying President Obama to the scandal. This betrays a remarkable, if not willful, failure to understand abuse of power. The political pressure on the IRS to delay... Read more
Censors on Campus
January 23 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Losing Freedom, Politically correctSo much for your “liberal arts” education. ======= Here’s a less than enthusiastic word of thanks to America’s college administrators. Close to 60% of campuses in 2013 substantially abridged the First Amendment rights of faculty and students. But at least that’s an improvement from 75% in 2007—the year the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (Fire) produced its first comprehensive assessment of... Read more
