Not all unions push to this level, but… you get the picture. ========== The Ultimate Fighting Championship is known for its mix of “karate, jiu-jitsu, boxing, kickboxing, grappling, wrestling, sumo and other combat sports,” played in an “Octagon” cage between two impressively muscled fighters who win by “knockout, submission or decision.” None of that has prepared UFC executives for the eye-gouges and... Read more
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Indiana Voucher Victory
March 26 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Party PoliticsChoice. Hope there is more of it. ============== Indiana passed one of the nation’s most ambitious education reforms in 2011, so naturally teachers unions sued to kill it. The unions lost big Tuesday when the Indiana Supreme Court ruled unanimously that the state’s Choice Scholarship Program is constitutional. The Indiana State Teachers Association and the National Education Association sued to stop the statewide... Read more
Ryan Budget Proposes Caps on Defense Spending, a Shift for GOP – WSJ.com
March 13 | Posted by mrossol | Debt, Party PoliticsA proposal… does the loyal opposition offer something else … (in the past four years)? ============ Ryan Budget Proposes Caps on Defense Spending, a Shift for GOP.
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Filibuster Hagel
February 19 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Party PoliticsGood for the goose, good for the… =========== Chuck Hagel says he can’t remember if he called the U.S. State Department “an adjunct of the Israeli foreign minister’s office” in the Q&A following a March 2007 speech at Rutgers University, but that he repudiates the words all the same. Which makes him a crank who lacks even the courage of his convictions. And... Read more
In Memoriam: Robert H. Bork
February 11 | Posted by mrossol | Party PoliticsRIP =========== By JOHN R. BOLTON From the American Enterprise Institute Bob Bork was my antitrust professor at Yale Law School in 1972-73, where he was one of a small band of conservative/libertarian students and teachers. Ralph Winter and Ward Bowman were the only other two like-minded professors, although they did have some fellow travelers among the professoriat who were merely New... Read more
A Jersey Lesson in Voter Fraud
February 6 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Party Politics, UncategorizedLet’s talk about who is disenfranchised. ===== By THOMAS FLEMING Some youthful memories were stirred by the news this week that the president plans to use his State of the Union speech next Tuesday to urge Congress to make voter registration and ballot-casting easier. Like Mr. Obama, I come from a city with a colorful history of political corruption and vote fraud. The president’s... Read more
