Backbones are totally out of fashion. mrossol 7/15/2020. WSJ When a Princeton classics professor wrote an article for the Quillette website taking issue with recent faculty demands over race, a storm of criticism descended. This was an opening for President Christopher Eisgruber and other university leaders to remind people that Princeton is a place where speech and debate are cherished. Instead, Princeton... Read more
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The Speech Police at Princeton
July 15 | Posted by mrossol | 1st Amendment, American Thought, Losing Freedom, Politically correct, The LeftWelcome to the ‘Hotel Seattle’
June 23 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Business, Economics, Losing Freedom, Politically correct, Ruling Class, Tax Issues, The LeftAnd you were thinking about moving west… WSJ 6/22/2020 Seattle’s City Council prides itself on being an early adopter of new business mandates. Seattle was the first major U.S. city to adopt a $15 minimum wage and one of the first to require businesses to provide paid sick leave. The City Council achieved another first last week, when it unanimously enacted an... Read more
America’s Jacobin Moment
June 23 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Democrat Party, Party Politics, Politically correct, The Left, Western Civilization
Hillsdale’s Statement about non-statement
June 21 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Politically correct, RacismA June 18 letter from the leaders of Hillsdale College:
Amidst the events of recent weeks, a number of alumni and others have taken up formal and public means to insist that Hillsdale College issue statements concerning these events. The College is charged with negligence—or worse.
It is not the practice of the College to respond to petitions or other instruments meant to...
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The Media’s Self-Censors
June 10 | Posted by mrossol | 1st Amendment, American Thought, Democrat Party, Henninger, Liberal Press, Losing Freedom, Politically correct, The LeftOh, the USA is well on its way to censership by the Left. You an tell by the absolute silence…. mrossol ==== WSJ 6/11/2020
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In 1789, America’s Founding Fathers, acutely aware of...
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femimist professor under fire
September 6 | Posted by mrossol | 1st Amendment, American Thought, Losing Freedom, Politically correct, The Left
WSJ 8/31/2019 THE WEEKEND INTERVIEW with Camille Paglia
By Tunku Varadarajan
When Camille Paglia was an “obnoxious adolescent” of 15, she had what she describes as “this huge fight with a nun” in upstate New York. Ms. Paglia, 72, remembers the incident with a clarity that suggests a lifetime of unresolved umbrage.
“We were released from school...
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