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Confederate Statues Controversy: A Historian’s View

July 21 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Losing Freedom, Politically correct, The Left, Western Civilization

Very well thought out and written article, which I commend to all. mrossol 7/17/2020 National Review.  By Bruce Westrate I was born in 1952, during the presidency of Harry Truman. Nine years later, this country began its centennial commemoration of the Civil War. I was completely swept up in it, writing letters to chambers of commerce all around the battle-affected states to... Read more

Oh Yes, Ban the Redskins

July 16 | Posted by mrossol | Henninger, Politically correct, Social Engineering

Yep, this is where the spineless are “dragging” us. mrossol 7/16/2020 WSJ by Daniel Henninger

 
The Washington Redskins logo on the team’s home field in Landover,... Read more

The Speech Police at Princeton

July 15 | Posted by mrossol | 1st Amendment, American Thought, Losing Freedom, Politically correct, The Left

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

Welcome to the ‘Hotel Seattle’

June 23 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Business, Economics, Losing Freedom, Politically correct, Ruling Class, Tax Issues, The Left

And 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

By  WSJ. The Editorial Board
June 22, 2020 7:09 pm ET
Anger at the killing of George Floyd has spurred useful reflection about race and perhaps some important police reform. But the political and cultural forces have transformed in recent weeks into something far less healthy—a ferocious campaign of political conformity sweeping across American artistic, educational,... Read more

Hillsdale’s Statement about non-statement

June 21 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Politically correct, Racism

A 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... Read more

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