Mr Stephens is right on the money – again. ================= Nobody who watched Barack Obama’s speech Sunday night outlining his strategy to defeat Islamic State could have come away disappointed by the performance. Disappointment presupposes hope for something better. That ship sailed, and sank, a long time ago. By now we are familiar with the cast of Mr. Obama’s mind. He does not... Read more
Archive for the ‘Politically correct’ Category
Fighting Terror by Self-Reproach – WSJ
December 8 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, ISIS, Obama, Politically correct, The Left
Chicago School of Free Speech
November 26 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Liberal Press, Losing Freedom, Politically correct, The LeftWSJ – 11/22/2015 “I’m a Liberal Profes sor, and My Liberal Stud ents Terrify Me,” read the headline of an essay for the liberal website Vox earlier this year. The author, who was frightened enough to write under a pseudonym, admitted that he “cut out anything I could see upsetting a coddled undergrad,” including books by Mark Twain. The American... 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
Noonan: The Trigger-Happy Generation
May 26 | Posted by mrossol | Noonan, Politically correctMs Noonan’s comments apply to more than the college grad. ============ Updated May 22, 2015 10:34 a.m. ET Readers know of the phenomenon at college campuses regarding charges of “microaggressions” and “triggers.” It’s been going on for a while and is part of a growing censorship movement in which professors, administrators and others are accused of racism, sexism, homophobia, classism, gender bias and... Read more
