Will probably get worse before, or if, it gets better. ============ Bret Stephens – WSJ 11/24/2015 “Liberal Parents, Radical Children,” was the title of a 1975 book by Midge Decter, which tried to make sense of how a generation of munificent parents raised that self-obsessed, politically spastic generation known as the Baby Boomers. The book was a case study in the tragedy of... Read more
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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
The Campus Climate Crusade
March 28 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Global Warming, Liberal Press, Politically correct, The LeftWhy is the left not willing to have open dialog, discuss facts, consider alternate opinions? Is it because they have no argument, so all they have left is to demonize individuals? ================ Kimberley A. Strassel March 26, 2015 7:12 p.m. ET Conservative thought on campus these days is rare, though for some it’s still not rare enough. Witness the growing campaign by politicians, unions... Read more
Fossil Fuels Will Save the World (Really)
March 14 | Posted by mrossol | Economics, Environment, Global Warming, Politically correct, ScienceI think the right honorable gentleman makes some very keen observations. === By Matt Ridley March 13, 2015 5:33 p.m. ET The environmental movement has advanced three arguments in recent years for giving up fossil fuels: (1) that we will soon run out of them anyway; (2) that alternative sources of energy will price them out of the marketplace; and (3) that we cannot... Read more
