Bari Weiss: David Mamet’s Coming Out Party – WSJ.com. By BARI WEISS In March 2008, David Mamet was outed in the Village Voice. The Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright had a comedy about an American president running on Broadway, and—perhaps to help with ticket sales—decided to write an article about the election season. The headline was subtle: “Why I Am... Read more
Archive for the ‘Politically correct’ Category
David Mamet’s Coming Out Party
June 3 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Politically correct, The LeftThe Strauss-Kahn Standard
June 3 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Liberal Press, Politically correct, The LeftReview & Outlook: The Strauss-Kahn Standard – WSJ.com. The liberal press is again, AWOL… So now we know what a real scandal atop a leading international organization looks like. Whatever becomes of the sexual assault charges against Dominique Strauss-Kahn, DNA evidence and all, it is now clear that the former head of the International Monetary Fund treated the organization as his... Read more
Take Your Green Back
May 26 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Economics, Politically correct, The LeftProfessors to Koch Brothers: Take Your Green Back – WSJ.com. This “political correctness” happens not just in Universities, although it seems to find very welcoming arms there, but in both the public and private “marketplace”. E.g. companies frown on, at best, expressions of support for the free enterprise system. ======= By DONALD LUSKIN Times are tough for state-funded colleges like Florida State University.... Read more
Release the Prisoners! – US Supreme Court
May 24 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Politically correct, US Courts
“Most of them will not be prisoners with medical conditions or severe mental illness, and many will
undoubtedly be fine physical specimens who have developed intimidating muscles pumping iron in the prison gym.”
JUSTICE ANTONIN SCALIA, in a dissent on inmates who might be released under a Supreme Court ruling that ordered California to reduce its prison population.
Ah, what does Scalia know…
P.J. O’Rourke on the Scourge of Bike Lanes
April 3 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Politically correctP.J. O’Rourke on the Scourge of Bike Lanes – WSJ.com. O’Rourke – a favorite of my sister… and one of mine. This article – with affection for my daughter. “… The bicycle is a parody of a wheeled vehicle—a donkey cart without the cart, where you do the work of the donkey. Although the technology necessary to build a bicycle... Read more
