No one should be surprised… ======= WSJ By Crispin Sartwell We are witnessing the second great era of speech repression in academia, the first coming during the “culture wars” of the late 1980s and early ’90s. One force behind the new wave is a theory of truth, or a picture of reality, developed the first time around. This theory, which we might call “linguistic... Read more
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Washington Price Choppers
December 7 | Posted by mrossol | Big Govt, Health, Ruling Class, The LeftCool your jets, people…. ===== WSJ 12/7/2016 The belief among Democrats that a Republican could never win another presidential election was apparently so firm that they’re still in a state of shock. They’re even more stunned that Donald Trump has dared to name an Obama-Care critic as his health-care point man—which makes for an instructive moment. Tom Price, a six-term Georgia Congressman and... Read more
Democrats Send Their Regrets
December 5 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Democrat Party, Ruling Class, StrasselWell, well, well. Now isn’t that special.. ====== WSJ 12/2/2016 Regrets? Delaware Sen. Chris Coons has a few— and not too few to mention. At the top of his list is his party’s decision in 2013 to blow up the filibuster for most presidential nominees. “Many of us will regret that in this Congress,” a dejected Mr. Coons told CNN on Tuesday. “Because it... Read more
Trump and the Democrats
November 14 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Democrat Party, Obama, Ruling ClassWell, well, well. ============ WSJ 11/11/2016 Donald Trump’s victory is already inspiring reflection about the future of the Republican Party, and rightly so, but Democrats don’t seem to be undertaking any similar introspection. This is a mistake, because they wouldn’t have been ushered out of power up and down the ballot if the American public wasn’t rejecting the results and methods... Read more
Podesta’s Email Address
November 5 | Posted by mrossol | Democrat Party, Party Politics, Ruling Class, The LeftThis should put an end to the idea that “you can be anything you really commit yourself to”. ================== Thomas Frank, writing in the Guardian on Oct. 31: Then there is the apparent nepotism, the dozens if not hundreds of mundane emails in which petitioners for this or that plum Washington job or high-profile academic appointment politely appeal to [John] Podesta—the ward-heeler of... Read more
The Press Buries Clinton’s Sins
October 18 | Posted by mrossol | Hillary Clinton, Liberal Press, Ruling Class, The LeftI do hope you are not surprised. And I believe that when Trump talks about a “rigged” election, he is primarily making the point that the press in America does not really paint an objective picture of candidates. ===== s If average voters turned on the TV for five minutes this week, chances are they know that Donald Trump made lewd remarks... Read more
