Isn’t it interesting. Consider the metric: Population vs % Naturalized Citizens. And now, ask yourself “Why?” ========= Try as I might, I just can’t become Chinese. It started as a thought experiment: I wondered what it would take for me, the son of Chinese immigrants, to become a citizen of China. So I called the nearest Chinese consulate and got lost in a voice... Read more
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North Carolina Got It Right on Unemployment Benefits
July 6 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, SocialismVery nice to see. There needs to be a better balance between helping those in need, and expecting effort on their part. ============= Raleigh, N.C. A year ago, North Carolina became the first state in the nation to exit the federal government’s extended-benefits program for the unemployed. Facing the prospect of job-killing hikes in payroll taxes to pay back Washington, Gov. Pat... Read more
How Not to Help Black Americans
June 21 | Posted by mrossol | Socialism, The Left======== Jason L. Riley – June 16, 2014 7:24 p.m. ET ‘The concept of historic reparation grows out of man’s need to impose a degree of justice on the world that simply does not exist,” writes Shelby Steele in “The Content of Our Character.” “Blacks cannot be repaid for the injustice done to the race, but we can be corrupted by society’s... Read more
Behind the East German Lie
May 18 | Posted by mrossol | Socialism, The LeftI’m first generation American, but ‘the East” was never far from my thoughts. ============= After three generations, a family’s faith in the state disappears. May 6, 2014 12:22 a.m. ET From “Red Love: The Story of an East German Family,” a new memoir by Maxim Leo: I think that for both my grandfathers the [German Democratic Republic] was a kind of dreamland, in which they... Read more
I’m Fighting to Restore a Free Society
April 4 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Losing Freedom, SocialismI agree with Mr Koch on most of his thoughts below. [emphasis is mine] ========== I have devoted most of my life to understanding the principles that enable people to improve their lives. It is those principles—the principles of a free society—that have shaped my life, my family, our company and America itself. Unfortunately, the fundamental concepts of dignity, respect, equality before the... Read more
The Price of Cowardice
April 2 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Losing Freedom, SocialismFrom Alexandr Solzhenitsyn’s 1970 Nobel lecture, accepting the prize in literature: The spirit of Munich has by no means retreated into the past; it was not merely a brief episode. I even venture to say that the spirit of Munich prevails in the 20th century. The timid civilized world has found nothing with which to oppose the onslaught of a sudden... Read more
