Will the major media pick up this story??? === WSJ 4/4/2017 Well, what do you know. On the matter of who “unmasked” the names of Trump transition officials in U.S. intelligence reports, we now have one answer: Susan Rice, Barack Obama’s national security adviser. A U.S. intelligence official confirms to us the bombshell news, first reported Monday by Bloomberg, that Ms. Rice requested the... Read more
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Susan Rice Unmasked
April 5 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Democrat Party, Party Politics, The LeftSyrian Chemical Repeat
April 5 | Posted by mrossol | Middle East, Obama, Syria, The LeftOps, can’t bring that up… ====== WSJ 4/5/2017 Just when Western leaders think they can forget about the Syrian civil war, Bashar Assad drags them back in. A suspected poison gas attack widely blamed on the Syrian regime killed at least 58 people in opposition-held territory Tuesday, including 11 children. Syria’s army denied using chemical weapons, but then that’s what the regime said in... Read more
Senatorial Embarrassment
March 30 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Democrat Party, Party Politics, The Left====== By Orrin G. Hatch WSJ 3/26/2017 During last week’s confirmation hearing for Judge Neil Gorsuch, some of my Senate colleagues heard from teachers who were using the occasion as an educational tool. Indeed, Supreme Court confirmation hearings can be a civics lesson for the nation. They offer unparalleled insight into the Constitution and the proper role of judges in our system... Read more
A ‘Pentagon Papers’ on Russia?
March 30 | Posted by mrossol | Liberal Press, Russia, The LeftAlong with the Imprimis article on Putin, this piece is also insightful. ==== WSJ – 4/25/2017 By Holman W Jenkins The American media needs to get a grip. News in essence is about how today differs from yesterday, a corollary of which is that yesterday was different from today. Reporters commit the fallacy of anachronism out the wazoo with their treatment of a report... Read more
Supreme Court Hearings
March 29 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Democrat Party, The Left, US CourtsSo why are Democrats so up in arms against the current nominee? ==== WSJ 3/25/2017 From the 1986 Senate confirmation hearing of Judge Antonin Scalia, nominated to the Supreme Court: Sen. Ted Kennedy (D., Mass.): Judge Scalia, if you were confirmed, do you expect to overrule the Roe v. Wade? Scalia: Excuse me? Kennedy: Roe v. Wade Do you expect to overrule the Supreme Court decision... Read more
Middlebury’s Principles Require Discipline – Letters
March 14 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Losing Freedom, Politically correct, The LeftThese comments in Letters to the Editor, are very, very good. ========== WSJ Letters to the Editor, 3/14/2017 Jay Parini and Keegan Callanan, professors at Middlebury College, have set out principles for their institution following the campus mob action that prevented Charles Murray “from communicating with his audience.” (“Middlebury’s Statement of Principle,” op-ed, March 7). Setting out principles is the easy part. The challenge... Read more
