Why don’t we let intelligence agents do their job before terror attacks, not in the bloody aftermath. ==== By L. Gordon Crovitz Dec. 20, 2015 The massacre in San Bernardino, Calif., came a few days after a law went into effect banning access by intelligence agencies to key digital communications. It is time for the U.S. to get ahead of terrorism by... Read more
Archive for the ‘The Left’ Category
Death of God Exaggerated
December 21 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Religious Persecution, The Left, Western CivilizationThe American Dream was never intended to keep religious activity out of the marketplace. ======= By Kate Bachelder Dec. 18, 2015 6:32 p.m. ET If religion in America is dying, then someone will have to explain Eric Metaxas. The happy warrior for a muscular Christianity displays nothing but confidence about the durability of belief in modern America. In fact, he seems to hope... Read more
America the Indispensable
December 13 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Politically correct, The Left, Western CivilizationI would be much obliged to hear dissent from the views shared here by Robert Murdock. =========== WSJ – 12-2-2015 Before I thank Henry Kissinger, and before delivering my modest message, I feel obliged to alert college students, progressive academics and all other deeply sensitive souls that these words may contain phrases and ideas that challenge your prejudices. In other words, I formally... Read more
The Liberal Theology of Gun Control
December 8 | Posted by mrossol | 2nd Amendment, Losing Freedom, Obama, The LeftYep, change the subject! ================ How does a man who entered the White House vowing to restore science to its proper place tell us that gun control is the answer to terrorism? After all, California already has strict gun control, as does France, which just had its second terrorist massacre this year. Not to mention that the one time when terrorists with assault... Read more
Fighting Terror by Self-Reproach – WSJ
December 8 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, ISIS, Obama, Politically correct, The LeftMr Stephens is right on the money – again. ================= Nobody who watched Barack Obama’s speech Sunday night outlining his strategy to defeat Islamic State could have come away disappointed by the performance. Disappointment presupposes hope for something better. That ship sailed, and sank, a long time ago. By now we are familiar with the cast of Mr. Obama’s mind. He does not... Read more
Mr Schmitz Is Terminated
December 3 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Democrat Party, Law, The LeftHard to grasp that someone is “getting it right” for a change… ======= WSJ 12/3/2015 For Wisconsin prosecutors who won’t take a hint, subtlety doesn’t work. So on Wednesday the state Supreme Court rejected their motion to reconsider the John Doe probe of conservative groups, ordered seized documents handed over to the court, and terminated Special Prosecutor Francis Schmitz. The Justices had already ruled... Read more
