I don’t agree with Podhoretz on everything, but this article is pretty good. ============ Is America Exceptional? NORMAN PODHORETZ served as editor-in-chief of Commentary magazine from 1960-1995. He was a Pulitzer Scholar at Columbia University, earning his bachelor of arts degree in 1950. He also holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Cambridge University, England, where he was a Fulbright Scholar and a Kellett... Read more
Archive for the ‘The Left’ Category
Benghazi Was Obamas 3 a.m. Call
October 5 | Posted by mrossol | Obama, Politically correct, The LeftIf only Bush were present, we would hear more… =========== “…. The U.S. ignores warnings of a parlous security situation in Benghazi. Nothing happens because nobody is really paying attention, especially in an election year, and because Libya is supposed to be a foreign-policy success. When something does happen, the administration’s concerns for the safety of Americans are subordinated to considerations of Libyan... Read more
Does Uncle Sam Do The Most “Offshoring”?
September 26 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Economics, Party Politics, The LeftThis guy did some homework and presents a lot of data and makes a good argument. ============ Lately, it has become particularly fashionable to bash private equity, especially among those workers in the employ of the state. The argument, in as much as capitalism can be summarized in one [long] sentence, is that PE firms issue excess leverage, making bankruptcy inevitable (apparently... Read more
Tolerance and Disclosure
September 25 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Politically correct, The LeftThis is what “tolerance” looks like. ============= Sometimes there comes along an idea so wrongheaded that even Michael Bloomberg and the American Civil Liberties Union can’t support it. So it was this summer, when the Democratic mayors of Boston and Chicago declared Chick-fil-A unwelcome in their cities because the mayors disagree with CEO Dan Cathy’s support for “biblical marriage.” New York Mayor Bloomberg... Read more
Muslims, Mormons and Liberals
September 18 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Liberal Press, Obama, Radical Islam, Religious Persecution, The LeftThe best “talk” on this subject that I have read. Excerpt: ” . . . the most “progressive” administration in recent U.S. history will make no principled defense of free speech to a Muslim world . . .” ========== ‘Hasa Diga Eebowai” is the hit number in Broadway’s hit musical “The Book of Mormon,” which won nine Tony awards last year. What does... Read more
Romney Offends the Pundits
September 13 | Posted by mrossol | Obama, The LeftOh, my! Did he really say that?! ========== Tuesday’s assaults on the U.S. Embassies in Benghazi and Cairo have injected foreign policy into the Presidential campaign, but suddenly the parsons of the press corps are offended by the debate. They’re upset that Mitt Romney had the gall to criticize the State Department for a statement that the White House itself disavowed. We’re referring... Read more
