Bari Weiss: David Mamet’s Coming Out Party – WSJ.com. By BARI WEISS In March 2008, David Mamet was outed in the Village Voice. The Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright had a comedy about an American president running on Broadway, and—perhaps to help with ticket sales—decided to write an article about the election season. The headline was subtle: “Why I Am... Read more
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David Mamet’s Coming Out Party
June 3 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Politically correct, The LeftThe Strauss-Kahn Standard
June 3 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Liberal Press, Politically correct, The LeftReview & Outlook: The Strauss-Kahn Standard – WSJ.com. The liberal press is again, AWOL… So now we know what a real scandal atop a leading international organization looks like. Whatever becomes of the sexual assault charges against Dominique Strauss-Kahn, DNA evidence and all, it is now clear that the former head of the International Monetary Fund treated the organization as his... Read more
Democrats and a Budget
June 3 | Posted by mrossol | Party Politics, The LeftReview & Outlook: Cool Hand Harry – WSJ.com. Paul Newman’s famous line after bluffing his way to a big poker pot in “Cool Hand Luke” was: “Sometimes nothing can be a pretty cool hand.” That’s as good a description as any of the Senate Democratic strategy for attacking the $14.3 trillion federal debt. Do nothing. Lest voters forget, Democrats... Read more
Take Your Green Back
May 26 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Economics, Politically correct, The LeftProfessors to Koch Brothers: Take Your Green Back – WSJ.com. This “political correctness” happens not just in Universities, although it seems to find very welcoming arms there, but in both the public and private “marketplace”. E.g. companies frown on, at best, expressions of support for the free enterprise system. ======= By DONALD LUSKIN Times are tough for state-funded colleges like Florida State University.... Read more
From Guantanamo to Abbottabad
May 6 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Obama, Party Politics, Radical Islam, The LeftJohn Yoo: From Guantanamo to Abbottabad – WSJ.com. The bin Laden mission benefited greatly from Bush administration interrogation policies, but President Obama still prefers to kill, rather than capture, terrorists. This costs valuable intelligence. By John Yoo In the space of 40 minutes on Sunday night, two Navy SEAL teams descended on a compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, and... Read more
