WSJ – 9/1/2018 Cleta Mitchell is a top campaign-finance lawyer in Washington, D.C. This year she’s also been the target of a political and media smear that reveals some of the nastiness at work in the allegations of collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia. A partner at Foley & Lardner, Ms. Mitchell was astonished to find herself dragged into the Russia... Read more
Archive for the ‘The Left’ Category
You Gotta Love Philosophy
August 6 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Philosophy, The LeftNot sure most on the Left will get this. ====== WSJ – 8/6/2018 Many in the media—particularly the high-profile outlets that President Trump frequently attacks, such as CNN, the Washington Post and the New York Times—seem to be concerned that they are inadvertently helping him, even as they fact-check his tweets relentlessly on the front page or at the top of the hour... Read more
Anarchy in Portland – WSJ
August 5 | Posted by mrossol | 1st Amendment, Policing, The LeftHard to believe this one. ====== WSJ 8/4/2018 Along the trolley tracks behind the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office, a biohazard cleanup crew works under police protection. It finds used needles and buckets of human waste simmering in nearly 100degree heat. The smell of urine and feces fills the block. For more than five weeks, as many as 200 people had... Read more
Medicaid for All!
August 5 | Posted by mrossol | Big Govt, The LeftHow did you do in math? ===== Even Doubling Taxes Wouldn’t Pay for ‘Medicare for All’ By Charles Blahous WSJ 8/4/2018 The idea of “Medicare for All” has energized progressives ahead of November’s midterm elections. Across the country, candidates like New York congressional hopeful Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez have rallied to the slogan. Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders introduced the Medicare for All Act last year... Read more
Governments Steal Money
May 5 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Big Govt, Democrat Party, The LeftYou are not surprised, are you? ==== WSJ 5/3/2018 Progressives might get more Americans to trust them with health care or education if Democratic state politicians could do the government basics of enforcing public safety and picking up the garbage. Witness how states are diverting fees that fund 911 emergency services into other priorities. Commissioner Michael O’Rielly of the Federal Communications Commission has... Read more
Why are So Many People Closed Minded??
April 23 | Posted by mrossol | 1st Amendment, American Thought, The LeftIf you don’t appreciate this article, you are BLIND. ===== WSJ 4/23/2018 By Annafi Wahed It was an unseasonably cold night, but I made the trek from Harlem to a meetup in Brooklyn. The organizers promised a night of big ideas and freethinking; the group thread included a quote from David Bohm about the virtue of free dialogue. But as with many such... Read more
