I’m first generation American, but ‘the East” was never far from my thoughts. ============= After three generations, a family’s faith in the state disappears. May 6, 2014 12:22 a.m. ET From “Red Love: The Story of an East German Family,” a new memoir by Maxim Leo: I think that for both my grandfathers the [German Democratic Republic] was a kind of dreamland, in which they... Read more
Archive for the ‘The Left’ Category
The White House Flunks a Test on Sexual Assault
May 18 | Posted by mrossol | The Left, US ConstitutionInnocent until proven guilty? Think again. ======== An administration task force ignores the rights of the accused. By MATT KAISER And JUSTIN DILLON May 5, 2014 6:56 p.m. ET In January, President Obama convened a White House Task Force to Protect Students from Sexual Assault and charged it with creating a set of recommendations commensurate with its title. Last Tuesday the task... Read more
The Missing Benghazi Email
May 18 | Posted by mrossol | Benghazi, The LeftI thought we had “all the facts”? ========= New evidence that Ben Rhodes told Susan Rice and Hillary Clinton to blame the video. April 30, 2014 7:05 p.m. ET Most of the media refuses to cover what happened in Benghazi in 2012, and Congressional Republicans have been less than skillful in their probes. But the story isn’t going away despite the best efforts of... Read more
Coalition of the Disappointed
April 18 | Posted by mrossol | Democrat Party, Obama, The LeftAh… ====== You can tell it’s an election year because so many noncrises are suddenly urgent priorities. Real median household income is still lower than it was in 2007, the smallest share of Americans is working since 1978, and the Russians are marching west, but Democrats are training fire on race, gender and the grievances of identity politics. “We have this congenital disease,... Read more
Putin Acts, the West Talks
March 18 | Posted by mrossol | Crimea, Obama, Russia, The Leftf ========== President Obama and European leaders are ratcheting up their rhetoric against Russia. Too bad Vladimir Putin is a man of action who hasn’t seen anything worth stopping his assault on Ukraine. In the two weeks since Russia invaded Crimea, the U.S. has put a handful of unnamed officials in Moscow on a visa-ban list. The Europeans suspended talks on trade and... Read more
Lessons in Democracy for Ukraine’s Neighbors
March 18 | Posted by mrossol | Crimea, Losing Freedom, Russia, The LeftLessons which I’m sure they will learn. ======== The world justifiably feels for Ukraine and finds itself scrambling to come up with an appropriate response to the Russian incursion. Yet even as a whole host of new democracies race to forget their pasts, one could see this Ukraine mess coming. If you are running any of the new democracies with difficult histories—Poland,... Read more
