====== WSJ 2/8/2017 By Joseph Epstein I live in Evanston, Ill., a city of roughly 80,000 just outside Chicago at whose center is Northwestern University. Evanston went 88% for Hillary Clinton to 7% for Donald Trump. The morning after the election, the general glum in town was palpable. At Peet’s Coffee, at Whole Foods, among students, one could everywhere see the depression... Read more
Archive for the ‘Trump’ Category
At the Trump Trauma Center, Nobody Comes for Treatment
February 9 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, The Left, TrumpObama’s Midnight Express
December 27 | Posted by mrossol | Obama, TrumpOnly a ‘blind press’ could miss this. =========== WSJ 12/23/2016 Barack Obama isn’t known for humility, though rarely has his lack of grace been more on display than in his final hours in office. The nation rejected his agenda. The president’s response? To shove more of that agenda down the nation’s gullet. Notice the growing and many ugly ways the Obama administration is actively... Read more
Trump’s Opportunity: Saving Coptic Christians
December 27 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, TrumpGood advice to Mr. Trump. =========== WSJ 12/22/2016 By Samuel Tadros Islamic State’s local affiliate in Sinai claimed credit for the bombing of St. Peter and St. Paul’s Church in Cairo earlier this month. The group could not have chosen a more symbolic target. Erected in 1911, St. Peter’s was an architectural marvel built and decorated by Italian architects and mosaic artists. It stood for... Read more
Letters: Pardon for Clinton??
December 5 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Hillary Clinton, TrumpI happen to agree with most of these letters. Trump should not pre-empt getting the facts into the light. ========== The thrust of your Nov. 23 editorial “Democracy’s Verdict on Clinton” is that President-elect Donald Trump did the right thing by deciding not to prosecute Hillary Clinton for her email and Clinton Foundation issues. But the subject is much larger and more important... Read more
Trump vs Press Corp
November 28 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Liberal Press, TrumpPlease, Mr. Trump, let some better people into the room.’ ======= WSJ 11/28/2016 O utsider Donald Trump was elected president in significant part because of his promise to shake up Washington. He’ll soon find that one of the most entrenched forces that object to any change affecting them is the White House press corps. As last week’s meetings with the media showed, a... Read more
What to Tell Your Children About Trump
November 20 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Noonan, Trump====== WSJ 11/19/2016 By Peggy Noonan Eight points and two anecdotes as we continue to digest this astounding election. You don’t know a tree is hollow until you push hard against it and it falls. The establishments of both parties did not know, a year ago, that they were hollow trees. They thought themselves strong because they always had been, and people think... Read more
