===== WSJ 5/25/2017 Celebrating my birthday in Manchester as news of the Manchester Arena bomb broke. The anger is monumental. For what reason will this ever stop? Theresa May says such attacks “will not break us”, but her own life is lived in a bullet-proof bubble, and she evidently does not need to identify any young people today in Manchester morgues. Also, “will not... Read more
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Morrissey on Manchester
May 28 | Posted by mrossol | ISIS, Politically correct, Radical Islam, Terrorism, Western CivilizationThe Twilight of [White] Christianity
April 5 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Christianity, Western CivilizationThis has been in progress for decades… ====== By William McGurn WSJ 4/4/2017 A specter is haunting America—the specter of white Christian nationalism. If you are looking for signs, it’s not hard to find them. Inside the White House, presidential strategist Steve Bannon invokes a 1973 French novel called “The Camp of the Saints,” in which France is overwhelmed by its own compassion... Read more
A World Unsafe for Democracy
April 5 | Posted by mrossol | Losing Freedom, Western CivilizationHow the disengagement working out for you? It certainly is a concern of mine, and on which I have a major disagreement with Mr. Trump. ===== WSJ 4/4/2017 By Bret Stephens This week marks the centenary of America’s entry into World War I, when Woodrow Wilson vowed that “the world must be made safe for democracy.” He and his fellow statesmen failed to... Read more
The Islamic Hatred of Modernity
September 29 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Iran, ISIS, Obama, Politically correct, Radical Islam, Western CivilizationI give credit to Mauldin Economics, to which I encourage you to subscribe. The liberal Left hates what Dr. Brock states, but that does not make it less true. I highly recommend this article. ====== The Islamic Hatred of Modernity Dr. Woody Brock Strategic Economic Decisions, Inc. April 26, 2016 “Not free thought for those that agree with us, but freedom for the thought that we hate” –... Read more
Can Islam Really Function in Democracy?
July 27 | Posted by mrossol | Islam, Losing Freedom, Radical Islam, Western CivilizationTHis one is a bit long, but well worth the read. ===== WSJ 7/23/2016 First Egypt and now Turkey show the perils of ideological religious parties (and strongman rule), but other Muslim countries are faring better with democracy. BY YAROSLAV TROFIMOV IN 1999, a former mayor of Istanbul named Recep Tayyip Erdogan was imprisoned and banned from politics for life for reciting a poem. “Our... Read more
