WSJ – 10/27/2017 Martin Luther was an unlikely revolutionary for human freedom. When the Augustinian monk hammered his “Ninety-Five Theses” to the Wittenberg Castle Church on Oct. 31, 1517— and unleashed the Protestant Reformation—he was still committed to the spiritual authority of the Catholic Church and retained many of the prejudices of European Christianity. Yet Luther’s personal experience of God’s love and... Read more
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How Martin Luther Advanced Freedom
November 1 | Posted by mrossol | Christianity, Religion, Western CivilizationThe Computer that could Rule the World
November 1 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Military, Technology, Western CivilizationThis makes me nervous. ====== WSJ – 10/28/2017 By Arthur Herman During World War II the federal government launched the Manhattan Project to ensure the U.S. would possess the first atomic bomb. Seventy-five years later, America is in another contest just as vital to national security, the economy and even the future of liberal democracy. It’s the race to build the first fully operational... Read more
Jihad on the Bike Path – Steyn
November 1 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Losing Freedom, Politically correct, Stupidity, Western CivilizationI can’t commend this blog post enough. Mark hits the nail SQUARE on the head. Here is an excerpt: “Why? Why does every public place have to get uglified up just because politicians don’t want to address the insanity of western immigration policies that day by day advance the interests of an ideology explicitly hostile to our civilization? Instead politicians want to... Read more
Morrissey on Manchester
May 28 | Posted by mrossol | ISIS, Politically correct, Radical Islam, Terrorism, Western Civilization===== 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
The 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
