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Designing Your Death Dossier

July 11 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Economics

Designing Your Death Dossier/ 25 Documents Everyone Should Have Before They Die – WSJ.com. Trust me, we’re all going to need this advice. ===== By SAABIRA CHAUDHURI It isn’t enough simply to sign a bunch of papers establishing an estate plan and other end-of-life instructions. You also have to make your heirs aware of them and leave the documents where they can find them. Consider: At least 10 states have been investigating whether some of the country’s largest insurers are ... Read more

The Divorce Generation

July 11 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Socialism, The Left

The Divorce Generation – WSJ.com. I don’t believe cohabitation is the answer either. === By SUSAN GREGORY THOMAS

Stephen Webster Gen-X’s quest for perfect nests drove us to take out more home equity loans and to spend more on remodeling, per capita, than any generation before it, according to Harvard’s Joint Center for Housing Studies.
Every generation has its life-defining moments. If you want to find out what it was for a member of the... Read more

Why Friends Help Strengthen a Marriage

July 6 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought

Why Friends Help Strengthen a Marriage – WSJ.com. Well, what do you think? ===

By KATHERINE ROSMAN When our older child was about six months old, Joe said to me, “I miss having friends.” This surprised me — he always has had a ton of friends — and I pointed this out. “I know,” he answered, “but I never spend time with them.”
I missed sleep. That was pretty much my... Read more

Evangelicals and the Gay Moral Revolution

July 3 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Philosophy, Politically correct, Religion

R. Albert Mohler Jr.: Evangelicals and the Gay Moral Revolution – WSJ.com. Timely article, indeed. ====== By R. ALBERT MOHLER JR. The Christian church has faced no shortage of challenges in its 2,000-year history. But now it’s facing a challenge that is shaking its foundations: homosexuality. To many onlookers, this seems strange or even tragic. Why can’t Christians just join the revolution? And make... Read more

What Silent Cal Said About the Fourth of July

July 3 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Philosophy, Politically correct, Religion, US Constitution

Leon Kass: What Silent Cal Said About the Fourth of July – WSJ.com. Well said. ======== By LEON KASS Parades. Backyard barbecues. Fireworks. This is how many of us will celebrate the Fourth of July. In earlier times, the day was also marked with specially prepared orations celebrating our founding principles, a practice that has disappeared without notice. It is a tribute to a polity dedicated to securing our rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness that we can... Read more

Design Flaw Fueled Japanese Nuclear Disaster

July 3 | Posted by mrossol | Economics, Environment, Liberal Press, Technology, The Left

Design Flaw Fueled Japanese Nuclear Disaster – WSJ.com. Nuclear technology is not the issue.  Of course, don’t hold your breath waiting for “left leaning, liberal, environmental factual analysis”…  I cannot figure out why/how the Nuclear Industry itself is so often its own worst enemy. ====== By NORIHIKO SHIROUZU And CHESTER DAWSON TOKYO—Some senior engineers at Tokyo Electric Power Co. knew for years that five of its nuclear reactors in Fukushima prefecture had a potentially dangerous design flaw, but the company didn’t... Read more

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