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David Mamet’s Coming Out Party

June 3 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Politically correct, The Left

Bari Weiss: David Mamet’s Coming Out Party – WSJ.com. By BARI WEISS In March 2008, David Mamet was outed in the Village Voice. The Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright had a comedy about an American president running on Broadway, and—perhaps to help with ticket sales—decided to write an article about the election season. The headline was subtle: “Why I Am No Longer a ‘Brain-Dead Liberal.'” “They mistitled it,” he insists. Mr. Mamet had given the piece the far more... Read more

The Republican Who Can Win

June 3 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Party Politics

Dorothy Rabinowitz: The Republican Who Can Win – WSJ.com. By DOROTHY RABINOWITZ To win the presidency in 2012, the Republican candidate will require certain strengths. Among them, a credible passion for ideas other than cost-cutting and small government. He or she will have to speak in the voice of Americans who know in their bones the extraordinary character of their democracy, and that voice will have to ring out steadily. That Republican candidate will need, no less,... Read more

The Case for Voter ID

June 2 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Party Politics

Kris W. Kobach: The Case for Voter ID – WSJ.com. By KRIS W. KOBACH You can’t cash a check, board a plane, or even buy full-strength Sudafed over the counter without ID. Why should voting be different?  VOTING, let me repeat.  I would like someone to explain? ============== On Thursday, the Wisconsin legislature sent a bill requiring photographic identification for voting to Gov. Scott Walker’s desk. This follows the enactment of an even stricter law in Kansas a few weeks ago. Drafted... Read more

Take Your Green Back

May 26 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Economics, Politically correct, The Left

Professors to Koch Brothers: Take Your Green Back – WSJ.com. This “political correctness” happens not just in Universities, although it seems to find very welcoming arms there, but in both the public and private “marketplace”.  E.g. companies frown on, at best, expressions of support for the free enterprise system. ======= By DONALD LUSKIN Times are tough for state-funded colleges like Florida State University. After four years of budget trimming, FSU now faces an additional $19 million in cuts and a $40 million... Read more

What If the U.S. Treasury Defaults?

May 19 | Posted by mrossol | Economics, Socialism, US Debt

The Weekend Interview with Stanley Druckenmiller: What If the U.S. Treasury Defaults? – WSJ.com. Any bets on whether Obama or Bernanke or Geithner understand? By JAMES FREEMAN ‘A financial crisis is surely going to happen as big or bigger than the one we had in 2008 if we continue to behave the way we’re behaving,” says Stanley Druckenmiller, the legendary investor and onetime fund manager for George Soros. Is this another warning from Wall Street that Congress must immediately raise the federal debt... Read more

How Jane Austen Taught Me to Be a Man

May 19 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought

William Deresiewicz: How Jane Austen Taught Me to Be a Man – WSJ.com. A great perspective.  And the books/movies aren’t bad either. By WILLIAM DERESIEWICZ I was 26 when I read my first Jane Austen novel, “Emma,” the story of a spoiled young lady in Regency England who fancies herself a matchmaker. A graduate student at the time, I was as arrogant as they come and didn’t think there was much anyone could teach me about life—especially not Jane... Read more

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