The American Dream was never intended to keep religious activity out of the marketplace. ======= By Kate Bachelder Dec. 18, 2015 6:32 p.m. ET If religion in America is dying, then someone will have to explain Eric Metaxas. The happy warrior for a muscular Christianity displays nothing but confidence about the durability of belief in modern America. In fact, he seems to hope... Read more
Archive for the ‘American Thought’ Category
Death of God Exaggerated
December 21 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Religious Persecution, The Left, Western CivilizationOne Year After Cuba Normalization?
December 21 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Losing Freedom, ObamaWell, I don’t hear the NYT crowing about this ‘victory’!?? ===== Mary Anastasia O’Grady Dec. 20, 2015 4:13 p.m. ET This month marks the first anniversary of President Obama’s unilateral rapprochement with Cuba. Upon making the Dec. 17 announcement, the Obama administration immediately moved to ease restrictions on American travel to the island and, by extension, boost revenues for the owners of its... Read more
Origins and Strategy of the Islamic State
December 16 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, ISIS, Radical IslamI pass this along from Mauldin Economics John Mauldin does some pretty good stuff. = = = = = By George Friedman Al-Qaida struck the United States on September 11, 2001 in order to pave the way for the caliphate, a multinational Islamic state governed by a caliph. From Osama Bin Laden’s point of view, the Christian world—as he thought of Euro-American civilization—had... Read more
America the Indispensable
December 13 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Politically correct, The Left, Western CivilizationI would be much obliged to hear dissent from the views shared here by Robert Murdock. =========== WSJ – 12-2-2015 Before I thank Henry Kissinger, and before delivering my modest message, I feel obliged to alert college students, progressive academics and all other deeply sensitive souls that these words may contain phrases and ideas that challenge your prejudices. In other words, I formally... Read more
The Islamic Dilemma
December 13 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Islam, ReligionMr. Douthat has interesting and good info here. I agree that lots of folks are wrestling with how exactly Islam is supposed to “fit into” western culture. ======= NYT- 12/12/2015 UNLIKE Donald Trump, or at least the demagogue he’s playing, most Americans probably don’t want to seal our borders against Muslims. From Our Advertisers But most Americans do look at Islam and see... Read more
John Adams on Islam
December 10 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, ISIS, IslamWhat we’re talking about is not new… I am continually amazed the number of Americans so don’t seem to “get it”. ======= Dec. 8, 2015 6:41 p.m. WSJ From a March 28, 1786, letter written by John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, who were American diplomats at the time, to U.S. Secretary of Foreign Affairs John Jay reporting on their conversation in London with... Read more
