Nixon was tricky. Ford was clumsy. Carter was dour. Reagan was sunny. Bush 41 was prudent. Clinton felt your pain. Bush 43 was stubborn. And Barack Obama is . . . Early in America’s acquaintance with the man who would become the 44th president, the word that typically sprang from media lips to describe him was “cool.” Cool as a matter of... Read more
Archive for the ‘American Thought’ Category
Steve Jobs, the Secular Prophet
October 9 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Religious PersecutionAs much as I like Apple technology (bot my first Apple in 1980), its business processes and the contributions of Steve Jobs, I agree with Mr. Crouch that Steve Jobs’ “religion” does not provide the basis on which I live my life. =========== By ANDY CROUCH For every magical thing Steve Jobs revealed in his Apple keynote addresses, there were many other things... Read more
Steve Jobs and the Coolest Show on Earth
October 7 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, TechnologyExcept the die-hard MS crowd, who would probably not admit it… ====== By DAVID GELERNTER Computing is a young, heedless industry unused to reflection. The tragic death of Steve Jobs at 56 is the first event that has ever forced this hyperactive industry to sit still, pipe down, and think about what matters. Nearly everyone in the technology world is moved by his... Read more
Killing Awlaki: Legal
October 2 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Liberal Press, US CourtsThe people who decry this killing are the same group who will not support Ohio mothers, jailed because they choose to send there children to a school [because their [[public]] school is so bad. ========== In the decade before his death, Anwar al-Awlaki served as an imam at two American mosques attended by 9/11 hijackers. He corresponded regularly with Nidal Hasan before... Read more
Harold Hamm: How North Dakota Became Saudi Arabia
October 2 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Economics, ObamaAnyone know a good realtor in ND? ======= Harold Hamm, the Oklahoma-based founder and CEO of Continental Resources, the 14th-largest oil company in America, is a man who thinks big. He came to Washington last month to spread a needed message of economic optimism: With the right set of national energy policies, the United States could be “completely energy independent by the... Read more
