Daniel Henninger: Who Do You Trust? – WSJ.com. D Henninger is usually spot on – and he is in this article. ======== They say America is politically divided. But in the days following the appearance of Paul Ryan’s GOP budget in the firmament last week, the planets of political debate finally aligned. We were all agreed: The issues before us... Read more
Archive for the ‘American Thought’ Category
The Tea Party’s First Victory
April 12 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Economics, Obama, Party PoliticsReview & Outlook: The Tea Party’s First Victory – WSJ.com. This is getting to be a habit. President Obama ferociously resists tax cuts, trade agreements and spending cuts—right up to the moment he strikes a deal with Republicans and hails the tax cuts, trade agreements and spending cuts as his idea. What a difference an election makes. This is... Read more
Meanwhile, in the War in Afghanistan…
April 9 | Posted by mrossol | American ThoughtSgt. Matthew Abate is the Third Platoon’s hero. When a patrol hit a minefield in late October, Sgt. Abate had left his safe position and run to apply tourniquets and carry out the screaming, grievously wounded men. He was killed in action five weeks later, but only the platoon remembers his name. Meanwhile, in the War in Afghanistan… – WSJ.com. Let’s not... Read more
Quran Burning: Aid to the Enemy
April 8 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Radical IslamRabinowitz: Petraeus Misfires on Quran Burning. Excerpt: To this the only sane response is no. They are not understandable, these passions that so invariably find voice in mass murder, the butchery of imagined enemies like the people hunted down in the U.N. office Friday, and of everyone else the mobs encountered who might fit the bill. We... Read more
The Arab Revolt and American Interests
April 5 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Middle East, Obama, PhilosophyReview & Outlook: The Arab Revolt and American Interests – WSJ.com. A longer piece, but also worth the read. “Then there is Iran, a regime that President Obama spent his first years in office trying to court on the theory that only the pig-headedness of his predecessor had prevented an earlier rapprochement. It took a stolen election, terrible domestic... Read more
