I see this not only in public service, but in all areas of life. Natural outcome when nothing restrains the individual. ==== Sometimes the most obvious thing is the most unnoticed. I find myself thinking this week about the destructive force of selfishness in our political life. This common failing is the source of such woe! Politicians call themselves public servants, so... Read more
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Love & Math
September 7 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, PhilosophyI don’t think I’m very good at it, but something deep down tells me it so worth loving. ============= The words love and math aren’t usually uttered in the same breath. But mathematician Edward Frenkel is on a mission to change that, uniting the terms in both his recent film, “The Rites of Love and Math,” and upcoming book, “Love and Math.”... Read more
Build yourself a great story.
April 6 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, PhilosophySome good stuff. I’m pleasantly surprised. ========== From Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos’s commencement address at Princeton University, May 30, 2010: Tomorrow, in a very real sense, your life—the life you author from scratch on your own—begins. How will you use your gifts? What choices will you make? Will inertia be your guide, or will you follow your passions? Will you follow dogma, or will you be... Read more
Amy Chua: Tiger Mom’s Long-Distance Cub
December 28 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Philosophy, Politically correctWe need more ‘tiger Moms’… ======== A lot of people have asked me whether I still “tiger mom” my older daughter, Sophia, now that she’s in college. Do I block sleepovers from afar, drill her on schoolwork remotely, monitor piano practice by Skype and make sure that she never watches TV or plays computer games? Actually, it’s just the opposite. My husband and... Read more
Where Were Penn State’s Trustees?
December 1 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Philosophy“When the football coach is the highest paid employee of the university…” One of the best comments on perhaps the “basic problem” at US universities in 2011… “We” are accountable, too. We want “great football” more than we are willing to put up for really great higher education. ========== By ANNE NEAL Every generation or so, a scandal emerges that not only exposes the... Read more
‘We Need a Ronald Reagan’
July 15 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Philosophy‘We Need a Ronald Reagan’ – WSJ.com. What brilliant good it can do a country when the world respects, and will not forget, one of its leaders. What was vividly true 30 years ago is true today: The world looks to America. It doesn’t want to be patronized or dominated by America, it wants to see America as... Read more
