Book Review: Nazis on the Run – WSJ.com. Couple of good books… As the author of eight mystery novels on Hitler and the Nazis, I’m sometimes asked why I choose to write about this subject. Hasn’t the time come when, in a tidy phrase beloved of Tony Blair, we should “draw a line” under the war and move on?... Read more
Archive for the ‘Social Engineering’ Category
Nazis on the Run
June 26 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Philosophy, Politically correct, Social EngineeringUnnatural Selection – War Against Girls
June 26 | Posted by mrossol | Abortion, Philosophy, Social EngineeringBook Review: Unnatural Selection – WSJ.com. By JONATHAN V. LAST Mara Hvistendahl is worried about girls. Not in any political, moral or cultural sense but as an existential matter. She is right to be. In China, India and numerous other countries (both developing and developed), there are many more men than women, the result of systematic campaigns against... Read more
Unnatural Selection
June 20 | Posted by mrossol | Abortion, Philosophy, Social EngineeringBook Review: Unnatural Selection – WSJ.com. “For if “choice” is the moral imperative guiding abortion, then there is no way to take a stand against “gendercide.” Aborting a baby because she is a girl is no different from aborting a baby because she has Down syndrome or because the mother’s “mental health” requires it. Choice is choice. …” ============ Mara Hvistendahl is worried... Read more
Why We’re Going Back to Single-Sex Dorms
June 14 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Philosophy, Social Engineering, The LeftJohn Garvey: Why We’re Going Back to Single-Sex Dorms – WSJ.com. I applaud the move. But fail to understand why those who run our institutions of “higher learning” took this long to figure it out. ========= By JOHN GARVEY My wife and I have sent five children to college and our youngest just graduated. Like many parents, we encouraged them to study... Read more
“Spring spheres.” – I’m not making this up.
April 25 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Politically correct, Religion, Social EngineeringWriter Matt Gurney at the National Post, April 15, commenting on the Seattle school that required Easter eggs to be called “Spring spheres“: The argument against calling them Easter eggs, of course, is that that might lead kids to ask what Easter is, which could lead—gasp!—to having to reference the Christian belief in the resurrection of Jesus Christ after the crucifixion.... Read more
Tax the Super Rich now or face a revolution
March 30 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Economics, Party Politics, Social EngineeringTax the Super Rich now or face a revolution – MarketWatch. It is interesting, no doubt. Perhaps one part of “a solution” but certainly not the only element.