by Henry Oliner | Nov 29, 2010 | Economics
Whether his interests center round his own physical needs, or whether his he takes a warm interest in the welfare of every human being he knows (altruism), the ends about which he can be concerned will always be only an infinitesimal fraction of the needs of all men....
by Henry Oliner | Nov 28, 2010 | Economics, Philosophy, Politics
It is not difficult to see what must be the consequence when democracy embarks on a course of planning which in its execution requires more agreement than in fact exists. The people may have agreed on adopting a system of directed economy because they have been...
by Henry Oliner | Nov 25, 2010 | Politics
There are two particular targets of American progressive political ideology: special interests and the curse of bigness, primarily in business. But the preferred solution of the progressives, central planning and regulation, only serve to make these matters worse. The...
by Henry Oliner | Nov 23, 2010 | Religion, Republicans
The zoning of the Mosque is an issue for the city. We may have an opinion, but it is a local zoning issue. We either have religious tolerance or we do not. We either believe in freedom of religion or we do not. We cannot be just a little bit pregnant here. If that...
by Henry Oliner | Nov 22, 2010 | Politics, Taxes
There is a video of Alan Grayson showing how the wealthy can spend the tax cut that they will get from extending the Bush tax cuts. If such monumental ignorance and bias had come from some second rate academic at a third rate junior college in California I doubt if...
