by Henry Oliner | Apr 30, 2011 | Anti Semitism
The trial of Alfred Dreyfus in France in 1895 was a pivotal event. Dreyfus was a Jewish captain in the French military, accused of selling military secrets to the Germans. He was tried and convicted. Rumors that he had been framed made the trial into front page...
by Henry Oliner | Apr 29, 2011 | Economics
Conrad Black writes in the National Review online edition April 28, 2011 The Media Don’t Get Economics And this illiteracy has a high price. excerpt: In the 27 months of the Obama administration, there have been spectacular rises in the prices of gasoline ($1.83 per...
by Henry Oliner | Apr 28, 2011 | Economics
by Henry Oliner | Apr 28, 2011 | Economics, Politics
There is an axiom that if you have to jump a canyon you don’t want to do it in small steps. If you have to lose a leg to cancer or gangrene, you do not make the task any less painful by amputating in pieces. The lack of seriousness and honesty from our leaders on the...
by Henry Oliner | Apr 27, 2011 | Politics
Politics can’t save us. Politics is the idea that society’s ills can be cured politically. This is a cookbook where the recipe for everything is to fry it. The fruit cocktail is fried. The salad is fried. So is the ice cream and cake. Your bottle of...
