by Henry Oliner | May 31, 2012 | Economics
Economist John Cochrane writes in his worthy blog, The Grumpy Economist, Good Comments, 5/30/12. Excerpt: Economic analysis is more believable when it is non-partisan. I like commentators who make an effort to find silliness (and there is plenty of it) attached to...
by Henry Oliner | May 31, 2012 | Culture, Economics
Victor Davis Hanson writes Culture Still Matters in The National Review 5/31/12. Excerpt: But government-driven efforts to change national behavior often ignore stubborn cultural differences that reflect centuries of complex history as well as ancient habits and...
by Henry Oliner | May 31, 2012 | Politics
Utopianism substitutes glorious predictions and unachievable promises for knowledge, science and reason, while laying claim to them all. Yet there is nothing new in deception disguised as hope and nothing original in deception framed as progress. A heavenly body is...
by Henry Oliner | May 30, 2012 | Politics
Artur Davis, a Representative from Alabama and a failed gubernatorial candidate has switched to the GOP and moved to Virginia. This is a significant move. I remember Davis as one who stood against the GOPers who were trying to restrain Fannie Mae.You can find his...
by Henry Oliner | May 28, 2012 | Foreign policy
When the Soviet Union lost the Cold War and the Berlin Wall came down, it was a momentous time. We expected peace in our time. Without two superpowers deterred by mutually assured destruction (MAD) the threat of a nuclear holocaust became distant. The United States...
