by Henry Oliner | Nov 29, 2013 | Uncategorized
***** Jay Cost writes in The Weekly Standard The Real Price of Politics. Excerpts: Too often, debate over what government should do takes place in the abstract. But the particulars of the American system are relevant. Our government was never meant to accomplish the...
by Henry Oliner | Nov 28, 2013 | Politics
Daniel Greenfield writes in his excellent blog Sultan Knish, Government is Magic. Excerpts: Modernity has to be built. It has to be constructed brick by bit by rivet by cable by people who know what they are doing. Modernity without competence is as worthless as the...
by Henry Oliner | Nov 27, 2013 | Economics, Politics
Words like communism, socialism and fascism are most likely to be used pejoratively: to criticize in such a way as to intentionally anger the object. While there are a few elements of socialism and fascism in our government it does not accurately describe our current...
by Henry Oliner | Nov 24, 2013 | Politics
Mona Charen writes in The National Review, The Lies That Sold Obamacare. Excerpt: Remember Obama’s mother? Though the airwaves currently echo with the vow, “If you like your plan . . . ,” I keep remembering Obama’s account of his mother being denied coverage by her...
by Henry Oliner | Nov 24, 2013 | Economics, Politics
Michael Novak writes in The National Review, Democratic Capitalism The prospering of free societies depends on certain moral and cultural practices. Sept 24, 2013 Excerpt: What I have been trying to bring out in these brief remarks on the economy and the polity of...
