by Henry Oliner | Dec 31, 2013 | Politics
Tom Coburn writes The Year Washington Fled Reality in the Wall Street Journal. Excerpts: The culture that Mr. Obama campaigned against, the old kind of politics, teaches politicians that repetition and “message discipline”—never straying from using the...
by Henry Oliner | Dec 31, 2013 | Uncategorized
American Thinker Posts for 2013 1/4/13 Stealing from Charites When charitable giving declines- and it certainly will- we can expect more class warfare rhetoric about how the selfish wealthy only give if the government gives them a deduction. But the reality is that...
by Henry Oliner | Dec 30, 2013 | Uncategorized
A true liberal should be given to pause by the very idea of consensus, especially in a scientific realm. He should be given to pause by the preposterous idea of a 97% consensus on just about anything, especially one as complicated and debatable as causes of global...
by Henry Oliner | Dec 30, 2013 | Uncategorized
“The evil that is in the world almost always comes from ignorance, and good intentions may do as much harm as malevolence if they lack understanding.” Albert Camus “Hell isn’t merely paved with good intentions; it’s walled and roofed with them. Yes, and furnished...
by Henry Oliner | Dec 29, 2013 | Economics
from Mark Perry at his blog Carpe Diem, The current state of the US economy explained in one chart: The fact that the US economy is producing 5.6% more output now than in 2007 with 2 million fewer workers would explain why corporate profits are at record...
