by Henry Oliner | Jul 31, 2014 | Economics
from Scott Grannis at Calafia Beach Pundit, What’s driving the decline in labor force participation? Excerpt: The next most distinctive feature of the current recovery is the unprecedented decline in the labor force participation rate, shown in the graph...
by Henry Oliner | Jul 29, 2014 | Politics
From Kevin Williamson at National Review Online, Downscale Big government is bad for the little guy. Excerpt: On the one hand, we have the small-town entrepreneur yearning for sidewalks and streetlights; on the other, we have dodgy “Five Aces” federal contracts and Al...
by Henry Oliner | Jul 28, 2014 | Israel
From The Wall Street Journal, Palestine Makes You Dumb, by Bret Stephens Excerpts: Consider the media obsession with the body count. According to a daily tally in theNew York Times, as of July 27 the war in Gaza had claimed 1,023 Palestinian lives as against 46...
by Henry Oliner | Jul 28, 2014 | Anti Semitism, Israel, Jewish
Rarely is a conflict been as morally clear as the current Gaza campaign. The history is clear and indisputable. Israel left Gaza, painfully uprooting committed settlers. Thriving greenhouses were left for the Palestinians to have a productive enterprise. The new...
by Henry Oliner | Jul 27, 2014 | Politics
From The National Review Kevin Williamson writes Halbig and Hammurabi : Disdain for the letter of the law is complexly intertwined with the progressive imagination. The written law was the first real constraint on the power of kings. An oral tradition is subject to...
