by Henry Oliner | Jun 30, 2015 | Law
from The Washington Post, On Obamacare, John Roberts helps overthrow the Constitution by George Will excerpt: Since the New Deal, courts have permitted almost any legislative infringement of economic liberty that can be said to have a rational basis. Applying this...
by Henry Oliner | Jun 30, 2015 | Israel, Jewish
from the Wall Street Journal, The President Against the Historian by Bret Stephens: excerpt: But no Israeli concession could ever appease Mr. Obama, who had the habit of demanding heroic political risks from Mr. Netanyahu while expecting heroic deference in return. In...
by Henry Oliner | Jun 30, 2015 | Culture
from the New York Times Sunday June 28, 2015, All in the Family Guys- an interview with Set McFarlane and Norman Lear: SM: Not today. If you make a thoughtful statement, or even ask a question about an uncomfortable subject today, you are pounced on by a thousand...
by Henry Oliner | Jun 30, 2015 | Economics
“By now it should be clear how all this relates to the “improvidence of the poor.” Unfortunately, talking about the self-defeating choices poor people so often make generates a lot of discomfort, because it is usually the first step of an argument that seeks to blame...
by Henry Oliner | Jun 29, 2015 | Politics
From AEI Jonah Goldberg highlights the left’s incredible hypocrisy on race in Liberals are playing a racial shell game: So: We live in a world where Bobby Jindal is a fake Indian, but it’s racist to say an older white woman isn’t a real one (the correct term...
