by Henry Oliner | May 31, 2016 | Politics
Clinton’s utter lack of integrity is nothing new, But McGurn at the WSJ notes how we have come used to a bar so low that just her being in the race sullies the office. from Hillary’s Crooked Defense-In Clintonworld, anything that isn’t found criminal becomes...
by Henry Oliner | May 30, 2016 | Culture, Economics, Politics
Inequality in American Life is not as easy to measure as you would think and probably even more difficult to make relevant. The common solutions from the left point more to reducing the wealthy than raising the poor, as if the results will be the same. While there is...
by Henry Oliner | May 29, 2016 | Education, Politics, Progressivism
The left is hampered as much by moral superiority as by intellectual arrogance. The right tend to think the left is ignorant. If they would only read, ” (fill in the blank).” The right will likely acknowledge that the left is at least well intentioned,...
by Henry Oliner | May 28, 2016 | Politics, Progressivism
The dark side of pragmatism is not obvious to most people. Like so many terms its application and meaning in the private sector can alter greatly when applied in the public realm. But changing reality while being numb to principles can easily lead to ends justifying...
by Henry Oliner | May 27, 2016 | Politics, Progressivism
From whatever biased analysis I can render on Trump he seems to be a Progressive- much like Perot- He believes in strong central executive power, majoritarian democracy, pragmatism over constitutional or economic principles, and charismatic leadership. As a pragmatic...
