by Henry Oliner | Nov 24, 2016 | Anti Semitism
Al Sharpton’s incitement in Crown Heights in 1991 caused a pogrom in New York with several Jews attacked and one, Yankel Rosenbaum, killed. Another was killed who was thought to be Jewish, but was not. After a young black man, Gavin Cato, was accidently hit and killed...
by Henry Oliner | Nov 23, 2016 | Politics
From Jason Riley at The WSJ, Democrats Are Obsessed With Race. Donald Trump Isn’t: Since when does a weekend gathering of “nearly 275” white nationalists in a country of more than 320 million people warrant front-page coverage in major newspapers? Since the election...
by Henry Oliner | Nov 23, 2016 | Politics, Progressivism
From The New York Times, The End of Identity Liberalism by Mark Lilla But the fixation on diversity in our schools and in the press has produced a generation of liberals and progressives narcissistically unaware of conditions outside their self-defined groups, and...
by Henry Oliner | Nov 21, 2016 | Politics
I did not think Trump would win the primaries or the election and I was wildly wrong. I guess there is a chance that I am wrong about some of my fears about his policies as president. So, for the time being I am willing to wait and see and have little to comment on...
by Henry Oliner | Nov 21, 2016 | Politics, Progressivism
From Henry Olsen at National Review, Can the Republican Party Keep Trump Democrats? They are best viewed through the lens of active citizenship. They take national identity seriously and imbue Americanism with an implicit bargain that flies in the face of liberal or...
