by Henry Oliner | Dec 30, 2016 | Economics, Politics, Progressivism
I collected excerpts from the blog for the best of 2016 and so may came from Kevin Williamson at National review that I broke his out to a separate post: People Aren’t Widgets by Kevin Williamson But every expensively miseducated jackass who thinks he should be...
by Henry Oliner | Dec 28, 2016 | Anti Semitism, Israel
from Mona Charen at National Review, A Stupid Anti-Israel Policy “There are 2.75 million Palestinians living in the West Bank,” Kerry thundered, without explaining why their misfortune is more urgent than that of 4.8 million Syrian refugees who are living in Lebanon,...
by Henry Oliner | Dec 27, 2016 | Politics, Progressivism
“Because most reformers conceived the world as an orderly affair where societies, like planets, normally functioned according to rational laws, they had customarily looked for that one gear askew, that one fundamental rule violated, as an explanation for America’s...
by Henry Oliner | Dec 25, 2016 | Politics
Republicans still have a chance to cement better relationships to the minority community by pushing issues that are philosophically tuned to their beliefs and in sync with the minority communities. Eliminate the asset forfeiture laws. These laws allow police to...
by Henry Oliner | Dec 25, 2016 | Israel
The UN resolution, allowed to pass by the abstention of the United States vote, makes Israeli settlements in The West Bank illegal under international law. It is not easily reversed because a veto from China or Russia would block it. This paves the ground for legal...
