by Henry Oliner | Sep 30, 2017 | Democrats, Politics, Progressivism
Mark Lilla is a committed Democrat who admonishes his party for its descent into Identity Politics in The Once and Future Liberal- After Identity Politics The only adversary left is ourselves. And we have mastered the art of self-sabotage. At a time when we...
by Henry Oliner | Sep 29, 2017 | Economics, Health Care
From National Review Kevin Williamson writes McHealthcare Deluxe- The Affordable Care Act is a failed political product. But whatever else you can say about the politics of health insurance, it remains the fact that the ACA does not work. Even if it were the case that...
by Henry Oliner | Sep 28, 2017 | Economics, Health Care
From National Review Kevin Williamson writes McHealthcare Deluxe- The Affordable Care Act is a failed political product. What’s too often lost in the Sturm und Drang of recent Republican efforts to reform the insurance reforms enacted by Democrats in 2009 is this: The...
by Henry Oliner | Sep 28, 2017 | Global Warming
from National Review, Matt Ridley: Climate Change’s Rational Optimist “This is a huge global phenomenon, which is bringing enormous financial benefits to agriculture,” Ridley told me. “That means we have a genuine benefit to carbon dioxide that surely must be taken...
by Henry Oliner | Sep 24, 2017 | Politics
I feel like I am channeling my dad when I say that the more I read and think I know, the less I understand what is going on, especially in politics. I have not bought into the defenders of Trump who contend that he is playing three-dimensional chess when he says...
