by Henry Oliner | Dec 30, 2018 | History, Personal, Philosophy, Politics, Progressivism
I avoid year end resolutions because I am not good at them. Changes should be few and worthy of serious commitment. Discipline is less of a chore when it becomes a habit, and a habit requires some motivation or pleasure or some sort of psychological disorder. If there...
by Henry Oliner | Dec 30, 2018 | Politics, Progressivism
from National Review Angry White People with Money: Madeleine Kearns: How do the police balance peacekeeping with First Amendment rights? Kevin D. Williamson: There isn’t anything unpeaceable about the exercise of First Amendment rights. I don’t care for mass protests...
by Henry Oliner | Dec 23, 2018 | Economics
John Maynard Keynes is credited with economic policy that focuses on aggregate consumption as the primary driver of the economy, and the use of government spending to impact aggregate consumption. In his judgment the problem of production had been solved and was...
by Henry Oliner | Dec 22, 2018 | Economics
So many of our political disagreements originate in the definition of our terms. Capitalism is an economic system based on the rationalization of greed to many on the left, the magic potion to unlock the potential of human achievement to many on the right and a...
by Henry Oliner | Dec 17, 2018 | Politics, Progressivism
The riots in Paris appear to be a continuation of the populist trend exhibited in the Brexit controversy and the Trump election. The voters just do not trust the elites in charge, but this anti-elitism is upsetting a social order with a weak foundation. Politics is...
