by Henry Oliner | Jan 29, 2018 | Politics, Progressivism
from Rationalization: The Enemy of Integrity by Jonah Goldberg at National Review One of my intellectual peeves is the idea that 20th-century progressivism was primarily about a coherent set of principles. As I’ve written countless times, progressivism was primarily...
by Henry Oliner | Jan 27, 2018 | Economics
by Henry Oliner The immigration debate is really several related topics. The DACA issue is about a permanent path to citizenship for children brought here illegally, but have known no other home. Permanent status is not the same as citizenship, but it would at least...
by Henry Oliner | Jan 25, 2018 | Uncategorized
Motivated by Tyler Cowen’s 12 rules Everything is relevant. Breakthroughs come from the most unexpected places. Risk and ideas have meaning only in the context of a time frame. Most who ask for your opinion only want confirmation. Less than half those who ask for your...
by Henry Oliner | Jan 22, 2018 | Politics
Obama is charming, charismatic, humorous, well educated, and engaging. He seems to be a solid family man with little hint of scandal. Like any solid leader he has an ego and can be a little arrogant at times. He has a great smile. Donald Trump is boorish,...
by Henry Oliner | Jan 22, 2018 | Economics, Politics
from the Wall Street Journal, a book review by Gregory Clark on Edward Wolff’s “A Century of Wealth in America”, How the Richest Got That Way: Despite the liberal background of the author, however, “A Century of Wealth in America” offers comfort and support to those...
