by Henry Oliner | Mar 30, 2018 | Philosophy, Politics, Progressivism
by Henry Oliner The seduction of reform is that the ideas circulating lack the empirical flaws of the problems faced. Crisis reaches for the untried ideas. Think tanks serve to explore ideas, waiting for the next crisis to enact. Our founders studied the history of...
by Henry Oliner | Mar 29, 2018 | Politics, Progressivism
Henry Oliner The Constitution tried to restrain the abuses of both democracy and central power. This was an incredible task for government and the Constitution, while imperfect, was a supreme test of this organizational theory and structure. Progressivism tried and...
by Henry Oliner | Mar 18, 2018 | Economics
by Henry Oliner Trump’s trade tariffs have restored memories of the Smoot Hawley Tariffs. Smoot Hawley was passed in 1929. It severely damaged our economy on three related levels. By raising the prices on Swiss watches and blankets among hundreds of other products,...
by Henry Oliner | Mar 12, 2018 | Politics, Progressivism
by Henry Oliner The rise of Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump has brought renewed interest in populism and publications to explain it. Populism is associated with bigotry and ignorance in its past forms and may carry some of the baggage today, not because those are...
by Henry Oliner | Mar 11, 2018 | Guns, Politics, Progressivism
What Conservative Women Can Learn About Liberals From the Way They Treat Dana Loesch- by John Hawkins at Townhall: Liberalism is no longer about winning arguments. It’s about intimidating people into silence. Shutting people up. De-platforming them. Doing whatever it...
