by Henry Oliner | Aug 30, 2018 | Politics, Progressivism
from Kevin Williams in National Review, A Built-In Bias toward Peace There is much that is wrong with American government, and with the American method of selecting officeholders. There are many good people in Congress, in federal agencies, and serving the Trump...
by Henry Oliner | Aug 29, 2018 | Politics, Progressivism
Globalization has created entirely new challenges, but it doesn’t excuse an inadequately dynamic labor force. The financial crisis revealed a horrific meatloaf of bad policy and bad actors, but it does not excuse an individual for refusing to keep personal financial...
by Henry Oliner | Aug 28, 2018 | Politics, Progressivism
from Kevin Williams in National Review, A Built-In Bias toward Peace We often describe our mode of government as “liberal democracy.” (As opposed to illiberal democracy, or militant democracy.) We usually think of liberalism and democracy as things that go naturally...
by Henry Oliner | Aug 27, 2018 | Politics, Progressivism
From Walter Russel Mead at The Wall Street Journal, The ‘Crisis of Democracy’ Is Overhyped But the failures of authoritarian states are often far graver than the problems that preoccupy the professional hand-wringers of the liberal West. There are no crises in the...
by Henry Oliner | Aug 23, 2018 | Politics, Progressivism
In marketing positioning is everything. If you cannot be #1 or #2 you need a niche focus, an appeal to a part of the market that may be neglected by the leaders. The alternative is to create an entirely new category and then dominate it. Apple has created several new...
