by Henry Oliner | Feb 27, 2019 | Economics, Politics, Progressivism
My favorite political philosopher, Kevin Willams, distinguished a right from a demand in Health Care Is the Opposite of a Right: (excerpt) Goods are physical, while rights are metaphysical, and the actual facts of the real world are not transformed by our deciding...
by Henry Oliner | Feb 21, 2019 | Politics, Progressivism
Jussie Smollet has done us a favor. Fake hate crimes have polluted our campuses and have been largely ignored. A few high-profile cases have been uncovered after a painful process. The Duke-lacrosse gang-rape hoax of 2006 and the University of Virginia gang-rape hoax...
by Henry Oliner | Feb 20, 2019 | Politics, Progressivism
From Kevin Williamson at National Review, Regular Order: Everybody has an emergency to peddle. They always appear at the most convenient times and in the most convenient places. President Trump has just suffered a humiliating defeat in his confrontation with Congress...
by Henry Oliner | Feb 19, 2019 | Politics, Progressivism
Scott Grannis at Calafia Beach Pundit notes that Kevin Williamson is “one of today’s greatest philosopher-journalists”. I agree and RY readers will find many excerpts from his articles in my posts. From The Democrats’ new puritanism will lead to...
by Henry Oliner | Feb 18, 2019 | Uncategorized
From Jonah Goldberg at National Review, The Failure of the New Deal: Look, I know very well there are many kinds of socialism. But wherever socialism has teeth, it veers closer to gangsterism because it depends on the use of arbitrary power, either by the state or, in...
