by Henry Oliner | Jun 28, 2020 | Politics, Progressivism
From the WSJ. Ayaan Hirsi Ali writes “American Doesn’t Need A New Revolution” Excerpt: This country is only 244 years old, but it may be showing signs of age. Time was, Americans were renowned for their can-do, problem-solving attitude. Europeans, as...
by Henry Oliner | Jun 28, 2020 | Politics, Progressivism
Every day I read threads of friends from both sides of the aisle and profess the futility of trying to engage in meaningful political discourse and pledge to devote my time to better pursuits and projects. Efforts to puncture the blue bubbles or the red bubbles are...
by Henry Oliner | Jun 19, 2020 | Politics
Kevin Williamson in National Review, The Revolution Comforts the Comfortable: The class war in our country is business class vs. first class; in automotive terms, it’s E-Class vs. S-Class. Everybody’s comfortable. And that produces some odd outcomes: Nobody’s going to...
by Henry Oliner | Jun 19, 2020 | Politics, Progressivism
From the editors of Commentary, Why We Must Stop the Great Unraveling: Social-justice mobs have taken aim at freedom of expression, inventing new heresies daily and ruining the lives of those who unwittingly give voice to them. Forced confessions and language...
by Henry Oliner | Jun 18, 2020 | Politics, Progressivism
I confess that I was surprised when the Harvey Weinstein scandal lit the #MeToo movement and led to the exposure of numerous tales of sexual abuse in corporate and media suites. I was less surprised that in the wake of the power of the movement that less egregious...
